Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot

Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched recently across chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. Powering them are so-called reasoning AI models, which posses the ability to think through problems and fact-check themselves — […]

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Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff

Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.

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Databricks Has a Trick That Lets AI Models Improve Themselves

Using several recent innovations, the company Databricks will let customers boost the IQ of their AI models even if they don’t have squeaky clean data.

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Emergence Capital closes on $1B fund to back B2B companies

Emergence Capital has closed its $1 billion seventh fund, it reported on Tuesday It’s the firm’s first raise in nearly four years. In May 2021, the San Mateo, California-based venture firm rounded up nearly a billion dollars in capital commitments across two funds.  At that time, it closed its sixth early-stage fund with $575 million; […]

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Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

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With 23andMe entering bankruptcy, here’s how to delete your genetic data

Now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, another company could take control of its genetic database.

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Amazon Prime Big Spring Sale: Best Tech Deals

Save on home office supplies and ways to ease the work day with deals up to 50% off from Amazon.com’s seasonal and recurring sales.

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Instagram partners with schools to prioritize reports of online bullying and student safety

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new school partnership program aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified school accounts. The program is currently available to all middle and high schools in the U.S. It allows schools to report posts or student accounts that may violate the app’s guidelines directly to Instagram. These […]

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ChatGPT’s image-generation feature gets an upgrade

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images and photos. GPT-4o has long underpinned the AI-powered chatbot platform, but until now, the model has been able to […]

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SEC will keep $50 million of Ripple fine and refund the rest to wrap case, legal officer says

Ripple has agreed to withdraw its cross-appeal, Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty said on X Tuesday.

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