Attie, Bluesky’s AI assistant that lets you create personalized social feeds without programming, is evolving into an open research tool. The company said this week that it added a new feature to the AI assistant, called Quests, that allows users to ask it for information and news that is spread through the broader Bluesky social
An apparent effort by the Indian government to remove GitHub repositories for Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth-powered offline messaging app, has raised questions about the legal basis for targeting open source software because of how it works. The issue with Bitchat came to light after Dorsey posted on X on Friday what he said was a
Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans sweeping the world. Instead of kicking children off the platforms entirely, the country wants to allow them to stay connected, but muted. According to a draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, reported on Friday by Reuters, users
Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, is taking its next big step. The company behind the assistant, The Interaction Company of California, has been acquired by AI coding startup Cognition in a deal that values the startup in the “low nine figures.” The deal will bring Poke’s interaction model and personality to
Patreon is laying off 20% of its workforce, or 93 people, CEO Jack Conte told employees Thursday. In a memo to staff that the company shared online, Conte said Patreon’s core business is strong, but the platform has to respond to market changes and adjust its cost structure to remain stable, which is why it
Weeks after OpenAI launched a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode, rival Anthropic is taking steps to make Claude more voice-friendly with a new update. The company said Thursday that users can choose between Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models. Claude’s voice mode, which launched last year and runs on the Haiku
