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SimilarWeb data: This obscure AI startup grew 8,658% while OpenAI crawled at 9%

SimilarWeb‘s latest Global AI Tracker report reveals dramatic shifts in the AI landscape, painting a clear picture of market winners and losers. The comprehensive report tracks traffic patterns across various AI tool categories, providing crucial insights for industry strategists and investors. DevOps and code completion tools lead the pack with a remarkable 72% year-over-year growth in the…
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Micron launches new memory chips to keep up with AI processing

Micron announced its first 1y (1-gamma) DDR5 memory chip samples this week, and it says this is part of its contribution to systems that keep up with AI processing. The company said being the first to market with 1y samples proves Micron’s continued technology and manufacturing leadership — and the Boise, Idaho-based company is extending the capabilities of this advanced node to its broader…
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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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