Journals

Anthropic: Anthropic says Haiku 4.5 can serve as a subagent for Sonnet 4.5, which can break down problems into multistep plans and orchestrate a team of Haiku 4.5 agents  —  Claude Haiku 4.5, our latest small model, is available today… Read More »Anthropic says Haiku 4.5 can serve as a subagent for Sonnet 4.5, which can break down problems into multistep plans and orchestrate a team of Haiku 4.5 agents (Anthropic)

Reuters: Sources: Rakuten began considering a US IPO of its credit card business after SoftBank announced plans to launch an IPO for its mobile payment app PayPay  —  – IPO considerations in early stages -source  — Other options include a… Read More »Sources: Rakuten began considering a US IPO of its credit card business after SoftBank announced plans to launch an IPO for its mobile payment app PayPay (Reuters)

Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, claiming it offers similar levels of coding performance to Sonnet 4 at “one-third the cost and more than twice the speed”  —  On Wednesday, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest… Read More »Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, claiming it offers similar levels of coding performance to Sonnet 4 at “one-third the cost and more than twice the speed” (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

Bloomberg: Sources: French telecom operator Orange is seeking to raise €400M-€500M by selling a stake of as much as 50% in its data center business  —  Orange SA is seeking to raise €400 million ($465 million) to €500 million in… Read More »Sources: French telecom operator Orange is seeking to raise €400M-€500M by selling a stake of as much as 50% in its data center business (Bloomberg)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X plans to show new info about accounts, including their creation date and which country they are based in, “starting next week” on select X employees’ profiles  —  As AI makes it easier to create bots… Read More »X plans to show new info about accounts, including their creation date and which country they are based in, “starting next week” on select X employees’ profiles (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

David Pan / Bloomberg: US bank Erebor, founded by Palmer Luckey, Joe Lonsdale, and others, wins conditional OCC approval to offer services to emerging tech companies in crypto and AI  —  A new US bank that aims to serve emerging… Read More »US bank Erebor, founded by Palmer Luckey, Joe Lonsdale, and others, wins conditional OCC approval to offer services to emerging tech companies in crypto and AI (David Pan/Bloomberg)

Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: Meta announces a partnership with Arm to power AI ranking and recommendation systems across Meta’s family of apps using Arm-based data center platforms  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) said it is partnering with chip tech provider Arm… Read More »Meta announces a partnership with Arm to power AI ranking and recommendation systems across Meta’s family of apps using Arm-based data center platforms (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta says it is investing $1.5B+ to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is building a new gigawatt-sized data center… Read More »Meta says it is investing $1.5B+ to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

The Keyword: Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow  —  We’re rolling out significant updates to Veo that give people even more creative control.… Read More »Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow (The Keyword)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which aims to make vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground Global  —  Vertical Semiconductor Inc. is hoping to crack the power delivery bottleneck… Read More »MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which aims to make vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground Global (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)