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Reflection unveils open-weight model Beam, saying it excels at coding and agentic tasks, uses 3x-4x less compute than comparable models, and nears Qwen3.8-Max (Semafor)

Semafor : Reflection unveils open-weight model Beam, saying it excels at coding and agentic tasks, uses 3x-4x less compute than comparable models, and nears Qwen3.8-Max   —  Reflection AI, the startup billing itself as America's answer to open-source Chinese AI, is releasing its first model, called Beam. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lKxItFN via IFTTT
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Ghost, which makes a $3,499 computer designed for AI agents and includes an RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed led by a16z (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch : Ghost, which makes a $3,499 computer designed for AI agents and includes an RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed led by a16z   —  For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions.  And for a while, he was one. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/sy3u8IZ via IFTTT

Sources: Schneider Electric is in advanced talks to buy US engineering software firm PTC for ~$20B, its largest acquisition; a deal could come as soon as Monday (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Sources: Schneider Electric is in advanced talks to buy US engineering software firm PTC for ~$20B, its largest acquisition; a deal could come as soon as Monday   —  Acquisition would be French conglomerate's largest and enhance its products focused on manufacturers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3lB17ZP via IFTTT

Sources: Apple and Google pitch state bills with self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits; Meta backs ones making app stores, not platforms, verify ages (Owen Dahlkamp/Politico)

Owen Dahlkamp / Politico : Sources: Apple and Google pitch state bills with self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits; Meta backs ones making app stores, not platforms, verify ages   —  Google and Apple lobbyists are engaged in a massive effort to press state lawmakers to adopt kids' online safety laws … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xsgVk59 via IFTTT

In an X reply, Elon Musk says that SpaceX will rename its AI unit SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Trump's push to replace "artificial" intelligence with "super" (Chandni Shah/Reuters)

Chandni Shah / Reuters : In an X reply, Elon Musk says that SpaceX will rename its AI unit SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Trump's push to replace “artificial” intelligence with “super”   —  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/t1iJg46 via IFTTT

Valley National Bancorp agrees to acquire New Jersey-based Bluevine, which provides digital banking and payments services for 175K SMBs in the US, for $340M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Valley National Bancorp agrees to acquire New Jersey-based Bluevine, which provides digital banking and payments services for 175K SMBs in the US, for $340M   —  The acquisition will give the bank a digital small business platform while accelerating its technology and AI strategy. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/anGDm5b via IFTTT

Q&A with Brian Chesky on Airbnb's plans for agent-to-agent interactions, why chatbots fail at travel e-commerce, the need for an AI-native OS, and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Q&A with Brian Chesky on Airbnb's plans for agent-to-agent interactions, why chatbots fail at travel e-commerce, the need for an AI-native OS, and more   —  Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step for a company that has been slow and deliberate about AI. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/IOB6qV4 via IFTTT