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
The chess world has been thrown into turmoil after the president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), Arkady Dvorkovich, announced his resignation because he was included in the latest European Union sanctions list. Dvorkovich, 54, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and Kremlin adviser, now faces an EU travel ban and an asset freeze. The EU
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In his first post on “AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country,” Huang wrote in X. “Open models strengthen security and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.” On Friday, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Mistral and others signed an open letter urging US policymakers not to crack down
On Friday, Anthropic released its Opus 5 model, the newest version of its long-standing heavyweight model. While smaller than the Fable 5, the model will be cheaper and less restrictive than the Fable, which will likely make it preferable in most use cases. Notably, Opus 5 actually outperforms Fable 5 on a number of benchmarks
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital, Delhi, as part of anti-cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analyzing videos from across the capital, showing security officers firing so-called pellet guns at protesters. The Central Reserve Police did not respond
