Anthropic has added web search capabilities to its Claude AI chatbot, initially available to paid US users with the Claude 3.7 Sonnet model. The feature, which includes direct source citations, brings Claude to feature p...
OpenAI has released new AI models for transcription and voice generation that offer improved accuracy and control over previous versions. The new text-to-speech model allows developers to steer voice characteristics usin...
OpenAI has released o1-pro, an enhanced version of its reasoning-focused o1 model, to select API developers. The model costs $150 per million input tokens and $600 per million output tokens, making it OpenAI's most expen...
Nvidia has announced Groot N1, an open-source AI foundation model designed specifically for humanoid robotics with a dual-system architecture for "thinking fast and slow." The model builds on Nvidia's Project Groot from...
Arcade, an AI agent infrastructure startup, has raised $12 million from Laude Ventures to address fundamental challenges with AI agent functionality. The company, founded by former Okta executive Alex Salazar and Redis e...
Nvidia's annual GTC conference is set to feature announcements of next-generation AI hardware, including the upgraded Blackwell B300 series (Blackwell Ultra) and details about the future Rubin GPU architecture. Despite r...
Chinese tech giant Baidu has launched two new AI models - Ernie 4.5, featuring enhanced emotional intelligence for understanding memes and satire, and Ernie X1, a reasoning model claimed to match DeepSeek R1's performanc...
Google has announced plans to phase out Google Assistant on Android and replace it with Gemini across mobile devices, tablets, cars, and connected accessories over the coming months. The company is enhancing Gemini with...
OpenAI has launched the Responses API, replacing its Assistants API, to help businesses develop custom AI agents capable of performing web searches, scanning files, and navigating websites. The release includes access to...
Manus, an "agentic" AI platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has generated enormous hype with claims of autonomous capabilities surpassing competitors like OpenAI's tools. However, early users and testing revea...
