OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors).
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4: Advanced Financial Analytics Tools Now Available

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 debuts with financial tools, FactSet integration, Excel support, and investment analysis features for ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro users.

OpenAI sees Codex users spike to 1.6 million, positions coding tool as gateway to AI agents for business

Controversy over OpenAI's agreement to provide AI to the Pentagon has swamped news about Codex's rapid adoption ...
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Expose your FastAPI endpoints as Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, with Auth!

If you prefer a managed hosted solution check out tadata.com. FastAPI-MCP is designed as a native extension of FastAPI, not just a converter that generates MCP tools from your API. This approach ...
IEEE

Fine-Tuning Transformer Models Using Transfer Learning for Multilingual Threatening Text Identification

Abstract: Threatening content detection on social media has recently gained attention. There is very limited work regarding threatening content detection in low-resource languages, especially in Urdu.