Moonshot AI launches open source model to rival major tech companies

The Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2, a new open source language model designed to compete with proprietary systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. In an article for VentureBeat, Michael Nuñez reports that the model shows particularly strong performance in coding and autonomous task completion. According to the company, Kimi K2 outperforms leading …

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Startup launches BrowserOS, a privacy-focused AI browser

A YC-backed startup has released BrowserOS, an open-source web browser that integrates AI agents to automate tasks. In a post on Hacker News, the two-person development team stated its goal is to provide a privacy-first alternative as AI agents gain access to sensitive user data. The browser runs these agents locally on a person’s computer, …

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Perplexity launches AI-powered browser Comet to reshape web interaction

The artificial intelligence company Perplexity has launched a new web browser named Comet. According to the company’s official announcement, the product aims to fundamentally change how people use the internet by deeply integrating an AI assistant into the browsing experience. The launch and a hands-on review of the new browser were covered by Maxwell Zeff …

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OpenAI reportedly plans to launch a web browser

OpenAI is reportedly close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that would compete directly with Google Chrome. According to a Reuters article by Kenrick Cai, which cites three people familiar with the matter, the browser is scheduled to launch in the coming weeks. The product aims to fundamentally change how people interact with the web …

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Anthropic reveals how its multi-agent research system achieves 90% better performance

Anthropic has published detailed insights into how it built Claude’s research capabilities, revealing that its multi-agent system outperforms single-agent approaches by 90.2%. The post was written by Jeremy Hadfield, Barry Zhang, Kenneth Lien, Florian Scholz, Jeremy Fox, and Daniel Ford from Anthropic. The research feature allows Claude to search across the web, Google Workspace, and …

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Opinion: AI could cause first major disaster through automated agents

Sean Goedecke predicts that AI language models will eventually cause a mass-casualty disaster, drawing parallels to early transportation accidents. The author notes that railways took 17 years to produce their first major disaster, while aviation took 11 years. ChatGPT launched in November 2022, making the timeline significant. He identifies AI agents as the most likely …

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Opinion: AI agents will reshape the internet for machine-first interactions

The internet faces a fundamental transformation as artificial intelligence agents evolve from passive assistants to active decision-makers, according to technology expert Justin Westcott from Edelman. Writing for VentureBeat, Westcott argues that the current web design built for human users will become obsolete as AI agents take over routine digital tasks. Today’s AI systems like ChatGPT, …

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Perplexity launches Labs feature for comprehensive project development

AI search company Perplexity announced the launch of Perplexity Labs, a new feature that transforms user ideas into complete projects including reports, spreadsheets, and web applications. The tool is available exclusively to Pro subscribers and represents an expansion beyond the company’s existing search and research capabilities. Labs performs automated work sessions lasting 10 minutes or …

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Google DeepMind researchers predict “Era of Experience” in AI

Google DeepMind’s David Silver and Richard S. Sutton predict a major shift in artificial intelligence development, which they call the “Era of Experience.” In a preprint paper for MIT Press, the researchers argue that AI will increasingly learn from its own experiences rather than human-generated data. The authors suggest that current AI systems, particularly large …

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Writer’s Palmyra X5 is a cost-efficient AI with large context window

Writer has released Palmyra X5, a new large language model featuring a 1-million-token context window that aims to accelerate AI agent adoption in enterprises. As reported by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the model offers performance comparable to GPT-4.1 at 75% lower cost. Palmyra X5 is priced at $0.60 per million input tokens and $6 per …

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