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Product Launch

Microsoft Delays Teams Facilitator Question-Answering Feature to November, December

Microsoft has delayed the general availability of its Teams Facilitator question detection and answering feature to November, with worldwide availability in mid-December. The AI assistant, part of Microsoft 365 Copilot, will detect knowledge gaps in meetings and offer answers. The delay extends the timeline by about two months from the September estimate, with no official reason provided.

Aug 283 minNeura News

AI Models

DeepSeek raises V4 API prices by up to 1,100% as capacity strains

DeepSeek has announced general availability of V4-Pro and beta of V4-Flash, with API price increases up to 1,100% for the V4 family, effective August 16. The hikes, driven by capacity constraints, introduce peak and off-peak pricing. Analysts note the increases erode DeepSeek's price advantage over OpenAI at peak times, but off-peak rates and cache discounts still offer savings for many buyers.

Aug 146 minNeura News

Developer

Microsoft's Agent Framework Harness Reaches General Availability, Shifting Focus From SDK to Runtime

Microsoft's Agent Framework Harness and Foundry Hosted Agents have reached general availability, shifting focus from SDK to runtime. The open-source harness wraps models to enable tool use, multi-step tasks, and persistence, running as one binary across environments. A VILA-Lab analysis of Claude Code suggests harness infrastructure dominates agent codebases, while Microsoft's benchmark highlights built-in safety controls.

Aug 37 minNeura News