AI & RoboticsNews

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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AI & RoboticsNews

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…
AI & RoboticsNews

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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DefenseNews

Air Force budget cuts may open old wounds with Congress

The Air Force wants to accelerate its plans to retire old and outdated aircraft to meet Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order for services to cut and reallocate a portion of their spending. But the service’s previous efforts to cut planes like the A-10 Warthog and older…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Autonomous warehouse robot maker Ati scores $20 million Series B

Automation and warehouse robots have been changing the way we ship and store goods for decades. In a post-Altman/OpenAI world, though, we get to call that kind of autonomous operation “AI” and slap a multimillion dollar valuation on it – which is exactly what Ati Motors did. Don’t get me wrong, Ati Motors seems like a solid company. Not only are their Sherpa robots perfectly fine…
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CryptoNews

Grayscale Files for Polkadot ETF Amid Broader SEC ETF Reviews

Grayscale Investments filed for a spot Polkadot fund on Nasdaq amid a shifting regulatory environment that includes ETF proposals for XRP, LTC, SOL, DOGE and HBAR. Polkadot Fund Filing Highlights SEC ETF Review Landscape The filing, submitted as a Form 19b-4, seeks to list the new fund under the ticker “DOT” and offers investors a regulated avenue to access polkadot (DOT) without holding the…
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