GPT Transcribe error rate improves, but OpenAI trails speech rivals
OpenAI’s new API transcription models cut price and errors, while Artificial Analysis still ranks ElevenLabs, Google and Mistral a...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months agoAI Correspondent
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Pacing the Frontier statement urges US action on AI research pace
More than 1,200 AI lab employees want US-led coordination on automated AI research, citing competitive pressure and cyber risks.
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months agoDealMachine property intelligence platform adds APIs and AI search
DealMachine is recasting its investor app as a data platform with APIs, natural-language search and integrations for real estate t...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months agoOmnea revenue growth hits 3x as procurement SaaS expands in the U.S.
Omnea said revenue tripled in the year to June, with PayPal, Just Eat and other enterprises joining its procurement platform.
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Meta El Paso data center plan puts BlackRock into $14B AI campus
Meta and BlackRock plan a $14B AI data center campus in El Paso, with Meta as sole tenant and BlackRock owning 80%.
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months agoInstacart AI coding push changes how engineers handle tech debt
Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu said AI agents now handle most coding work, with 7,000 monthly evals and AI SRE watching production.
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months ago
Anthropic Mythos cryptography tests find weaknesses in HAWK and reduced AES
Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview found attacks on HAWK and a reduced AES variant, with no immediate impact on deployed systems...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months ago
Model Context Protocol update adds stateless metadata and security fixes
MCP maintainers released the project's largest update, changing metadata handling and tightening authorization for AI agents.
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months agoRunway AI video bug became a product feature for its avatar model
Runway’s enterprise product lead said the company worked around avatar drift by adding an image-centering feature instead of fixin...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months ago
Perplexity Personal Computer for Windows launches for AI desktop work
Perplexity’s AI desktop agent is now available on Windows, extending local-file and app automation to Max and Enterprise Max subsc...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months ago
AI mainframe modernization shifts from replacement to retention
Anthropic, IBM, AWS and others are pitching AI tools for COBOL work, but analysts warn migrations still fail when strategy is weak...
By Wei-Lin Zhao 2 months ago
Torq SOC Brain adds customer-trained learning to its AI SOC platform
Torq launched SOC Brain, an AI SOC layer trained on each customer’s case history and analyst decisions; pricing was not disclosed.
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