venturebeat

2026-09-01

Closing an Azure OpenAI assistant's retrieval gap didn't take a new identity platform. It took one filter and a narrower assistant.

Egiziago Cioffi is the IT and Enterprise Architect and CEO of SynSphere Italia, a Microsoft partner based in Milan. He built an agent himself. He wrote the indexing job, configured the Azure OpenAI retrieval pipeline, connected it to SharePoint, and watched it pass every evaluation his team ran.His Azure OpenAI email assistant auto-resolves about 60% of inbound customer email, Cioffi told VentureB [...]

venturebeat

2026-09-01

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 arrive with a 75% cost reduction for Fable cache reads

It's only the first day of September 2026, but the month and fall season are already off to the races in AI land, as Anthropic has just released its latest and most powerful large language models yet — Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. The two names refer to the same underlying model. Fable 5.1 is the generally available version, with Anthropic’s production safeguards in place. Myth [...]

thenextweb

2026-09-01

Toyota’s FSD-Like System Arrives In 2028, But The Driver Stays Liable

Toyota will put a rival to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving on its 2028 models and sell it as “Level 2++“, a marketing label that keeps the driver in charge, with a guardrail layer over the neural network. Europe approves this class of system under UN Regulation 171, but from 9 December the Product Liability Directive treats […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

The Sonos Ace Ultra headphones and Beam Ultra soundbar are smarter than I expected

Sonos' latest hardware is smarter than ever about how it fits into your home. [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

The TV vs projector value debate isn't close — here's why

If you want the largest image for the least amount of money, a projector is the only choice. [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

CDC reported then deleted two measles deaths that were questioned by RFK Jr.

Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC. [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official

New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today. [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions

FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon." [...]

Destination

2026-09-01

This is what a supercar was like a century ago

When the average car could only do 40 mph, this Bentley could break 100. [...]