I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
An anime girl in a black corset dress sways back and forth on my screen. Its name is Ani, and ...
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Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the “Smartest AI in the World,” But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story

Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the “Smartest AI in the World,” But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story
Elon Musk has been boasting about what he says are the incredible capabilities of xAI’s new Grok 4 AI chatbot. ...
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Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta

Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta
OpenAI researcher Jason Wei is joining Meta’s new superintelligence lab, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Wei worked ...
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5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI chatbot

5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI chatbot
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images I’ve been working with artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1970s, when Lisp was state-of-the-art. Lately, like everyone else, ...
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AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart

AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart
In an unexpected turn of events, artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced this week that it is acquiring AI coding startup ...
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AI Might Now Be as Good as Humans at Detecting Emotion, Political Leaning, and Sarcasm

AI Might Now Be as Good as Humans at Detecting Emotion, Political Leaning, and Sarcasm
When we write something to another person, over email or perhaps on social media, we may not state things directly, ...
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Bow Course – Archery Golf Enters Early Access On PC VR

Bow Course – Archery Golf Enters Early Access On PC VR
Bow Course mixes golfing with archery in early access today on PC VR. Developed by Korpi Games (Virtual Hunter), Bow ...
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A Streamlined Framework for Enhancing LLM Reasoning with Agentic Tools

A Streamlined Framework for Enhancing LLM Reasoning with Agentic Tools
[Submitted on 7 Feb 2025 (v1), last revised 14 Jul 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper ...
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Sources suggest that staff laid off at King will be replaced by AI tools they helped to create

Sources suggest that staff laid off at King will be replaced by AI tools they helped to create
Anonymous sources within the mobile developer King have said that staff who have been laid off as part of Microsoft’s ...
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Why the digital world has a thirst problem

Why the digital world has a thirst problem
A single Google search requires half a millilitre of water, while ChatGPT consumes 500 millilitres for every five to 50 prompts. Multiply these figures ...
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