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AI

Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior | TechCrunch

Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile...

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Startups

Learn all about scaling, fundraising, founder how-tos, and more at TechCrunch Founder Summit, November 4 | TechCrunch

There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with...

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In Brief

Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced an expansion of its Claude for Startups program, offering subsidized access to its AI...

Health

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One time in High School, we sat on a toilet seat without using one of those seat covers...

Health

New York Declares Disaster Emergency as US Measles Cases Hit a 35-Year High

"No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease," Governor Kathy Hochul stated Monday.

Apps

Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust | TechCrunch

The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in the recent weeks, with Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dot, and Instinct...

Security

LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature | TechCrunch

If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software...

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Social

Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web | TechCrunch

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider teased long-term plans on Monday when he shared that the company has applied to...

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AI

Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch

The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday,...

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Hardware

Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part | TechCrunch

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A...