DeepSeek V4 makes 1M context standard across all models
DeepSeek's new V4 series makes 1M-token context standard across all tiers, with V4-Pro matching top closed-source models in reasoning and openly acknowledging gaps against Anthropic's Opus 4.6.
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DeepSeek drops V4 preview
DeepSeek open-sources its V4 preview under MIT license: 1.6 trillion parameters, 1M token context, and memory usage slashed to a tenth of V3.2.
Xiaomi's new TTS model sings, clones voices, and takes mood requests
Xiaomi's new TTS models can sing, clone voices from seconds of audio, and adjust emotion via natural language — all free during the public beta.
Anthropic finally explains why Claude got dumber — and says it's fixed
Anthropic blames three compounding changes — a default thinking duration tweak, a caching bug, and an overzealous system prompt — for Claude's recent intelligence drop, all fixed as of April 20.
Google Maps Platform drops three AI features, including Street View image grounding
Google Maps Platform launched three AI imaging features at Cloud Next: Street View-grounded image generation, automated satellite analysis, and pre-trained object recognition models.
Tencent's Hunyuan Hy3 preview is here, and it's all about agents
Tencent open-sources Hunyuan Hy3 preview, a 295B-parameter MoE model with major agent and reasoning upgrades, now powering products across the company.
DeepSeek opens its doors to investors at a $44 billion valuation
DeepSeek is raising 50 billion RMB at a $44 billion valuation, requiring a minimum 5 billion RMB investment per firm — a stark pivot from its self-funded past as talent flees and rivals stockpile capital.
Anthropic tells court it has no kill switch for AI deployed to the Pentagon
Anthropic told a federal appeals court it has no kill switch for AI models deployed to the Pentagon, as a dispute over supply chain risk labels creates a split between courts.
Tesla bets $25 billion more on AI, robots, and chips
Tesla is boosting its 2026 capital spending forecast by $5 billion to over $25 billion, betting big on AI, robotics, and custom chips to fuel future growth.
ByteDance's Seed3D 2.0 turns a single photo into a textured 3D model
ByteDance's Seed team has released Seed3D 2.0, an AI model that generates fully textured 3D assets from a single image, with major upgrades to geometry and material realism.