Month: March 2025

Anthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbot

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Anthropic’s AI-powered chatbot, Claude, can now search the web — a capability that had long eluded it. Web search is available now in preview for paid Claude users in the U.S., Anthropic said on its blog, with support for free users and additional countries coming soon. Users can toggle on web search in their profile … Read more

OpenAI upgrades its transcription and voice-generating AI models

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OpenAI is bringing new transcription and voice-generating AI models to its API that the company claims improve upon its previous releases. For OpenAI, the models fit into its broader “agentic” vision: building automated systems that can independently accomplish tasks on behalf of users. The definition of “agent” might be in dispute, but OpenAI Head of … Read more

Rerun’s open-source AI platform for robots, drones and cars revs up with $17M seed

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As Generative AI moves increasingly into the physical world through robotics, vehicles and drones, the need to map cloud-based AIs to real-world environments can lead to a huge mismatch. Rerun, a Stockholm-based dev tools startup, which builds a data stack for this emergent kind of “Physical AI”, has secured $17 million in seed funding to … Read more

Digital Euro Needed to Counter Stablecoins, Non-European Big Tech, ECB Chief Economist Says

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The chief economist at the European Central Bank (ECB), Philip Lane, said Europe needs a digital euro to counter the foothold that dollar-linked stablecoins and U.S. electronic payments systems are gaining in region’s the financial system. The prevalence of electronic payments provided by Big Tech firms, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal, “exposes … Read more

CryptoPunks: The Digital Art Boom with an Analog Bias Problem

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:::info Authors: (1) Yufan Zhang, Duke Kunshan University, SciEcon CIC (yz605@duke.edu); (2) Zichao Chen, Duke Kunshan University, SciEcon CIC (zc142@duke.edu); (3) Luyao Zhang, Duke Kunshan University. SciEcon CIC (lz183@duke.edu); (4) Xin Tong, Duke Kunshan University (xin.tong@dukekunshan.edu.cn). ::: CONTENT OVERVIEW Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Results 4 Discussions and Conclusion, and References ABSTRACT As … Read more

Unleashing the multimodal power of Amazon Bedrock Data Automation to transform unstructured data into actionable insights

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Gartner predicts that “by 2027, 40% of generative AI solutions will be multimodal (text, image, audio and video) by 2027, up from 1% in 2023.” The McKinsey 2023 State of AI Report identifies data management as a major obstacle to AI adoption and scaling. Enterprises generate massive volumes of unstructured data, from legal contracts to customer … Read more

Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri

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Apple is replacing the head of Siri, shortly after pushing back the rollout of its highly-anticipated AI features, according to a report from Bloomberg. Mike Rockwell, the head of Vision Pro development, will reportedly replace John Giannandrea as the leader of AI and Siri. The move comes after Apple CEO Tim Cook “lost confidence” in … Read more

Bitcoin Coinbase premium returns — Is $90K BTC price in the cards?

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The Bitcoin (BTC) Coinbase premium index reached its highest level since Feb. 20 after BTC prices rallied 5% on March 19. Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index. Source: CryptoQuant Return of Coinbase premium highlights Bitcoin accumulation The Coinbase premium index measures the price difference between Coinbase and Binance prices for BTC pairs, where a higher value signals … Read more

X sues India over ‘unrestrained censorship’

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Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is suing the Indian government, accusing the country’s IT ministry of unlawfully expanding its powers to remove online content, Reuters reported Thursday. X has long chaffed at government orders to remove or block content in the country, such as during the farmers’ protests last year. Though it ended up … Read more

Inside Pump.fun’s Plan to Dominate Solana DeFi Trading

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Solana’s most profitable protocol Pump.fun is gunning for an even greater share of the chain’s DeFi economy. The massively popular memecoin launchpad on Thursday unveiled a token swaps service powered by the protocol’s liquidity pools. Called PumpSwap, it puts the project in direct competition with Solana’s coterie of automated market makers (AMMs) that facilitate on-chain … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Is Your AI-Generated Code Really Secure? (3/20/2025)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 20, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Yahoo Acquires Flickr in 2005, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Is Your AI-Generated Code Really Secure? to Argentina’s President Fights to Move Past … Read more