AI News: DeepSeek $0.75 Search API, Anthropic Gives 5%, Disney Buys Character.AI

Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QivxThDaUYAI News: DeepSeek $0.75 Search API, Anthropic Gives 5%, Disney Buys Character.AIDeepSeek just made web search for AI agents almost free, Anthropic is giving away 5 percent of the company, and Disney is buying what is left of Character.AI out of bankruptcy. Alex and Sam debate which move changes AI the most.In today's episode:1. DeepSeek ships V4.1 Flash 1017 as an open weight model under the MIT license and opens Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, undercutting Brave at $5, Exa at $4, and Kagi at $12. The model scores 45 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and 77.0 on DeepSWE coding.2. Anthropic commits 5 percent of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, plus 2 percent more for every 50 percent rise in value, bringing roughly 20 percent of shares toward the public good ahead of a possible November IPO. CEO Dario Amodei calls public sentiment a crisis of trust while junior technical hiring falls from 27 percent to 9 percent.3. Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $50 million to $100 million in assets and liabilities, and Disney steps in as the $20 million stalking horse bidder. The case aims to resolve state investigations and lawsuits alleging chatbots pushed children toward self harm.Subscribe to The Daily Neural for your fast daily breakdown of everything artificial intelligence. Tell us in the comments which story matters most: cheaper agents, shared AI wealth, or the end of the companion boom.#ainews #deepseek #anthropic #openai #artificialintelligence #technews #characterai #disney #aiagents #claude #dailyneural