Startups & Funding
Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley
Paris is emerging as a significant AI hub outside Silicon Valley as Europe's startup ecosystem matures and founders...
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AI AgentsAnthropic
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
Anthropic has released Opus 4.8, a new version of its Claude model featuring Dynamic Workflows, a tool designed to...
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LLMAnthropic
Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8, a new large language model designed to be more honest by flagging uncertainties...
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AI Agents
A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca
An AI-generated 75-minute film called Dreams of Violets will premiere at next month's Tribeca Festival. Created by...
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Startups & FundingAnthropic
How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
Elon Musk is publicly characterizing xAI's compute deal with Anthropic as short-term and cancellable, contradicting...
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AI AgentsGoogle
Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes
Google Cloud launched 'AI Threat Defense,' a platform that uses AI to automatically identify, evaluate, and patch...
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Personal Assistants
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
Sesame, a conversational AI startup founded by Oculus creators, has launched its iOS app featuring conversational AI...
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AI Agents
Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi
Waymo is launching its Ojai robotaxi service in California and Arizona, featuring pale-blue autonomous vehicles that...
Wired AI
AI AgentsGoogle
Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol
Google Pay is restructuring its payment infrastructure to handle transactions from AI agents through a new Universal...
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Personal AssistantsApple
Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more
Apple is planning a major AI overhaul for iOS 27 that includes a redesigned Siri experience and a standalone Siri app,...
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Personal AssistantsApple
These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign
Apple's iOS 27 will feature a major redesign of Siri with a new chat interface resembling ChatGPT, including a...
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Research & Papers
RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down
Multiple AI labs are pursuing recursive self-improvement (RSI) as a path toward artificial general intelligence, but...
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Ethics & Regulation
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals
Databricks' co-founder discusses how enterprise AI adoption is shifting from evaluating AI's potential to assessing...
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LLMGoogle
Google launches a tiny board that runs Gemma 3 locally
Google unveiled the Coral Board at Google I/O, a compact single-board computer designed to run Gemma 3 locally on...
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Personal AssistantsGoogle
YouTube adds new podcast features, including an AI recommendation tool and ‘Auto speed’
YouTube is launching new podcast features including an AI-powered recommendation tool and an 'Auto speed' feature to...
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Ethics & Regulation
CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, accusing the AI startup of generating "verbatim" copies of its content and...
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AI Agents
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
Rivian's Chief Software Officer discusses the company's AI-powered Rivian Assistant and its joint venture with...
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AI Agents
Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers
Visa has invested in Replit to enable agentic payments capabilities for developers. Over 1,000 Visa employees are...
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AI AgentsMistral
Mistral rebrands LeChat as Vibe, betting its chatbot's future is as a full-blown work agent
Mistral AI is rebranding its Le Chat chatbot to Vibe and introducing a new Work Mode that integrates with productivity...
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