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AI

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s latest report about agentic misbehavior offers plenty to be concerned about — its Mythos 5 model gained...

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Startups

Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company | TechCrunch

Developers detest drudgery. The entire field of programming is proof of how hard people will work to automate...

Venture

NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to...

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Security

Okta buys AI security startup Permiso — source says for about $200M | TechCrunch

Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI...

AI

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...

AI

Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households | TechCrunch

Google is testing a new product designed to help families coordinate with the support of an AI agent....

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AI

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war. | TechCrunch

What happens when you pit AI agents against each other? According to Anthropic’s testing, things get messy fast.On...

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AI

Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services | TechCrunch

Ema, a startup that uses teams of AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance,...

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Apps

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families | TechCrunch

AI agents that perform tasks on your behalf to help solve your daily problems are all the rage...

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Fintech

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe | TechCrunch

AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing...