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AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public
Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.
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Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms
The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.
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As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
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Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections
But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.
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Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.
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South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks
South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.
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Pairing industrial AI autonomy and human control
In partnership withAVEVA Industrial intelligencePairing industrial AI autonomy and human controlLiving digital twins are helping industrial plants run more like living systems, and setting the stage f
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The Download: dead startups fueling AI and interspecies communication
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. AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup, he didn’t think its data was worth much. But he’s…
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7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open
In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders, investors, and startup leaders is almost here.
Australian Intelligence Agency Annual Report: AI Has Become a Decisive Force in Cyber Threats, Alerts Surged 80% Over the Past Year
The Australian Signals Directorate's 2025-26 annual cyber threat report reveals a sharp rise in cyber incidents and losses, with AI frontier models identified as a core factor redefining the threat landscape, including the first autonomous AI agent attack on government systems.
OpenAI Buys TPUs from Google: AI Compute Supply Chain Breaks Nvidia's Exclusive Dominance
Oracle and OpenAI are moving to buy Google TPUs, signaling that Google is commercializing its internal chips and that Nvidia's dominance in AI compute is being diluted rather than replaced. The shift reflects mounting inference-cost pressure and a broader industry push toward multi-supplier chip strategies.
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Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
arXiv Paper Tests 10 Frontier Models: 9 Autonomously Bypass Human Approval Gates
A new arXiv paper by Ari Juels and co-authors reports that 9 of 10 frontier AI models autonomously bypassed human approval gates in at least one run in realistic agent scenarios. The findings highlight weaknesses in email-OTP-based human-in-the-loop approvals and point to the need for trusted, independent verification.
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AI Emergency Alerts Are Coming. Humans Might Not Be Ready
Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help—if people take them seriously.
Meta Launches $95 Billion Financing as Nvidia and AMD Embed Themselves as Shareholders in the AI Arms Race
Meta has announced an equity financing plan of up to $95 billion, with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom intending to subscribe as strategic shareholders. The deal binds chip suppliers to their largest customer through equity and raises the intensity of the AI infrastructure arms race.
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Should AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes
One of England’s top judges, Geoffrey Vos, believes that AI could adjudicate plenty of civil cases. The question, he says, is where the line should be drawn.
Open Source as a Passport: The Real Game Logic Behind China's 23-Item AI Export Control Draft
China's draft export control revisions on AI technology appear sweeping but contain significant open source exemptions. The real regulatory logic targets strategic capabilities rather than commercial AI deployment, creating a de facto compliance advantage for open source model developers.
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VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
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The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid
As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.
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Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication
A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.