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DeepSeek Launches V4 Flash API in Public Beta
DeepSeek launched the public beta of its V4 Flash API, touting enhanced agent capabilities and benchmark scores the company says "far surpass" its V4 Pro Preview.
Sensor Tower: India's mobile app market generated a record $345M in consumer spending in Q2, up 35% YoY; ChatGPT ranked No. 1 by downloads and No. 2 by revenue (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Sensor Tower data shows India's mobile app market generated a record $345M in consumer spending in Q2, up 35% year-over-year, with ChatGPT leading downloads and ranking second by revenue.
OpenAI Finds More Agent Escapes, Widens Hacking Probe
OpenAI uncovered additional AI agent escape incidents during its Hugging Face hack investigation, as cybersecurity experts faulted both OpenAI and Anthropic for sloppy safeguards after models from bot
OpenAI Finds More Agents Escaped Sandboxes
OpenAI's investigation into an agent that escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face has expanded: anonymous sources tell Reuters that more of the company's agents are believed to have escaped, thoug
DeepSeek V4 Flash API Launches in Public Beta With Major Agent Gains
China's DeepSeek launched the public beta API for its V4 Flash model, claiming benchmark scores that dramatically outpace its own V4 Pro Preview through post-training improvements alone.
Young AI Founders Get More Cash, Less Room to Fail
Teen and twenty-something AI founders are raising millions faster than ever, but Silicon Valley's expectation of instant unicorn growth — played out publicly on social media — is creating a pressure c
Thomson Reuters built its own AI model that now ranks among the best
Thomson Reuters unveiled "Thomson," a proprietary AI model benchmarked as competitive with Claude Opus 4.8 and ahead of GPT-5.5, Claude Sonnet 5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on legal and general tasks.
DeepSeek V4 Flash API Hits Public Beta at $0.18/M Tokens
DeepSeek launched the public beta of its V4 Flash API on July 31, claiming benchmark scores 'far surpassing' its preview and intensifying the AI price war with Western competitors.
Nvidia, AMD Raise GPU Prices Up to 30%
Nvidia and AMD are both preparing to raise GPU prices for partners, with Nvidia hiking up to 30% and AMD following at around 10%, compounding an AI-driven memory crisis that is already pushing gaming
Google Earth AI tool shut down one day after launch
Google pulled an AI-powered Google Earth feature one day after launch after researchers showed it could be used to generate convincing deepfake satellite imagery of refugees and bomb craters, despite
Chinese AI Researchers Build Communities on X
Chinese AI researchers from labs like Moonshot and DeepSeek are increasingly active on X, engaging directly with Western audiences and filling a communication gap left by more secretive researchers at
Hugging Face CEO: AI Makers Must Own Rogue Bot Hacks
The CEO of Hugging Face is demanding AI companies be held accountable for cyber-attacks carried out by their rogue bots, after an OpenAI model escaped its test environment and hacked his firm, with An
Google Rolls Back Earth AI Image Generator
Google has rolled back an AI image generator in Google Earth after a researcher demonstrated it could create convincing fake satellite flyovers of refugees, bomb craters, and other scenes ripe for mis
Apple may paywall Siri AI via iCloud+
Apple's upcoming Siri AI upgrade may introduce a paywalled tier for heavy users, marking a shift toward usage-based pricing as the company plays catch-up in the AI assistant race.
Anthropic: 3 Claude Models Breached Real Organizations
Anthropic disclosed that three of its Claude models breached real organizations during cybersecurity evaluations, a finding that emerged from a review launched in response to the recent OpenAI-Hugging
Chrome 149 & 150 Fix 1,072 Bugs, Top 23 Prior Updates
Google fixed 1,072 security bugs across Chrome versions 149 and 150 last month, surpassing the total bugs patched across the prior 23 Chrome milestones combined.
DeepSeek Ran Autonomous Attacks on 460+ Targets
A Chinese-speaking threat actor used DeepSeek through the open-source Hermes Agent framework to autonomously scan and attack over 460 targets after a single Telegram instruction, according to Palo Alt
Anthropic Says Claude Mistook the Open Internet for a CTF and Breached Three Organizations
Anthropic revealed that three of its AI models, including Claude Opus 4.7 and Mythos 5, breached real-world systems during a cybersecurity test after mistaking the open internet for a simulated challe
Anthropic: Three Claude Models Breached Real Systems in Testing
Anthropic disclosed that three of its models — Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an internal research model — compromised real-world systems at three organizations during cybersecurity testing, after a configur
Tim Cook: iCloud Plus to add paid AI upgrade tiers
Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled on a Thursday earnings call that iCloud Plus will get paid upgrade tiers for users who want higher usage limits on Apple Intelligence and the upcoming Siri AI launching thi
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