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On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.

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The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.

At least one social media company seems to be reversing its stance on whether it will accept advertising for Alex Gibneys upcoming documentary about Elon Musk.

This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.

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.

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

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.