AI

Microsoft is retiring the animated avatar Mico from its Copilot chatbot's voice mode, less than a year after the character first appeared.

The initiative, starting in north-west England, will offer up to 70 people aged 16 to 21 three weeks of training in building AI tools, understanding business use of AI, and responsible technology adoption.

The Bitcoin Red Team, a volunteer security research group led by pseudonymous developer Calle, has turned to Chinese AI models to hunt for vulnerabilities across nearly the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem.

After the release of DeepSeek V4 Flash, the large model industry has shifted its focus from pure 'intelligence ceiling' to 'cost-effectiveness ratio'—that is, the ability of a model to solve real-world problems per unit of cost.

According to Bloomberg News on August 14, OpenAI is showing strong momentum as it prepares for its initial public offering (IPO), with annualized revenue expected to exceed $40 billion in 2026, doubling from approximately $20 billion in 2025.