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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...
AI News
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...
The Verge AI
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...
The Verge AI
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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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...
The Decoder
AI Agents
How Endava builds an agentic organization with Codex
Endava leverages Codex to build an agentic organization that streamlines software delivery by automating requirements...
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Startups & Funding
AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion
An AI aggregation platform has been valued at $1.3 billion, reflecting the growing adoption of enterprise AI agents....
AI Business
Coding Co-pilot
New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI
New mothers returning to software development jobs are encountering workplaces dramatically transformed by AI tools....
Wired AI
AI Agents
NBA plans AI system for automatic out-of-bounds calls
The NBA plans to implement an AI-powered automated system using cameras around the court to make out-of-bounds calls...
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Personal AssistantsMeta
Meta One: Zuckerberg finally puts a price tag on all that AI spending
Meta is launching paid add-ons across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally while also developing a separate paid...
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Perplexity AI Open-Sources Unigram Tokenizer That Achieves 5x Lower p50 Latency Than Hugging Face tokenizers Crate
Perplexity AI has open-sourced an optimized Unigram tokenizer that significantly improves performance compared to...
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