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Microsoft’s new Phi-4 AI models pack big performance in small packages

Microsoft has introduced a new class of highly efficient AI models that process text, images, and speech simultaneously while requiring significantly less computing power than existing systems. The new Phi-4 models, released today, represent a breakthrough in the development of small language models (SLMs) that deliver capabilities previously reserved for much larger AI systems. Phi-4-Multimodal…
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How big U.S. bank BNY manages armies of AI agents

The financial services industry is one of the most regulated sectors. It also manages huge amounts of data. Conscious of a need for caution, financial companies have slowly added generative AI and AI agents to their stables of services.  The industry is no stranger to…
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OpenAI drops Deep Research access to Plus users, heating up AI agent wars with DeepSeek and Claude

OpenAI announced today that it is rolling out its powerful Deep Research capability to all ChatGPT Plus, Team, Education and Enterprise users, significantly expanding access to what many experts consider the company’s most transformative AI agent since the original ChatGPT. According to an announcement on OpenAI’s official X account, Plus, Team, Education and Enterprise users will initially…
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Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet takes aim at OpenAI and DeepSeek in AI’s next big battle

Anthropic just fired a warning shot at OpenAI, DeepSeek and the entire AI industry with the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a model that gives users unprecedented control over how much time an AI spends “thinking” before generating a response. The release, alongside the debut of Claude Code, a command-line AI coding agent, signals Anthropic’s aggressive push into the enterprise AI market — a…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT explodes to 400M weekly users, with GPT-5 on the way

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has surpassed 400 million weekly active users, a milestone that underscores the company’s growing reach across both consumer and enterprise markets, according to an X post from chief operating officer Brad Lightcap on Thursday. The rapid expansion comes as OpenAI faces intensifying competition from rivals such as Elon Musk’s xAI and China’s DeepSeek, both of which have…
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