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The company was founded in 2023 as Forge by Markie Wagner, a Thiel Foundation fellow who worked as a researcher at Stanford and Waymo. Wagner also founded and led an AI consultancy called Delphi.
The EU has ordered Meta to open up WhatsApp to rival AI assistants and maintain access until the Commission completes its antitrust investigation into the social media juggernaut, or until June 2029.
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⚖️ EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to AI rivals
🤖 Anthropic rolls out ‘Mythos-like’ AI model
💰 Reuters: Nuvei in talks to acquire Payoneer
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Nuvei, a payments company based in Montreal, Canada, is reportedly in “advanced talks” to acquire Payoneer Global for $2.7bn, according to Reuters.
Dunbar Pharma’s Leah Fletcher discusses Ireland’s potential in the cannabinoid therapy landscape and how breaking the traditional is a critical step towards advancement.
Swedish legal AI start-up Legora is expanding its footprint with a new engineering hub in London alongside new offices in Madrid, Milan and Paris. Hiring for these locations have already commenced.
Just two months after rolling out Mythos to a limited pool of high-level users, Anthropic has announced the release of Claude Fable 5, an AI model similar to Mythos.
The Irish Government has announced a €460m investment for seven new Research Ireland centres, which will each operate under a new national research network called ‘Rinn’.
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Anthropic has unveiled Claude Fable 5, a model similar to Claude Mythos but with major cyber barriers blocking risky prompts and replies.
