Anthropic to open India office as AI demand grows

techxplore - US startup Anthropic on Wednesday said it plans to open an office in India next year, as global generative AI players seek inroads into the world's most populous country.

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GPT-5 pro

Simon Willison / simonwillison - GPT-5 proHere's OpenAI's model documentation for their GPT-5 pro model, released to their API today at their DevDay event.It has similar base characteristics to GPT-5: both share a September 30, 2024 knowledge cutoff and 400,000 context limit.GPT-5 pro ha…

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OpenAI's New Agent Builder Tool Leaked Before DevDay: Here's What It Can Do

bgr - OpenAI is expected to launch new ChatGPT features for consumers and developers at DevDay, including one that appears to have leaked.

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OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after secondary share sale

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI has reportedly reached a $500 billion valuation following a major secondary share sale, according to Reuters.The article OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after secondary share sale appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab: Six OpenAI veterans launch Tinker with $2B seed, $12B valuation

Robert Brown / implicator - Six OpenAI veterans including Mira Murati raised $2B at a $12B valuation to build Tinker, an API that democratizes frontier model fine-tuning. The bet: customization matters more than scale. The tension: access is curated, not open.

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Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name

Iain Thomson / theregister - Yep, we're sure that will win folks over Microsoft is testing talking avatars for Copilot to see if users feel more at ease chatting with a face instead of just a text box. Our US Editor tried them out, only to find the digital stare was more creepy than …

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Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.

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OpenAI Plans TikTok-Style App Featuring AI-Generated Videos: Report

Jon Swartz / techstrong - OpenAI is developing a standalone social media application powered by its upcoming Sora 2 video model that will feature exclusively artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content. The app will reportedly feature a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll …

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Microsoft is Bringing “Vibe Working” to Office Apps

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Microsoft today introduced “vibe working” with Agent Mode in Office Apps and Agent Mode in Copilot Chat.The post Microsoft is Bringing “Vibe Working” to Office Apps appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share trivia and commentary

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - YouTube Music's new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the platform's new hub for AI experiments.

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Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Databricks is on the hook to pay at least $100 million to OpenAI in this deal, even if customer usage falls short. It's a bet, but one that Databricks has already hedged.

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Unlimited power: OpenAI plans trillion-dollar data center network to power AI growth

techspot - This week, company executives gave reporters a tour of a massive site near Abilene, Texas, about 180 miles west of Dallas. They said the facility represents the first of many planned locations. Once empty brushland, the 1,100-acre development now contains…

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xAI releases cheaper, fast language model Grok 4 Fast

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - xAI has introduced Grok 4 Fast, a lighter version of its flagship model. According to the company, it performs on par with Grok 4 in most tasks but uses about 40 percent less compute. That efficiency also translates into lower costs - xAI says the price p…

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Google is turning Chrome into an AI web browser powered by Gemini

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Google’s love affair with AI shows no signs of burning out, and the company has just announced even deeper integration of Gemini into Chrome. Billed as a reimagining of the web browser with artificial intelligence, Google says this is about more than just…

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