OpenAI is rolling out a new suite of APIs and tools designed to help developers and enterprises build AI-powered agents more efficiently. These are delivered atop some of the very same technology powering its own first-party AI agents Deep Research (which scours the internet independently to develop richly researched, well organized and cited reports) and Operator (its tool for controlling a web…
Sony testing AI to drive PlayStation characters
March 12, 2025
As a company and first-party platform, PlayStation and Sony have not shied away from using AI as part of their value proposal to consumers. While competitor Microsoft has made a big show about using it for game ideation and prototyping, Sony has instead focused on using AI…
Kia’s first electric sedan, the EV4, has officially hit the market. Kia opened EV4 orders at under $30,000 (41.92 million won) in South Korea ahead of its global rollout. It even has the longest driving range of any Hyundai Motor Group EV rated with over 330 miles (533…
If you’ve ever thought, “Man, I wish my scooter was faster, smoother, and had more underglow,” then Segway has been reading your mind. The company just opened pre-orders for its new Ninebot Max G3, the latest in its Max series, and it’s packing more features than ever before.
The scooter brand has long pitched Segway’s Max series as a go-to for riders who want a solid commuter scooter…
Lease deals get all the hype, but most people still want to own the car after they’re done making all those payments on it. If that sounds like you, and you’ve been waiting for the interest rates on auto loans to drop, you’re in luck: there are a bunch of great plug-in…
Congress just delivered a massive win for crypto innovation, overturning the controversial IRS crypto rules that critics say stifled digital asset growth and pushed development overseas.
US House and Senate Overturn IRS Crypto Rules, Easing Compliance Burdens
The U.S. House…
California has shut down 42 fraudulent crypto websites, exposing a $6.5 million scam that drained victims of an average $146,306 each.
42 Fraud Sites Dismantled—How Scammers Built Fake Crypto Worlds to Steal Millions
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on March 10 that the state had taken decisive action against fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes by shutting down dozens of scam…
Deutsche Börse is launching a crypto custody service through Clearstream, enabling institutional investors to securely store and settle cryptocurrencies.
Deutsche Börse Announces New Crypto Custody Service
Deutsche Börse Group announced on March 11 that its post-trade…
Even as large language models (LLMs) become ever more sophisticated and capable, they continue to suffer from hallucinations: offering up inaccurate information, or, to put it more harshly, lying. Mayo Clinic, one of the top-ranked hospitals in the U.S., has adopted a novel…
How Yelp reviewed competing LLMs for correctness, relevance and tone to develop its user-friendly AI assistant
March 10, 2025
The review app Yelp has provided helpful information to diners and other consumers for decades. It had experimented with machine learning since its early years. During the recent explosion in AI technology, it was still encountering stumbling blocks as it worked to employ modern large language models to power some features.
Yelp realized that customers, especially those who only occasionally used…
