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AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says agentic AI is years away from matching industry hype

Andrej Karpathy, former AI researcher at OpenAI and Tesla, is skeptical of the current hype surrounding agent-based AI and large language models. AI researcher Andrej Karpathy believes that the ...
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A parody website mocks the hype and dangers of the current large language model boom

The sign, with slogans like "Our AI does your daughter's homework" and "Deepfakes her," directs viewers to Replacement.ai, a parody site satirizing the hype and dangers of Silicon Valley's AI boom.
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Manus 1.5 and Manus-1.5-Lite debut as the newest agentic AI releases from Manus

With version 1.5, Manus is introducing its most capable AI agent system so far. The updated architecture cuts task processing times from 15 minutes to just 4, and internal tests report a 15 percent ...
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Anthropic aims to triple annual revenue to over $20 billion by 2026

According to two people familiar with the matter, AI startup Anthropic expects to nearly triple its annual revenue by 2026, Reuters reports. The company projects an annualized revenue of $9 billion by ...
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Perplexity's AI browser "Comet" is now freely available

Perplexity is now making its AI browser "Comet" available for free. Comet includes a built-in AI assistant that helps with research, scheduling, and online shopping every time you open a new tab. Paid ...
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Hugging Face launches Omni Chat, an AI router for open source models

Hugging Face has launched HuggingChat Omni, an AI router that selects the best open source model for each user prompt from more than 100 available models. The system automatically chooses the fastest, ...
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Microsoft 365 Premium promises more office AI features than ChatGPT Plus for one cent less

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft 365 Premium, a $19.99-per-month subscription that combines Office apps and advanced AI features, putting it in direct competition with ChatGPT Plus at the same price ...
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California passes first U.S. law regulating AI companion chatbots

California has passed the first U.S. law requiring safety measures for AI companion chatbots such as those from OpenAI, Meta, and Character AI. The legislation, known as SB 243, was prompted by ...
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Google's Veo 3.1 update delivers sharper visuals, more realistic textures, and improved audio

Google is rolling out Veo 3.1, its latest video AI model, for the Flow platform and other Google services. According to Google DeepMind, the new version offers better prompt following, more realistic ...
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A new information-theory framework reveals when multi-agent AI systems truly work as a team

Multi-agent AI systems can outperform solo agents, but it's often unclear whether they're truly working together or just running side by side. A new framework from Northeastern University sets out to ...
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ElevenLabs releases version 2 of its AI sound effects model with longer clips and better audio quality

ElevenLabs has updated its AI sound effects model to version 2, adding support for clips up to 30 seconds, seamless looping, and a 48 kHz sampling rate. Sound effects are generated using text prompts, ...
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Researchers train AI to generate long-form text using only reinforcement learning

A research team from Singapore and China has introduced LongWriter-Zero, an AI model that uses reinforcement learning to write texts longer than 10,000 words—without relying on synthetic training data ...