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Cloudflare acquires Human Native to build new payment model for AI training data

Cloudflare is acquiring British startup Human Native to create a new payment system for AI training data. The company runs a marketplace for AI training data and converts multimedia content into ...
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OpenAI wants its API format to become the industry standard

OpenAI is pushing "Open Responses," an open interface that works with language models from different providers. The project builds on OpenAI's Responses API and lets developers write code once and run ...
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OpenAI will soon test ads in ChatGPT despite CEO Sam Altman once calling the idea dystopian

OpenAI will begin testing advertisements in ChatGPT in the coming weeks in the US, with ads initially appearing only in the free version and the new Go subscription tier. Ads will appear at the end of ...
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Anthropic's Labs team gets a shake-up as Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger joins experimental AI unit

Anthropic is growing its Labs team, which builds experimental Claude AI products. Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, formerly Anthropic's Chief Product Officer, is moving to Labs to work with Ben Mann ...
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Despite OpenAI partnership, Microsoft is one of Anthropic's biggest customers

Microsoft is shaping up to be one of Anthropic's best customers. According to The Information, the software giant is on track to spend nearly $500 million a year on Anthropic's models. Microsoft is ...
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Deutsche Telekom puts Elevenlabs AI on the phone to handle customer calls

Deutsche Telekom is soon using AI voice agents from Elevenlabs in its customer service. Customers can talk to realistic-sounding AI voices around the clock through the app or by phone. The partnership ...
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China reportedly tightens Nvidia H200 restrictions, limits purchases to special cases

The Chinese government has tightened its stance on Nvidia's H200 chips. According to The Information, officials told some tech companies this week that H200 purchases will only be approved under ...
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UAE leads with 64% AI adoption rate, leaving the US and Europe far behind, Microsoft says

Around 16.3 percent of the world's population now uses generative AI tools, according to a report by the Microsoft AI Economy Institute. The divide between industrialized and developing nations is ...
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OpenAI acquires Torch to build a "medical memory for AI"

The deal includes 60 million upfront and the rest in retention shares, The Information reports. Torch unifies scattered health records into what the founders call a "medical memory for AI", "a context ...
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OpenAI's "Sweetpea" AI wearable allegedly takes aim at Apple's Airpods

A new leak reveals details about OpenAI's planned hardware, an audio device designed to compete with Apple's Airpods. X and Weibo leaker "Smart Pikachu" claims OpenAI is developing a device codenamed ...
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Google brings Gemini AI to Gmail with summaries, smart replies, and inbox prioritization

Google integrates its Gemini 3 model into Gmail and introduces AI Overviews in the US, which automatically summarizes email conversations and makes mailboxes searchable using natural language. The ...
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Alibaba's Qwen releases AI model that splits images into editable layers like Photoshop

Alibaba's AI unit Qwen has released a new image editing model that breaks down photos into separate, editable components. Qwen-Image-Layered splits images into multiple individual layers with ...