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OpenAI is rolling out support for MCP, an open-source technology that large language models can use to perform tasks in external systems and access the data they contain. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman announced the move on Wednesday. The development is …
Anthropic researchers reveal new findings on how LLMs ‘think’
Researchers from Anthropic PBC today published two papers that shed new light on how large language models perform processing. According to the company, the findings provide a better understanding of LLMs’ reasoning workflows. Additionally, the new research could improve how developers audit …
Report: Nvidia close to acquiring AI cloud provider Lepton AI in nine-figure deal
Nvidia Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire cloud startup Lepton AI Inc., The Information reported on Wednesday. Sources familiar with the matter told the publication that the deal could be worth several hundred million dollars. That would represent a major exit …
Amazon introduces AI-powered Interests feature for its e-commerce marketplace
Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out an artificial intelligence feature called Interests to help users discover products in its e-commerce marketplace. Daniel Lloyd, the company’s vice president of personalization, detailed the capability in a Tuesday blog post. It’s the latest in a series …
US imposes export restrictions on more Chinese tech firms
The U.S. Commerce Department today imposed export restrictions on about 80 companies, including more than 50 that are based in China. According to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, at least two of the affected firms have used Nvidia …
Observe.AI extends its contact center platform with new VoiceAI agents
Observe.AI is rolling out new features that will enable companies to create artificial intelligence agents for their contact centers. The startup debuted its VoiceAI agents, as the feature set is called, today. The capabilities will become available in Observe.AI’s namesake software platform, …
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities
OpenAI today rolled out what it describes as a major upgrade to ChatGPT’s built-in image generation tool. Until now, the feature was powered by an algorithm called DALL-E-3 that debuted in 2023. It’s the third iteration of a text-to-image model that first …
Apple to host WWDC 2025 June 9-13, with OS upgrades expected
Apple Inc. today announced that its WWDC 2025 developer conference will kick off on June 9. The four-day online event is expected to see the company debut new versions of its operating systems. Apple stated that developers can expect “new tools, frameworks, …
Broadcom introduces new chips for powering optical data center networks
Broadcom Inc. today debuted two new chips, the Sian3 and Sian2M, that data center operators can use to power their optical networks. Optical networks are often used to link together the servers in artificial intelligence clusters. According to Broadcom, its new chips …
DeepSeek releases improved V3 model under MIT license
DeepSeek today released an improved version of its DeepSeek-V3 large language model under a new open-source license. Software developer and blogger Simon Willison was first to report the update. DeepSeek itself didn’t issue an announcement. The new model’s Readme file, a component …