2025-04-09
Claude isn’t a great Pokémon player, and that’s okay
If Claude Plays Pokémon is supposed to offer a glimpse of AI's future, it's not a very convincing showcase. For the past month and counting, Twitch has watched Anthropic's chatbot struggle to play Pokémon Red. Across multiple runs, Claude has failed to beat the nearly 30 year old game. And yet for David Hershey, the project's lead developer, the showcase has been a success.
"I wanted some place where I could understand how Claude handles situations where it needs to work over a very long period of time," Hershey explains to me over a video call. As part of his day job at Anthropic, Hershey works on the go-to-market team where he helps the company's clients create their own agents (mor [...]
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2025-02-28
Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+
The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]
2025-07-22
There's a Switch 2 bundle with Pokémon Legends: Z-A dropping on October 16
Now that AAA video games cost a full $70, console bundles are the way to go to save a few coins. Nintendo is dropping another Switch 2 bundle just in time for the holiday season, and it's a real [...]
2025-07-22
Aardman’s Pokémon show is a delightful-looking romp that follows Sirfetch'd and Pichu
We knew that Aardman, the animation studio behind Wallace & Gromit, was prepping a Pokémon show, but now we have some juicy details and actual footage. Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfet [...]
2025-02-27
New Pokémon Legends: Z-A trailer reveals an absolutely massive version of Lumiose City
Game Freak held a Pokémon Presents livestream today and we finally got a good look at Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The new trailer for the follow-up to the well-received Pokémon Legends: Arceus reveals th [...]
2025-06-06
You can now pre-order Pokémon Legends: Z-A for the Switch and Switch 2
Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the much-awaited follow-up to 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus, is now available for pre-order. You can get the digital version for the old Switch for $60 or for the new Switch [...]
2025-04-21
Nintendo is going after the person behind last year’s massive Pokémon leak
Nintendo is going after the leaker behind last year’s massive Pokémon data breach, according to a report by Polygon. The company has asked a California court to force Discord to give up the identit [...]
2025-03-12
Pokémon Go maker Niantic sells its game division to Saudi-owned Scopely
Niantic Labs just announced that it has found a buyer for its game division after putting out feelers back in February. The Saudi Arabia-owned company Scopely has agreed to purchase the division for $ [...]