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On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.4. This is a new foundation model that is being touted as “the most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work.” In addition to the standard version, GPT-5.4 is also available as an inference model (GPT-5.4 Thinking) or a model optimized for high performance (GPT-5.4 Pro). The API version of this model will be available in a context window of 1 million tokens, the largest context window ever available in OpenAI. OpenAI also stated that GPT-5.4 was able to solve the same problem with significantly fewer tokens than its predecessor, highlighting improved token efficiency. The…
A “Now Hiring” sign is seen at an AutoZone in Hollywood, Florida on February 11, 2026. Joe Radle | Getty ImagesThe labor market in 2025 has been widely described as “unstable,” with virtually no job growth and significant headwinds expected. But in 2026, things will look more or less the same, and the buzzword seems to be “stable.”Employment is low and layoffs remain low, with companies reluctant to lay off workers as demand remains strong, but also reluctant to add employees due to uncertainties surrounding tariffs, inflation and geopolitics.But characterizations from Federal Reserve officials and market economists have become at…
This report is from this week’s Inside India newsletter, which brings you timely and insightful news and market commentary on emerging economies. Subscribe here.big storyIndia is unlikely to escape the aftermath of the escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Most of the country’s energy imports are at risk of disruption, and the aviation sector is facing higher costs due to airspace restrictions.But there is another multibillion-dollar concern the country must address. That’s remittance.India is the world’s largest recipient of remittances, accounting for nearly 3.5% of GDP, which is higher than the 2% share of exports to the US in the…
broadcomThe company’s shares rose about 5% on Thursday as CEO Hock Tan touted strong demand for the company’s chips amid the artificial intelligence boom.He told analysts on Wednesday that he expects AI chip revenue to be “well over $100 billion” in 2027 as demand for custom silicon designs increases. That far exceeds the bullish expectations of many Wall Street analysts, who are hoping for further upside potential after Tan said the company was approaching 10 gigawatts of capacity among its six customers. JPMorgan analysts estimate the company will reach $12 billion to $15 billion in revenue per gigawatt by 2027,…
CNN — Here we will look at earthquakes around the world. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) describes an earthquake as “a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden sliding of a fault. Stresses in the Earth’s outer layers press against the sides of the fault. Stress builds up, rocks suddenly slide, and the energy of waves traveling through the Earth’s crust is released, causing the shaking you feel during an earthquake.” Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake occurs. Scientists have used the Richter scale for years to…
Lewis Hamilton says his aim is to win the 2026 F1 title and Ferrari is “coming out of a bad situation” as he begins his second season with the team.Hamilton had a disappointing first season with Ferrari in 2025, failing to finish on the podium all year for the first time in his F1 career, but he is clearly in a positive mood heading into this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. It is the first time since 2021 that Hamilton has been able to challenge for the championship, and the 41-year-old insisted he is “much happier” than he was 12…
AI video generation startup Luma on Thursday launched Luma Agents, designed to handle end-to-end creative work across text, images, video, and audio. The Luma agent is powered by the startup’s Unified Intelligence family of models, with an architecture trained on a single multimodal inference system. Luma Agent is being pitched as a new way of working for advertising agencies, marketing teams, design studios, and businesses. Luma says its agents can plan and generate text, images, video, and audio while working with other AI models, including Luma’s Ray 3.14, Google’s Veo 3 and Nano Banana Pro, ByteDance’s Seedream, and Eleven Labs’…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesLONDON – European stock markets closed lower on Thursday as market participants tracked geopolitical developments in the Middle East.pan-european Stocks 600 The stock ended 1.4% lower, erasing early gains as the region’s major exchanges and most sectors, excluding media, ended in negative territory.spanish ibex 35 Madrid ended down 1.4% after drawing the ire of US President Donald Trump after refusing to allow the US military to…
Vishal Garg, Better.comSource: Better.comonline mortgage platform better has partnered with OpenAI to launch an app within ChatGPT that will dramatically reduce the time it takes to underwrite mortgages and home equity loans, the companies have announced, exclusively learned by CNBC.The app, which will be unveiled later Thursday, will take Better’s mortgage engine and combine it with OpenAI’s models to speed up the underwriting process for loan officers working at banks, mortgage brokers and fintech companies, Better CEO Vishal Garg said in an interview.”By reducing the mortgage underwriting process, which many of us have personally experienced, from 21 days to just…
The Middle East conflict is rapidly escalating across the region as the US and Israeli-led war with Iran enters its sixth day. Images released Thursday show destruction across Tehran after nearly a week of attacks on the Iranian capital. In retaliation, Iran has launched a slew of missiles and drones at Israel and has also targeted U.S. allies in the region. Explosions were also reported in Qatar and Bahrain, oil-rich Azerbaijan said it had been attacked by two Iranian drones, and Tehran claimed naval jets had attacked a U.S. tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.US President Donald Trump has said…