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Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.
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Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?
A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.  On […]
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US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
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Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households
Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.
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Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer.
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If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already
Anthropic’s CEO says that safety hinges on understanding how AI “thinks.” So far the evidence is disturbing.
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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.
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Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer
Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf.
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Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes discuss one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
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Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream
The satirical collaboration between a creative studio and the music producer behind Big Data, “Bezzy” is a cute little doll that spews the sounds of real data centers.
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Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
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The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is today, September 18. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15.
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Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI
Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws.
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Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias
The Trump administration says it wants AI models free from ideological bias, as it pressures their developers to reflect the president’s worldview.
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The Download: AI’s extinction risk and bioweapons threat
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event that asked the question many seem to be asking right now: could…
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Gartner outlines four AI tiers in warehouse automation
Gartner reports that warehouse automation now spans four operational AI tiers as logistics operators transition from software trials to live facility deployments. In an analysis released this month, the research firm concludes that logistics infrastructure has reached a clear adoption threshold. Three pressures are driving this change across the sector. Persistent worker deficits make automated […] The post Gartner outlines four AI tiers in warehouse automation appeared first on AI News.
Drug Discovery Ban Lifted, Bioweapon Defenses Remain: Anthropic's Compliance Roadmap for Tiered Access to Mythos
Anthropic has launched the beta version of its Life Sciences Verification Program, a two-tier authorization system that grants vetted institutions access to Claude Mythos 5.1, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5 for drug discovery and life sciences work while retaining safeguards against bioweapon misuse. The program pairs standard team-wide permissions with project-scoped high-risk access, backed by offline behavioral monitoring and joint U.S. government review for the most sensitive Mythos access.
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Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered.
On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event for subscribers that asked the question everyone’s asking right now: Could AI really kill us all? But attendees had so many more questions than we had time to answer in the 30 minute session. So we asked our senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and…
Three People, Two AI Subscriptions, 72 Hours into OpenAI's Internal Code Repository—This Hacker Test Exposed More Than Software Vulnerabilities
A Hacktron AI report disclosed that three researchers used a vulnerability chain to obtain OpenAI employee ChatGPT accounts, read files in its private Monorepo, and submit a pull request proving access, all in under 72 hours and for less than $3,000 in AI compute. The incident shows how AI is eroding the "security through complexity" barrier and rapidly lowering the cost of advanced attacks.
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The Leftist Split Over AI Doom
The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.