DeepSeek Releases an Updated R1 Model on Hugging Face
Although DeepSeek described it as a “minor” upgrade, the model is notably large, boasting 685 billion parameters
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Elon Musk is Paying $300 mn to Bring Grok to Telegram
Telegram will receive 50% of all revenue generated from xAI subscriptions purchased within the app
Anthropic Rolls Out Voice Mode for Claude Chatbot
Users can toggle between text and voice, choose from five voice options
AI Startup Zoca Raises $6 mn to Supercharge Local Businesses with Autonomous Growth Agents
Zoca’s AI agents manage everything from discovering customer demand to lead conversion and client re-engagement
6 Companies OpenAI has Acquired so Far
In its largest acquisition to date, OpenAI acquired io, an AI hardware startup founded by former Apple design chief Jony Iv
Anthropic Announces Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4
It claims that Claude Opus 4 is the world’s best coding model, capable of working autonomously for up to seven hours—nearly a full corporate workday
Operant AI Launches Woodpecker to Open-Source Automated Security Testing
Woodpecker provides automated red teaming capabilities across three critical domains- Kubernetes, APIs and AI Security