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Ben Affleck Schools Internet on AI Tech
Ben Affleck went viral for demonstrating deep AI fluency in GQ and Bloomberg interviews, explaining neural networks, transformers, and tensors while discussing his AI filmmaking startup, which he sold
Ex-con founder launches AI job platform for ex-cons
Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served federal prison time for securities fraud, has launched Commissary Club, an AI-powered employment and social platform aimed at helping form
Microsoft, Adobe suspended from green-card labor program
The U.S. Department of Labor suspended Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program — along with Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro, and HCL — as the Trump administration
Natura unveils $99 Interface smart ring for AI agents
AI hardware startup Natura has unveiled Interface, a $99 smart ring that links to multiple AI agents and apps, including Claude and ChatGPT.
Arena Raises $200M at $3.1B Valuation
Arena Intelligence Inc., operator of a popular AI model leaderboard, raised $200 million at a $3.1 billion valuation—nearly double its $1.7 billion mark from January—and separately launched a new Alig
Hone raises $60M seed at $285M valuation
Hone, a startup building AI agents to help run businesses, raised a $60 million seed round at a $285 million valuation, with founders drawn from OpenAI and Cognition AI.
Google's Free AI Note-Taker Runs Fully Offline on Mac
Google has released Google AI Edge Foresight, a free experimental macOS app that transcribes and summarizes meetings entirely on-device using its EmbeddingGemma 2 model, keeping all files and notes lo
Hear from Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy execs on where the AI infrastructure boom is creating opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host Ambrosia Energy CEO Ben Longmier and Bloom Energy's Bill Thayer on a panel examining which physical-infrastructure constraints — from power generation to cooling — ar
Spotify formalizes enterprise software business
Spotify launched technology.spotify.com to formalize its enterprise software business, packaging internal developer tools it has been gradually releasing since 2020 as a commercial offering for outsid
Google's Universal Gemini Agent Handles Cross-App Work
Google unveiled a universal Gemini AI agent at its Gemini at Work event that handles tasks across Workspace apps, third-party platforms, and multiple devices from a single interface. The enterprise-on
Gallatin AI Raises $50M Series A for Military Logistics AI
Gallatin AI, a startup using artificial intelligence to digitize military logistics, raised a $50 million Series A led by defense-tech investors 8VC and Silent Ventures, bringing total funding to $70
ARTEX AI Tool Used to Hack South Korean Financial Firms
CrowdStrike Intelligence has disclosed a campaign against South Korean financial organizations that used an AI pen testing tool called ARTEX to steal data, with activity running from late September.
Yadegari's Persona raises $10M for AI assistant band
Zach Yadegari, the 19-year-old who co-founded calorie-tracking app Cal AI and sold it to MyFitnessPal earlier this year, has launched a personal AI assistant startup called Persona with $10 million in
Meta's Muse vs. OpenAI's Dots: The AI Agent Race
Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots are racing to become consumers' always-on AI personal assistants, but both inherit the privacy flaws of the OpenClaw approach they were modeled on.
Google debuts local macOS meeting note-taker
Google launched Google AI Edge Foresight, a macOS meeting note-taking app that runs its 740M-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 model and Gemma 4 assistant locally on-device rather than in the cloud.
Google Launches Offline AI Meeting Note-Taker for Mac
Google has released AI Edge Foresight, a Mac-only, fully offline meeting note-taker that uses on-device Gemma models to transcribe, summarize, and answer questions in real time — a local-first rival t
Uber and China’s Pony.ai plan to launch robotaxis in London
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle maker Pony.ai are bringing their collaboration to London, testing Pony.ai's Gen-7 robotaxis in the coming weeks as Uber deepens a multi-partner autonomous strategy
AHM Urges Mathematicians to Boycott OpenAI
The Association for Human Mathematics criticizes OpenAI's recent release of mathematical documents as a display of power rather than scholarly contribution, urging mathematicians to cease collaboratio
Dev Rebuilds Adobe Suite In Rust Using Claude, Goes Free
A solo developer used Anthropic's Claude AI to build open-source, clean-room Rust implementations of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere, releasing them free with a one-month target for full feature parity d
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999
Microsoft's Nvidia-powered Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a 128GB unified memory AI mini PC built for local AI development on models exceeding 120B parameters, opens for preorder at $5,999 with November s
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