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Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)
Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML — Engineers building browser agents today face a choice between closed APIs they cannot inspect and open-weight frameworks with no trained model underneath them.
Halter, which provides AI-powered cow collars for remote herding via audio and vibration cues, raised $220M led by Founders Fund at a $2B valuation (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
Halter, which provides AI-powered cow collars for remote herding via audio and vibration cues, raised $220M led by Founders Fund at a $2B valuation — Halter, a New Zealand-based startup selling artificial intelligence-powered collars for cows, has raised $220 million from investors to expand …
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs, saying "we're spending significantly more than we're making" and that the layoffs and $500M in savings put it "in a more stable place" (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs, saying “we're spending significantly more than we're making” and that the layoffs and $500M in savings put it “in a more stable place” — The company is seeing a downturn in engagement on Fortnite — Epic Games Inc. is cutting …
Beehiiv now lets creators manage their accounts through AI platforms; the first iteration of Beehiiv MCP supports subscriber analysis and SEO optimization (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Beehiiv now lets creators manage their accounts through AI platforms; the first iteration of Beehiiv MCP supports subscriber analysis and SEO optimization — Beehiiv, a newsletter platform for independent creators and publishers, has introduced a new update that allows users to manage …
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin — Quick Take — Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves.