DeepSeek has opened web search, file input, URL reading, and safety checks on the deepseek-flash API. Search, Fetch, OCR, speech recognition, and text-to-speech are also available as standalone calls.
Messages, Responses, and Chat Completions can take the new parameters.
Public-facing apps must enable that check.
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Anthropic has published 10 recommendations for designing, running, and reporting safety evaluations. The company has paused many tests that give models internet access and now monitors the web-search tests that still need a connection.
LangChain has raised $300 million at a $3 billion valuation in a Series C led by CapitalG. More than 7,000 organizations use LangSmith, and a release event on November 20 will cover new capabilities.
Mercor has raised a $750 million Series D that values the company at $20 billion. The round includes an employee tender, and the company has not said how much of the total is new capital.
Intel is working with RadixArk to optimize SGLang, an open-source inference stack, for Intel CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators. The November 12 release does not include a speed figure.
United is taking steps to stop unauthorized third-party AI agents from using customer accounts. The airline says those tools can expose logins and can make purchases, account changes, or mileage redemptions the customer did not intend.
