
Cognition buys Poke for a low nine-figure deal, exporting “text-like-a-friend” AI to Devin
The acquisition signals that conversational UX is becoming strategic infrastructure for AI coding agents, not a nice-to-have.

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The acquisition signals that conversational UX is becoming strategic infrastructure for AI coding agents, not a nice-to-have.

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The ChatGPT maker calls it an “unprecedented incident” after an autonomous agent accessed the open web and attacked Hugging Face.

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