Olivia Poh / Bloomberg:
Thailand-based Amity, which provides generative AI tools to businesses like retail and telecom, raised $100M in a Series D, as it plans for an IPO in 2027  —  Thailand's Amity, which builds and integrates generative AI technology for businesses, raised $100 million as it gears …

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Bumpboxx is fully embracing nostalgia with its latest boombox, the BB-777, which is modeled very closely on the legendary Sharp GF-777. A real deal GF-777 will set you back over $2,000 for one in working order. Plus, that vintage unit lacks modern amenities like Bluetooth or a rechargeable battery. Heck, it doesn't even have a […]

Claude:

In Claude Cowork and Claude Code, you can now enable Claude to use your computer to complete tasks. When Claude doesn’t have access to the tools it needs, it will point, click, and navigate what’s on your screen to perform the task itself. It can open files, use the browser, and run dev tools automatically — with no setup required.

This feature is now available in research preview for Claude Pro and Max subscribers. It works especially well with Dispatch, which lets you assign Claude tasks from your phone.

I think you’re nuts if you try this on your actual Mac, with all your actual data and files. But I thought people were nuts for using a lot of bleeding edge AI features before I tried them myself. It’s certainly notable that Anthropic has shipped agentic AI on the Mac before Apple has, after Apple originally promised it to arrive a year ago.

The Claude Mac client itself remains a lazy Electron clunker. If Claude Code is so good I don’t get why they don’t prove it by using it to make an even halfway decent native Mac app.

See also: Techmeme.

Reuters:
Sources: some Sora team members were surprised by OpenAI's sudden decision to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog on Sora safety standards  —  On Monday evening, Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and OpenAI teams were working together on a project linked to Sora, OpenAI's AI video tool.