Silo AI Launches Open Source Language Model 'Poro', Covering 24 Languages of the EU


AMD announced that it has officially completed the acquisition of Silo AI, one of Europe's largest private artificial intelligence laboratories. The transaction is valued at approximately $665 million, equivalent to around 4.77 billion yuan based on the latest exchange rate, and AMD will pay the entire amount in cash.
Next-gen Gemini launch delayed by two months due to internal disagreements, compute shortages, and cumbersome approvals. Despite in-house TPUs, compute remains tight across model training, cloud, consumer, and enterprise AI demand. Leadership has started restructuring to ease resource allocation.....
xAI released Grok 4.6 with an AI intelligence score of 61, tying GPT-5.6 Sol (Max), behind only Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5. It extends Grok 4.5 training with curated model-generated data for reasoning and advanced concepts, plus high-quality engineering data and an improved optimizer.....
WorkBuddy releases version 5.3.11, upgrading the core knowledge base into an AI-native knowledge management space, directly addressing the pain points of difficult content modification, collaboration, and accumulation in AI office work, achieving the transition from file storage to human-computer co-creation. The new version provides deep support for HTML and Markdown formats, solving the awkward situation where AI-generated code can be viewed but not edited.
AI programming is accelerating, but the reliability of code generated by large models has become a new challenge. Testing and verification have become a bottleneck in development. Blacksmith, a startup focused on this area, has grown rapidly. Recently, it completed a new round of Series B financing, led by PeakXV Partners, with GV and Y Combinator participating. Its valuation is expected to rise further.