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DeepSeek unveiled preview versions of its V4 large language model, a year after its previous breakthrough, aiming to close the gap with global leaders in open-source AI.
Parents accuse district of failing to protect students from AI deepfake abuse, with juvenile facing charges in ongoing case.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek launched previews of DeepSeek-V4-Pro (1.6T params) and V4-Flash, supporting 1M context length and matching top closed models in performance while being cost-effective and fully open-sourced.
Shanghai Electric highlighted AI solutions merging energy and industrial applications, emphasizing smarter manufacturing and power systems at the major trade fair.
Ghana unveiled its National AI Strategy on April 24, aiming to position the country as an AI hub in Africa with focus on infrastructure and skills.
Weekly roundup covers new laws regulating AI in health coverage decisions, election deepfakes, and biometric data in multiple US states.
Trump administration accuses China of stealing US AI models to build rivals, unveiling measures to block unauthorized use and promote info-sharing among developers.
FPT signed an MoU with GS E&C to build advanced data centers optimized for AI workloads, boosting regional compute capacity.
Intel reported robust Q1 results driven by AI demand in data centers, sending shares soaring in after-hours trading.
Google announced new Trillium-based TPUs optimized for agentic AI, expanding beyond Nvidia with improved efficiency for training and inference. Part of Google Cloud Next announcements.
Meta is set to reduce 10% of its staff to reallocate resources toward AI initiatives, amid competitive pressures in the frontier model race.
Finance Minister Sitharaman cautioned banks on emerging AI risks, stating the newest models pose unprecedented threats to financial systems.
Anthropic rolled out Claude Opus 4.7, providing users access to enhanced capabilities amid competition from OpenAI's GPT-5.5. Details on benchmarks and access instructions are emerging.
The new model excels at research tasks including improving other AIs, positioning it as a key tool for accelerating AI progress.
Physicists used AI to uncover hidden scaling laws in chaotic plasma systems, revealing new principles of nature that could apply across physical systems. The discovery demonstrates AI's potential to accelerate scientific breakthroughs beyond human intuition.
Amid rising AI threats, OpenAI and Microsoft deepen collaboration to bolster defenses against model exploits and attacks.
US Senator Jon Ossoff initiates investigation into skyrocketing electricity costs linked to energy-intensive AI data centers.
Microsoft's Xbox announces major pivot including reassessment of game exclusivity, timed releases, and AI usage to boost daily active players.
NVIDIA's GB200 NVL72 systems enable dramatic efficiency gains for OpenAI's new model, scaling agentic AI.
Elastic's advanced embeddings model now available in Google's Gemini platform, enhancing semantic search and agent capabilities.
OpenAI highlights GPT-5.5's prowess in self-improvement and enhancing other AIs, positioning it for recursive advancement.
A new convenience store in San Francisco operates entirely via an AI agent, handling inventory, customer service, and operations autonomously. Founders see it as a glimpse into the future of retail powered by advanced AI models.
OpenAI's upgraded Codex, now running GPT-5.5, leverages NVIDIA's latest GB200 rack-scale AI infrastructure for superior coding agents.
Healthcare payments firm Waystar launched new AI tools to automate billing and revenue processes, showcased at their Spring event.