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Meta's Superintelligence Lab released a pair of new state-of-the-art models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, the company's first attempt at a frontier model.

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.

Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.

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Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture

Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloombergs Mark Gurman. Over the past couple of years, weve seen There have been multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date. Gurman []

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On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.

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This Battlefield 200 startup has developed blood-purification tech to save children

Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion as it continues to develop.

Voice AI's often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break

Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?

The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry cant get enough electricity.

Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.

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We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking competition.

Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.

TypeSafe AI raised $870 million in a round led by a16Z.

The day your loved one passes away, you also get this honorary badge of a project manager for a project you had no idea about, said founder Sara Tashakorinia.

Amazon says it willstop using NDAswhen negotiating data center deals with local governments, followingasimilar move from Microsoftearlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading tohundreds ofproposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access []

For six years, Danu founder Amy Ma has been working on a better way to sort recyclable waste.

The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.

Orkut's founder is now taking aim at algorithms and AI-generated content.

Moore sees a huge opportunity in consumer AI, particularly if the industry can tap into revenue streams beyond just subscriptions and API charges.

Automattic's interim chief financial officer Jeremy Klaperman has left the company less than a month after taking the role, TechCrunch has learned. Sources say his departure followed a demotion back to his previous position, marking another executive exit amid the organization's leadership turmoil.

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Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.