· May 6

Sources: OpenAI reaches an agreement to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in August 2024

OpenAI has agreed to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool previously known as Codeium, for approximately $3 billion. Windsurf was valued at $1.25 billion as of August 2024, indicating a significant increase in valuation. This acquisition highlights the growing importance and investment in AI-driven code generation technologies. The deal is...
· May 1

A study from Cohere, Stanford, and others accuses LMArena of helping Meta, OpenAI, Google, and Amazon game its popular crowdsourced AI benchmark Chatbot Arena

A collaborative study by Cohere, Stanford, and other institutions alleges that LMArena has been assisting major AI companies like Meta, OpenAI, Google, and Amazon in gaming the Chatbot Arena benchmark. The Chatbot Arena is a popular crowdsourced AI benchmark used to evaluate chatbot performance. The accusation implies potential manipulation of...