Microsoft is launching homegrown AI models at Build next week, positioned as cheaper alternatives to OpenAI and Anthropic. Buried in the reporting: relying on Anthropic's Claude forced Microsoft to raise GitHub Copilot prices and cap how much developers could actually use it.
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32 Examples of AI in Finance
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32 Examples of #AI in #Finance
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Major Firms Pull Back From AI After Massive Losses
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From Starbucks To Pizza Hut, Microsoft & Uber: Major Firms Pull Back From AI After Massive Losses. https://
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ElevenLabs partners with Greece to reimagine public services with voice AI
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We’re partnering with the Government of Greece to reimagine public services. Today, we signed an MOU with @PrimeministerGR and @papastergiougr to use voice AI to improve public services, promote tourism, and preserve Greek linguistic heritage.
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WordPress categories covering AI topics
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Web designers after reading this: https://t.co/yONuEtjT8L pic.twitter.com/p3y16ldruL
— Charly Wargnier (@DataChaz) 27 mai 2026Web designers after reading this:
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Organizations overspending on AI token budgets highlights cost-management gap
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I have heard from quite a few large organizations that blew through their entire token budget in the first couple months of the year. There aren't even good processes for thinking through how token costs will change over time.
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Agentic AI Production Adoption Slower Than Tech Hype Suggests
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There are not a lot of signs of agentic AI ramping into production at normal companies so far. There is a lot of boosterism from tech companies about agentic AI. Without trillions spent on agents by enterprises, the whole thing could come crashing down… Kudos to Tavis McCourt
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Debate over Token Allocation as AI Becomes Essential for Coding
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The fact that tokens went from something no one even put in a budget line a year ago to an absolute requirement for coding now is the cause of handwringing, not that AI is not turning out to be useful No one knows who should get tokens, how much they should get & how to control
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AI Model Pricing Wars and Sustainable Engineering Behind the Cuts
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DeepSeek just made its 75% price cut on V4-Pro permanent. Xiaomi's MiMo slashed V2.5 pricing by up to 99%, effective today. Most coverage frames this as a price war. The more interesting part is the engineering that makes these numbers sustainable. DeepSeek's V4 paper describes
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AI Triggers Parallel Crises: Social Anger and Financial Anxiety
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L’IA déclenche désormais deux mouvements parallèles : la colère populaire et l’angoisse financière. D’un côté, des cocktails Molotov, des conférences sifflées, 120 000 emplois détruits, et seulement 18% de la génération Z qui y voit un espoir. De l’autre, 750 milliards