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Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling: It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view. Read More

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II: The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite. Read More

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex: OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app. Read More

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