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After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.

After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board.

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.

When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.

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The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.

Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.

Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.

Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agents's promotion across its own apps and beyond.

The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a credible threat from law enforcement about an imminent attack.

The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.

Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.

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Were not Luddites... its just we dont want social media, browsing and that kind of stuff, said 25-year-old founder Shreyas Narlanka.

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The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high-profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.

The Silicon Valley firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.

In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hotspots as well.

The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.

The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.

Databricks has brought cloud spreadsheet startup Row Zero, adding yet another acquisition to its 2026 shopping spree.

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ElevenLabs powers the AI voice on the other end of a lot of customer service calls, and its CEO told me this week that businesses should probably tell you that at least until getting a machine is what everyone expects anyway.

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The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.

Meta's return to the VR glasses realm comes with a promising combination of light weight form factor and enhanced entertainment options.

Meta says the camera-free glasses will be lighter and have up to 12 hours battery life.

But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run lose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.

Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world. How much responsibility does it have to meet its net-zero pledge?

The VC firm says that AI-native companies are growing faster than any technology, ever.

The round valued the AI biotech at $2 billion. It is currently testing drugs that treat skin conditions and preserve weight loss after stopping GLP-1s.

The startup is working on small, light motors with no rare-earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots.

Disney is raising the prices of Disney+ and Hulu as streaming costs continue to rise across the industry.

As concern over AI safety and rogue agents continue to make headlines, its no surprise that cybersecurity stocks are rising, or that investors are pouring massive amounts of capital into startups trying to build the next generation of security for an AI-native world.Wereeven seeing companies likeInstinctandSimilebring in nine-figure checks and valuations thatwouldnthave made sense a []

The repeated incidents led one worker to file a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which opened an inquiry and told Zoox to investigate the exposures.

Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.

The report suggests that greater exposure will not resolve the unease around the technology, nor reduce public support for AI regulation.

YouTube is rolling out GIF replies, voice-powered TV comments, personalized moderation, paid members-only communities, and new ways for fans to support their favorite creators.

Built directly into the YouTube Music app, Ask Music lets users describe what they want to hear in everyday language rather than searching for individual songs or artists.

YouTube is adding new features to generate ideas and monitor the performance of thumbnails.

YouTube's AI feature can now help you compare products as you shop.

ouTubes new custom feeds let users describe the videos they want to see in their own words, then use Gemini to build a personalized feed around the request.

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