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OpenAI buys Python toolmaker Astral to bolster Codex vs. Anthropic

OpenAI has agreed to acquire Astral, a startup behind widely used Python development tools, in a deal designed to sharpen its ...

OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
UC San Diego Today

A UC San Diego Tool Teaching Code to 25 Million is Even More Critical in Age of AI

UC San Diego cognitive scientist Philip Guo created Python Tutor, a free tool that makes code “visible” step by step. The research behind it earned a Test of Time award, recog ...
InfoWorld

OpenAI buys Python tools builder Astral

Astral tools and expertise will be leveraged in OpenAI Codex agentic coding app to expand AI capabilities across the software ...
WIVB-TV

Audit of Erie County’s assigned counsel program finds major cost increases, excessive caseloads

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An audit of Erie County’s assigned counsel program conducted by the comptroller’s office found major cost increases since 2022 and excessive caseloads among county attorneys ...
AOL

In search of affordability: How Washington ranks for cost of living

If there's one issue that every single American is dealing with these days, it's that costs are going up. Food, shelter, energy — the bills just keep getting bigger, and the affordability of daily ...
Aviation Week

European States Launch Low-Cost Effector Program With Air Defense Push

Leaders from the European Group of Five group at the gathering in Krakow on Feb. 20. Credit: European Commission France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK have agreed to pursue lower-cost air defense ...
The Conversation

Trump administration axed nutrition education program that saved more money than it cost, even as government encourages healthier eating

Associate Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University If the government had found a way to save US$10 for every dollar it spent helping low-income people get healthier, wouldn’t it ...
Wired

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

Code Metal, a Boston-based startup that uses AI to write code and translate it into other programming languages, just closed a $125 million Series B funding round from new and existing investors. The ...
Inc

Bryan Johnson’s New Immortality Program Costs $1 Million—and People Are Lining Up for It

More than 1,500 people have already applied to pay $1 million a year to pursue the dream of living forever—if accepted into entrepreneur Bryan Johnson’s intensive Immortals program, a stringent health ...