Archive: April 2021

Amazon's $42.4 Billion Cash Burn Delivers Final Blow In a Rough Week For AI

April 18, 2021 | Gizmodo AI
Amazon's $42.4 Billion Cash Burn Delivers Final Blow In a Rough Week For AI

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out - Ars Technica

April 28, 2021 | Ars Technica AI
Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out - Ars Technica
On Monday, a judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, ending the largest copyright class-action ever certified and granting the largest copyright settlement ever reached. Back in May, some authors fought to block the settlement, which was proposed after the court ruled that Anthropic training AI on books was fair use; however, its piracy of works was likely not. Authors opposing the settlement argued that lawyers’ fees were t

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text - Ars Technica

April 10, 2021 | Ars Technica AI
Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text - Ars Technica
Credit: Google Credit: Google The new model isn’t just better at hearing the words you say; it’s also supposedly better at getting to the heart of what you meant to say. As you speak, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe can remove the awkward “ums” and “uhs” that clutter your stream of consciousness. It can also edit text on the fly if you need to correct yourself and refer to your provided custom vocabulary to handle “specialized jargon.” All this works in 85 languages

Building My Own MCP Server, Part 6 #AI - Qiita

April 9, 2021 | Qiita AI
Building My Own MCP Server, Part 6 #AI - Qiita
@ohisama@githubHomegrown MCP Server, Part 6Homegrown MCPAIClaudeDesktopDesktopCommanderSecurity0Posted at 2026-11-10 Overview I was curious about MCP servers, so I looked into it. I asked AI. I tried running the sample. I’m doing Desktop Commander first, before anything else. Claude Desktop’s desktop-commander and Miyuki Nakajima’s “Sorafune” “Don’t leave it all to AI (or others)”—a brilliant stroke (or perhaps a profound metaphor), as ironic as possible w

Honestly Reviewing Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 #AI - Qiita

April 26, 2021 | Qiita AI
Honestly Reviewing Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 #AI - Qiita
@systemdesignsimple(System Design Simple)An Honest Review of Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2ClaudeAnthropicAILLMAI Agents0Posted at 2026-11-10TAG40This article is the Japanese-language version of the English article on System Design Simple. Original: https://systemdesignsimple.com/claude-fable-5-2-mythos-5-2/ Claude Fable 5.2 really exists. It is Anthropic’s strongest model yet for technically demanding work, announced on November 9, 2026, alongside Claude

Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look

April 15, 2021 | TechCrunch AI
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
The financing includes an $8 million seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures. The company is not disclosing its valuation. Founded in South Africa in 2022 by siblings Jemima and Josiah Meyer (pictured above), the startup initially offered a clinical nutrition tool Jemima had built for dietitians. But the company later pivoted and built a more general-purpose platform that aims to

OpenAI doubles usage limits on Pro plans as competition with Anthropic heats up

April 17, 2021 | The Decoder
OpenAI doubles usage limits on Pro plans as competition with Anthropic heats up
OpenAI doubles usage limits on Pro plans as competition with Anthropic heats up Matthias Bastian View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Oct 29, 2026 OpenAI has doubled usage limits for several paid tiers. The changes affect Work and Codex quotas on the Pro 100 and Pro 500 plans, which both get twice the previous allotment. On Pro 200, OpenAI doubled the lower quota and reversed a planned cut after user pushback. The Plus plan stays the same. New sub

OpenAI teases Dots for Europe, but its Berlin DevDay was really about building a platform

April 10, 2021 | The Decoder
OpenAI teases Dots for Europe, but its Berlin DevDay was really about building a platform
OpenAI teases Dots for Europe, but its Berlin DevDay was really about building a platform Maximilian Schreiner View the LinkedIn Profile of Maximilian Schreiner Oct 28, 2026 OpenAI Key Points OpenAI's AI assistant Dots should roll out more widely in Europe within a few weeks, following talks with regulators. The company also says weekly active Codex users in Germany have grown twentyfold since January 2026. OpenAI blames high resource costs and weak custom

Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses

April 15, 2021 | TechCrunch AI
Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses
On Monday, Google expanded Dreambeans, available on Android and iOS, to India with support for 13 local languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali, alongside English. The launch comes less than two months after Google made the app available to all eligible U.S. users aged 18 and older. Introduced in June, Google’s Dreambeans uses information from connected Google services, including Calendar, Gemini, Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube,

Stargate Infrastructure

April 18, 2021 | OpenAI News
Stargate Infrastructure
OpenAI, and our strategic partners, are thrilled about our shared vision for the Infrastructure of AGI. We are energized by the challenges we face and are excited by the prospect of partnering with firms across the industrial base to deliver against our ambitious mission. Specifically, we want to connect with firms across the built data center infrastructure landscape, from power and land to construction to equipment, and everything in between.