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Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission | TechCrunch

Meta is refuting a journalist’s claim that its AI agent Muse read the user’s private messages without permission....

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Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page | TechCrunch

The best path to successfully deploying a robot is not building one at all, according to Destro, a...

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Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick | TechCrunch

The buzzy AI startup Instinct has just revealed a new potential revenue stream: product recommendations. Unfortunately for the...

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America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch | TechCrunch

The U.S. government on Tuesday launched its very own AI chatbot — or do we have to call...

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Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents | TechCrunch

When Nvidia announced on Monday a new consortium of more than 100 companies dedicated to solving rogue AI...

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OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite | TechCrunch

OpenAI has been a close partner of Microsoft from the jump, but the AI lab is increasingly going...

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AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience | TechCrunch

Wabi, the AI startup that allowed anyone to use prompts to build apps, is undergoing a slight pivot...

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OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar | TechCrunch

At OpenAI’s Dev Day event on Tuesday, the company announced the launch of Dots, a new personal agentic...

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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less | TechCrunch

At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company showed off GPT-6.1 Sol, a mere week after it launched...

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OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices | TechCrunch

OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a developer’s laptop...