Vietnam's Tech Unicorn VNG Plans to Launch ChatGPT-style AI Service


The company Anthropic launched Claude for Excel, designed specifically for financial professionals, currently in research preview. Users can interact with the AI assistant directly through the Excel sidebar, enabling reading, analysis, and modification of workbooks. All changes are clearly tracked and explained, helping to improve efficiency in financial services.
Artificial intelligence startup Mercor has completed a $350 million funding round, led by Felicis with additional investments from Benchmark. The company was founded by three Thiel Fellows and has shifted its focus from recruitment decisions to hiring skilled talent for training AI models.
OpenAI urges U.S. to boost power investment for AI edge over China, citing electricity shortages as a key bottleneck in infrastructure expansion.....
AI chatbots like ChatGPT are becoming informal mental health support, with over 1 million users weekly expressing suicidal thoughts and hundreds of thousands showing mental illness symptoms, raising concerns about their trustworthiness.....
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT to a smart agent with eight integrated apps for travel, design, and more. Users can invoke authorized accounts via conversation, enabling actions like generating Spotify playlists without manual input.....