Anthropic Tool Calling Updates Cut Tokens 30–50% in Multi-Step Agent Tasks

Anthropic updates tool calling to reduce token use; tool search cuts tokens up to 80%, making larger tool sets practical.
Orange County Register

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters

Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Samsung rolls out more AI, privacy in S26 lineup Discord postpones ...
Benzinga.com

SpaceX IPO Tops Question List For Tesla's Q4 Conference Call: Will Shareholders Get First Access?

Tesla is set to host its fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. ET, which will follow the company's financial results for the three months through December. Tesla regularly ...
CNN

Verizon says it’s fixed the massive outage that left many without phone calling and data services

Verizon said it has resolved an hours-long outage that is believed to have left tens of thousands of US customers without access to voice and data services for much of Wednesday. “Today, we let many ...
VentureBeat

Why “which API do I call?” is the wrong question in the LLM era

For decades, we have adapted to software. We learned shell commands, memorized HTTP method names and wired together SDKs. Each interface assumed we would speak its language. In the 1980s, we typed ...
WLWT

Advocates calling for expanded Medicaid access to autism therapy

With the calendar flipping to 2026 this week, the expansion of Medicaid services for autism therapy is at a standstill, and advocates are calling for action.There are a lot more questions than answers ...
9NEWS

Flock denies sharing license plate data with private investigators after employee comments in recorded call

DENVER — Flock Safety has made a fortune through its ALPR cameras, which are always rolling, capturing where people are headed in cities across America and in Colorado. Flock touts that the technology ...
E&E

Lawmakers oppose greens’ call for data center moratorium

Some Democrats support regulating the growth of new data centers but stopped short of endorsing a construction freeze. Over 200 climate groups are urging Congress to pass a moratorium on new ...
Forbes

OpenAI Data Breach Exposes User Data. Here’s What To Do Immediately

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A few days ago, on November 26th, right before Thanksgiving, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, ...
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Secretary of State: Transparency series starts this week with session on campaign finance, lobbying data

BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press. Secretary of State Phil McGrane will lead the first of a four-part public education series this week, focused on Idaho’s transparency ...
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Oregon lawmakers join call to block ICE from accessing DMV data

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of Oregon lawmakers are joining an effort to block federal immigration authorities from accessing Department of Motor Vehicles’ state databases. On Wednesday, a group ...