Anthropic’s Doom-Themed Claude Ad Backfires and Draws Mockery
Anthropic's new ad "There's hope in hard questions" drew mockery, including from Sam Altman, for pairing bleak imagery like a cemetery with questions about whether AI can be trusted.
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SoftBank Plans $369 Million Bond Sale to Fund Its AI Push
SoftBank plans to sell about ¥60 billion of notes in Japan this month, its latest raise to fund a mounting AI bet that includes nearly $65 billion committed to OpenAI.
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Roblox Launches AI-Powered Build Tool for Mobile Game Creation
Roblox has announced Build, a new mobile-first creation tab that allows users to generate playable games from text prompts directly within the Roblox app.
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China’s Moonshot Releases Kimi K3, Its Largest AI Model Yet
Chinese startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model it says rivals Anthropic's Claude, as the US-China AI gap narrows.
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Story of the Day AI & Machine LearningAnthropic Lines Up Investor Meetings for an October IPO
Anthropic is scheduling investor meetings ahead of a potential IPO as soon as October, a move that could take the Claude maker public before rival OpenAI.
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OpenAI Launches Codex Micro, a $230 Keypad for Coders
OpenAI launched Codex Micro, a $230 mechanical keypad built with Work Louder that gives developers physical controls for its Codex coding agent, its first hardware to reach market.
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