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Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI | TechCrunch

At a time when AI backlash and data center protests are making headlines, Anthropic’s Claude is rolling out...

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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise. | TechCrunch

Meta’s AI glasses have a growing reputation as a creepy technology. The company hopes to change that opinion...

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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage | TechCrunch

Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, is making its next big move. The company behind...

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Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models | TechCrunch

Weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode, rival Anthropic...

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Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos | TechCrunch

OpenAI’s Sora may have shut down, but Google apparently thinks there’s still interest in a tool that lets...

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MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store | TechCrunch

Ukraine-based app developer MacPaw has partnered with Liquid AI to power its products with locally hosted AI models,...

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Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership | TechCrunch

During its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Spotify again teased the upcoming release of a new product that...

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Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps | TechCrunch

Two years ago, Microsoft described AI as a “generational shift” in technology that it wanted to lead. Today,...

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Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users | TechCrunch

In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become...

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Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents | TechCrunch

Cloudflare is the latest company to join the race to build a new web browser. But instead of...