DeepSeek launches an experimental multimodal model to rival Anthropic

DeepSeek released an experimental multimodal model on Friday and said its agent performance is close to Anthropic’s Opus-4.8. On DeepSeek’s own published table, it beats that model on three benchm [...]

The biggest question about AI is what humans will do next

When I had back surgery, I assumed recovery would be linear. I thought each week would bring a little less pain, a little more mobility, and another step toward normal. Then I hit a setback. I had ass [...]

China’s AI alliance keeps growing, just as Washington tells countries to choose

China’s World AI Cooperation Organisation has added nine members in the month since it was founded, taking it from 29 signatories to 38, according to the South China Morning Post. It is growing at p [...]

Beyond Venture Capital: Why family offices are becoming AI’s most influential investors

Over the past 12 months, I have become increasingly convinced that one of the most underappreciated shifts in the artificial intelligence ecosystem is financial. While much of the market remains focus [...]

OpenAI is funding 13 Axios local newsletters in a three-year deal

OpenAI is paying the startup costs of 13 new Axios Local newsletters, covering both staff and technology. Axios employees also get free credits for OpenAI’s enterprise tools. In return, Axios lets O [...]

'I honestly thought Highguard looked pretty good' — Gears of War creator laments internet culture where it's 'cool to hate' new games

The creator of Gears of War has taken to social media to post about the negative culture surrounding new live-service games. [...]

Alibaba sells its Lingxi games arm to fund an all-in bet on AI

The Chinese giant is offloading a profitable gaming studio to private equity so it can pour every spare yuan into Qwen and its data centres, though the buyers and sellers cannot agree on what the stud [...]

OpenAI CFO tells shareholders enterprise revenue has overtaken ChatGPT

OpenAI’s enterprise business now generates more revenue than its consumer business, finance chief Sarah Friar told shareholders on Friday, months earlier than the company had forecast. Its annualise [...]

Reddit stock surges after being named to the S&P 500 for the first time

Reddit will join the benchmark index on Aug. 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities, becoming only the second pureplay social media company in the S&P 500 [...]