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The rise of browser-use agents: Why Convergence’s Proxy is beating OpenAI’s Operator

A new wave of AI-powered browser-use agents is emerging, promising to transform how enterprises interact with the web. These agents can autonomously navigate websites, retrieve information, and even complete transactions – but early testing reveals significant gaps between promise and performance. While consumer examples offered by OpenAI’s new browser-use agent Operator, like ordering pizza…
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Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

When DeepSeek-R1 first emerged, the prevailing fear that shook the industry was that advanced reasoning could be achieved with less infrastructure. As it turns out, that’s not necessarily the case. At least, according to Together AI, the rise of DeepSeek and open-source reasoning has had the exact opposite effect: Instead of reducing the need for infrastructure, it is increasing it. That…
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Crunchbase’s AI can predict startup success with 95% accuracy—will it change investing?

Crunchbase will abandon its roots as a historical data provider to become an AI-powered predictions engine that forecasts startup funding rounds, acquisitions and company growth trajectories. The San Francisco-based company announced today it will relaunch its platform with AI models that can predict future business events with up to 95% accuracy, betting that artificial intelligence will…
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Breaking down Grok 3: The AI model that could redefine the industry

Less than two years since its launch, xAI has shipped what could arguably be the most advanced AI model to date. Grok 3 matches or beats the most advanced models on all key benchmarks as well as the user-evaluated Chatbot Arena, and its training has not even been completed yet. We still don’t have a lot of details about Grok 3, as the team has not yet released a paper or technical report. But…
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