U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have turned into a broader regional conflict that will change the political dynamics of the Middle East. But who drove the decision to attack – and what the vision is for a postwar Middle East – remains unclear.
Calculated escalation: Iran’s high-risk strategy against the US and Israel
Tehran’s approach appears to rest on a belief it can absorb strikes longer than its adversaries sustain pain and costs, writes BBC Persian’s Amir Azimi.
GPT-5.4 is priced at $2.50/1M input tokens and $15/1M output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro is priced at $30/1M input tokens and $180/1M output tokens (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
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GPT-5.4 is priced at $2.50/1M input tokens and $15/1M output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro is priced at $30/1M input tokens and $180/1M output tokens — The AI updates aren’t slowing down. Literally two days af…
Horror moment woman is mauled by pack of wild dogs after slipping on ice while running away from vicious canines
THIS is the terrifying moment a woman was mauled by a pack of dogs after slipping on ice. In harrowing CCTV footage, the woman can be seen struggling to keep her footing as she tries to escape the animals. She slips and slides on the icy ground before …
A senior defense official says Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)
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A senior defense official says Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk — The Pentagon said it has formally notified Anthropic PBC that it’…
OpenAI says users can now use ChatGPT directly in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets and debuts a suite of financial-services tools to better tackle office work (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
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OpenAI says users can now use ChatGPT directly in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets and debuts a suite of financial-services tools to better tackle office work — OpenAI is releasing a new flagship artificial…
OpenAI says GPT-5.4’s “individual claims are 33% less likely to be false and its full responses are 18% less likely to contain any errors, relative to GPT-5.2” (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
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OpenAI says GPT-5.4’s “individual claims are 33% less likely to be false and its full responses are 18% less likely to contain any errors, relative to GPT-5.2” — ZDNET’s key takeaways —…
Indiscriminate Iranian attacks threaten all Gulf shipping, experts warn
Vanguard Tech warns that Iran still controls huge arsenal of missiles likely to target ships
GPT-5.4 is available in Pro and Thinking versions; its API has improved tool calling and will be available with context windows of up to 1M tokens (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
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GPT-5.4 is available in Pro and Thinking versions; its API has improved tool calling and will be available with context windows of up to 1M tokens — On Thursday, OpenAI released a GPT-5.4, a new foundat…
Savannah Guthrie plans return to NBC as search for missing mother continues
The Today programme host visited her colleagues in the office on Thursday, as the search for her mum continues.