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Updated 25 Oct
TechCrunch
From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.
The Verge
On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act into law, requiring disclosures on AI-generated ads.
TechCrunch
Block said that the voice model can run locally on a MacBook M4 Max
TechCrunch
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.
TechCrunch
We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.
TechCrunch
OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.
TechCrunch
The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice command.
The Verge
OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can…
Ars Technica
Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.
The Verge
Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that can occasionally be a…
TechCrunch
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder…
Ars Technica
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
The Verge
We gave the iPhone Duo a 7 /10. But that wasn't always the score we planned, and it might not be the right score forever. Such are the challenges of reviewing - and assessing - a big, new idea about the most popular…
The Verge
Google has updated its privacy policy in a way that could mean you'll start seeing targeted ads based on your personal data if you're using personalized AI features.
The Verge
Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company.
The Verge
Retro video games are everywhere lately - especially in places where they aren't supposed to be. Halo in a web browser, Wind Waker on the iPhone, Super Smash Bros. in mixed reality.
TechCrunch
The company plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.
TechCrunch
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
TechCrunch
Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
The Verge
Canva is diving even deeper into AI with the launch of an image generation model that competes directly with those from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.
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