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OpenAI's new voice model brings GPT-5-level reasoning to real-time conversations
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OpenAI's new voice model brings GPT-5-level reasoning to real-time conversations

OpenAI released three new voice models—GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper—enabling...

The Decoder
Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?
Startups & Funding

Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?

Lovable, a Stockholm-based vibe-coding platform, is implementing an automatic 10% annual pay raise for employees as a...

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ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns

OpenAI is launching a 'Trusted Contact' safety feature for ChatGPT that allows users to designate emergency contacts...

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Europe's answer to AI regulation complexity is to just delay most of it
Ethics & Regulation

Europe's answer to AI regulation complexity is to just delay most of it

The EU has agreed on simplified AI regulations through the 'Digital Omnibus on AI,' pushing back high-risk AI...

The Decoder
AWS Launches Agentic AI Payment Capabilities
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AWS Launches Agentic AI Payment Capabilities

AWS has launched new payment capabilities specifically designed for autonomous agents, marking the first purpose-built...

AI Business
ChatGPT Has 'Goblin' Mania in the US. In China It Will 'Catch You Steadily'
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ChatGPT Has 'Goblin' Mania in the US. In China It Will 'Catch You Steadily'

ChatGPT exhibits unusual linguistic quirks when used in Chinese, including repetitive phrases like 'goblin' and 'catch...

Wired AI
How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
AI AgentsAnthropic

How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity

Anthropic's Mythos tool has discovered numerous high-severity security vulnerabilities in Firefox, demonstrating the...

TechCrunch AI
EU Nations Approve Deal to Roll Back AI Restrictions
Ethics & Regulation

EU Nations Approve Deal to Roll Back AI Restrictions

EU nations have approved a provisional agreement to roll back AI restrictions, which now awaits formal endorsement from...

AI Business
AI translation company DeepL cuts around 250 jobs to rebuild as an "AI-native" organization
Startups & Funding

AI translation company DeepL cuts around 250 jobs to rebuild as an "AI-native" organization

DeepL, a German AI translation company competing with Google Translate, is laying off approximately 250 employees as...

The Decoder
Aurora’s Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready to scale
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Aurora’s Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready to scale

Aurora, a self-driving truck company, has begun commercial driverless operations and is scaling from a handful of...

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Anthropic and SpaceX Agree to Major Compute Capacity Deal
Startups & FundingAnthropic

Anthropic and SpaceX Agree to Major Compute Capacity Deal

Anthropic and SpaceX have agreed to a major compute capacity deal to support AI infrastructure needs. The agreement...

AI Business
OpenClaw and Claude can put your AI-generated podcasts in Spotify
AI Agents

OpenClaw and Claude can put your AI-generated podcasts in Spotify

A new command-line tool called Save to Spotify enables AI agents like Claude and OpenAI Codex to generate audio...

The Verge AI
How Anthropic's 80x growth blew past its own infrastructure and straight into Musk's data center
Startups & FundingAnthropic

How Anthropic's 80x growth blew past its own infrastructure and straight into Musk's data center

Anthropic is partnering with Elon Musk's xAI to access Colossus 1 supercomputer due to rapid 80x growth overwhelming...

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Exclusive: Fazeshift Scores $17M As Investors Bet On AI-Powered Finance Ops, Starting With Accounts Receivable
Startups & Funding

Exclusive: Fazeshift Scores $17M As Investors Bet On AI-Powered Finance Ops, Starting With Accounts Receivable

Fazeshift, an AI-powered startup automating accounts receivable operations, has secured $17 million in Series A...

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China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets
Startups & Funding

China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets

Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI startup, raised $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, capitalizing on growing demand for...

TechCrunch AI
Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber
LLMOpenAI

Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber

OpenAI has expanded its Trusted Access for Cyber program with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber models, enabling verified...

OpenAI Blog
Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio
Personal Assistants

Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio

Spotify is expanding into AI-generated audio content, allowing users to create podcasts using AI tools like Codex or...

TechCrunch AI
AI models follow their values better when they first learn why those values matter
Research & PapersAnthropic

AI models follow their values better when they first learn why those values matter

Research from Anthropic's Fellows Program demonstrates that language models adhere to their intended values more...

The Decoder
Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese
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Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese

Spotify has expanded its AI DJ feature to support four additional languages: French, German, Italian, and Brazilian...

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