Also, the shock that Chinese models are very good has mostly worn off. That doesn’t mean that Kimi wont see rapid adoption among developers, but it may not see the huge viral and mainstream success of DeepSeek.
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Microsoft Saves $500M via AI, Contributing to 6,000 Layoffs
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Microsoft a économisé 500 millions de dollars grâce à l'IA, rien que dans ses centres d’appels. Selon Bloomberg, cela a contribué aux 6 000 licenciements récents. Cela montre une réalité actuelle : L’IA est là réduire les coûts de main-d'œuvre. Dans ce système, la
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Google prepares incognito mode for Gemini
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ICYMI: Google is already working on incognito mode for Gemini. This small dotted clock button will do the work but yet unclear when it will be released.
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Google Swoops OpenAI Deal Collapses Moonshot K2 Dominates
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Top stories in AI today: – Google swoops in as OpenAI, Windsurf deal collapses
– Moonshot AI's K2 takes open-source crown
– Auto-switch between models for tasks in n8n
– AI coding tools slow down devs
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Apple Reportedly Considers Acquiring French AI Startup Mistral
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Si c'est confirmé, gros coup dur pour la France ? (Un de plus me diriez vous). Apple envisage sérieusement de racheter Mistral – selon Bloomberg / Mark Gurman Apple envisage désormais sérieusement de racheter Mistral afin de rattraper enfin son retard en matière d’IA. Une
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OpenAI’s Unreleased Writing Model Expected Soon
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OAI still has their unreleased (and v hyped up) writing* model up their sleeves, could be anytime now
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Microsoft Releases Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning Model
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Microsoft dropped Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning on Hugging Face Built on a new hybrid architecture, the 3.8B model surpasses Phi-4-mini-Reasoning on major reasoning tasks, while delivering up to 10× higher throughput at 32K generation length
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Meta Acquires PlayAI, Integrates Team into Superintelligence Lab
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Meta has reportedly acquired voice AI startup PlayAI
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 14 juillet 2025
The entire team of the company will now join the tech giant, working in its new Superintelligence Lab
They will be reporting to Johan Schalkwyk, who recently joined from Sesame AIpic.twitter.com/iorcXxRy5hMeta has reportedly acquired voice AI startup PlayAI The entire team of the company will now join the tech giant, working in its new Superintelligence Lab They will be reporting to Johan Schalkwyk, who recently joined from Sesame AI
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OpenAI Delays Open-Weight Model Release for Safety Testing
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OpenAI is delaying the release of its highly anticipated open-weight model CEO Sam Altman shared on X that the company needs time to "run additional safety tests and review high-risk areas" The model was originally planned for this week
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