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Salesforce’s new Slackbot is a Porsche, not a tricycle — and it runs on Claude
Salesforce rebuilt Slackbot from the ground up as an AI agent powered by Anthropic's Claude....
Anthropic’s Cowork Turns Claude Into a File-Wrangling Agent for Non-Developers
Anthropic launched Cowork, an AI agent that lets non-technical users control files on their Mac...
NousCoder-14B: Open-Source Coding Model Catches Up Fast, Trained in Four Days
Nous Research's NousCoder-14B matches or beats larger proprietary coding models, trained in just four days...
Google is ready to sink $40B into Anthropic — and it’s not just about the money
Google is reportedly planning up to $40 billion in cash and compute credits for Anthropic....
Mac mini scalpers are having a field day thanks to local AI workloads
Apple's Mac mini is sold out everywhere, and eBay is flooded with marked-up units. The...
Uber’s CTO is speaking at StrictlyVC SF — here’s why that matters
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins the already impressive StrictlyVC SF lineup on April 30....
Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain, and the talent war is getting personal
Weiyao Wang left Meta for Thinking Machines Lab, joining a growing list of ex-Meta researchers....
ComfyUI just raised $30M at a $500M valuation — and creators are finally getting tired of black boxes
ComfyUI lands $30M at $500M valuation. The node-based AI tool gives creators real control over...
Anthropic built a marketplace where AI agents haggle over real stuff
Anthropic ran an experiment where AI agents acted as both buyers and sellers in a...
Maine’s Governor Just Killed a Bill That Would Have Frozen Data Centers for Years
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed L.D. 307, which would have banned new data centers until...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Apologizes to Tumbler Ridge After Mass Shooting Oversight
Sam Altman says sorry for not tipping off police about a shooter before a mass...
Cohere and Aleph Alpha: A Merger That Actually Makes Sense
Cohere acquires Aleph Alpha with backing from Lidl's owner, Schwarz Group, to offer European enterprises...