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Igor Bonifacic

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Covers:  I primarily cover the AI industry, with an emphasis on companies like OpenAI, Anthropic. I also cover gaming, smartphones and GPUs.

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Igor Bonifacic’s Biography

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I've been reporting on technology since 2012 when I began writing about Toronto's startup ecosystem. In 2015, I joined MobileSyrup, Canada's leading tech blog, where I wrote extensively about the latest smartphones from Apple, Google and Samsung. After nearly five years at MobileSyrup, I joined Engadget in 2019 as a freelance contributor. In 2022, I became the site's Weekend Editor. I left in 2023 to pursue a management position at Pocket-lint.

After a few months, I found I missed writing and …

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Claude's new Reflect dashboard wants to help you log off of Claude - Engadget

Claude's new Reflect dashboard wants to help you log off of Claude - Engadget

I interview Ryn Linthicum, Anthropic's head of wellbeing policy, about the company's new Reflect dashboard.

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Google will allow websites to exclude themselves from AI search results - Engadget

Google will allow websites to exclude themselves from AI search results - Engadget

The company says opting out won't impact placement in regular searches.

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Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

A piece I'm particularly proud of given the amount of research that was required.

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Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

To say Disney and OpenAI make for strange bedfellows is an understatement.

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OpenAI's house of cards seems primed to collapse

OpenAI's house of cards seems primed to collapse

A end-of-year piece I wrote about OpenAI's position in the AI ecosystem.

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OnePlus 15 review: A great phone, if photography isn't a priority

OnePlus 15 review: A great phone, if photography isn't a priority

Another review from me.

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Anthropic says Opus 5 can nearly match its top-performing model for half the price Original

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News AI It also has less restrictive safeguards than the Fable model. Antrhopic Just as it was starting to feel like Anthropic had begun to neglect its Opus model, the company has released a new version of its one-time flagship LLM. According to Anthropic, Opus 5 offers capabilities that come close to Fable 5, Anthropic's most powerful commercially available model, at half the price.
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Claude's voice mode just got smarter Original

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By Igor Bonifacic Verified
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News AI And you can connect it to apps like Gmail and Slack. Anthropic Since last year, Anthropic has offered a voice mode through Claude, allowing you to speak to its chatbot instead of writing out your prompts. If I had to guess, most people probably don't know Claude has voice input. However, for those that have used it, the consensus has been that it could use work. One issue is that before today Anthropic routed voice mode queries through Haiku, its smallest model, to reduce latency.
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How To use Claude's Reflect dashboard and learn when it's time to touch grass Original

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News AI Break reminders are your friend. Anthropic Anthropic's Claude chatbot can be an incredible productivity tool, but like any digital experience, it's possible to overuse it to the point where it starts to negatively affect your life.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote concert reviews for blogTO, a local Toronto publication.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. In fact, I own one.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

For me, being a journalist means working in service of your readers to ensure they informed and entertained.