OpenAI’s first hardware product is not a phone, a speaker, or a wearable. It is a small AI keypad called “Codex Micro”, built with specialty keyboard maker Work Louder and designed to give ChatGPT and Codex users physical controls for agentic work. The device is a niche product by design. It is aimed at people … Read more
Prentis, a new AI lab connected to Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus, and Ritankar Das, is reportedly in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. The bigger story is not just another large AI funding round. It is where the money is pointing: computer-use agents. The company is focused on models that can … Read more
Cognition has acquired ‘Poke’, an AI assistant built around casual text-message interaction, in a move that shows how much AI companies are starting to care about product personality, not only raw model performance. The deal brings ‘Poke’ into the same company behind Devin, Cognition’s AI coding agent. The company says the goal is to make … Read more
Anthropic has launched ‘Opus 5’, adding another high-end model to the Claude lineup and giving users a new option alongside ‘Fable 5’. The new model is positioned as smaller, cheaper, and less restrictive than Fable, while still outperforming it on several benchmark tests cited in the launch. The timing is notable. ‘Opus 5’ arrives only … Read more
AI tools are changing who gets to build startups, how quickly they can launch, and how visible their early mistakes become. A new wave of young founders is using coding assistants, open-source communities, and public social platforms to move faster than the old Silicon Valley path allowed. The shift is especially visible among founders still … Read more
A group of major AI and technology companies is urging policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight AI models, as Washington debates how to respond to fast-improving Chinese AI systems and allegations of model misuse. The open letter, titled “Open Weights and American AI Leadership,” was signed by Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, Hugging Face, Mistral, … Read more
Midjourney has acquired Co-Star, the astrology app known for its highly shareable daily readings, in a move that suggests the AI image company is thinking beyond image generation alone. The deal reportedly brings Co-Star’s team of about two dozen employees into Midjourney. That matters because Co-Star is not an AI image lab or a video … Read more
Bluesky’s AI assistant ‘Attie’ is expanding from feed-building into social research, giving users a way to ask questions about what is happening across Bluesky and the wider AT Protocol ecosystem. The new feature, called Quests, is meant to let users ask open-ended questions about trends, news, conversations and influential accounts. Instead of manually searching across … Read more
OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Voice into the ChatGPT desktop app for Work and Codex, making voice control a more direct way to coordinate AI agents rather than just a conversational extra. The update means eligible users on macOS and Windows can speak to ChatGPT while using Work or Codex, ask it to start tasks, check … Read more
Belfast Exposed has defended the decision to show AI-generated images inside a photography exhibition, turning a local gallery debate into another example of how quickly AI is moving into creative spaces. The work appeared as part of ‘Beneath the Surface’, an exhibition featuring nine Master of Fine Arts graduates from Ulster University. The show is … Read more