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Kyle Wiggers
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AI Editor, TechCrunch
New York
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Anything considered. I love research.
Content
By Kyle Wiggers Verified| Original Content@ In a bid to more aggressively compete with rival AI companies like Google, OpenAI is launching Flex processing, an API option that provides lower AI model usage prices in exchange for slower response times and “occasional resource unavailability.”Flex processing, which is available in beta for OpenAI’s recently released o3 and o4-mini reasoning models, is aimed at lower-priority and “non-production” tasks such as model evaluations, data enrichment, and asynchronous workloads, OpenAI says.
By Kyle Wiggers Verified| Original Content@ On Thursday, weeks after launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google published a technical report showing the results of its internal safety evaluations. However, the report is light on the details, experts say, making it difficult to determine which risks the model might pose. Technical reports provide useful — and unflattering, at times — info that companies don’t always widely advertise about their AI.
By Kyle Wiggers Verified| Yahoo Finance Singapore@ Kyle Wiggers Thu, 17 Apr 2025, 2:02 pm 1 min read Chatbot Arena, the crowdsourced benchmarking project major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, is forming a company called Arena Intelligence Inc., reports Bloomberg.
Company Info
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a prominent technology media platform founded in June 2005 by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. Originally a blog focused on startups and emerging technologies, it has evolved into a respected authority in tech journalism, reaching millions of readers globally. The platform offers real-time news coverage on tech innovations, funding rounds, acquisitions, and regulatory developments, with a historical emphasis on Web 2.0 pioneers. In addition to news, TechCrunch hosts events like Disrupt, which connects entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. It also features Crunchboard Jobs, a job board dedicated to tech and startup roles. With nearly 3 billion visitors over the past decade, TechCrunch serves a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, investors, developers, and tech enthusiasts, solidifying its position as a key resource for startup intelligence and industry insights.
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