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Microsoft Elevate Webinar Maps AI in Indian Education
At a Microsoft Elevate webinar focused on Indian education, educators, non-profit leaders, and technologists convened to discuss how AI can make learning more personal, inclusive, and human.
CarbonSix raises $40M Series A for manufacturing AI
CarbonSix, a San Francisco-based Physical AI company developing AI automation and robotic intelligence for manufacturing, raised a $40 million Series A co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment.
Weird Al Turned Down 'Nice Pile Of Money' For AI Ad
Weird Al Yankovic revealed he turned down a lucrative commercial deal after discovering it was promoting AI, saying he can't be the 'poster boy for AI.'
White House in Advanced AI Standards Talks
The White House is in advanced talks with AI companies on voluntary standards and release timelines for new models, with guidance potentially announced as soon as next week.
Google open-sources ZKP libraries for age verification
Google has open-sourced its Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, enabling users to verify attributes such as age without disclosing other personal data, while backing EU age assurance efforts tied to
Anthropic's Fable 5 Back Online After U.S. Lifts Controls
Anthropic's Fable 5, described as the most powerful publicly available AI model, came back online Wednesday after the Trump administration lifted an export control imposed late Tuesday.
Palantir's Karp Calls Military AI Labs 'Effing Insane'
Palantir CEO Alex Karp blasted US reliance on AI labs for military technology as "effing insane" during a Wednesday CNBC interview, while also criticizing AI fees for businesses and promoting Palantir
SpaceX demos AI device; Musk calls report false
SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device prototype said to be sleeker than an iPhone, with the device designed to run on a proprietary OS integrating xAI technology — though Elon
Kent Beck on TDD, Agile, and Trust in the AI Era
Kent Beck — who co-authored the Agile Manifesto, created Extreme Programming, and pioneered TDD — shares his career story on the Pragmatic Engineer podcast and argues software engineering is failing t
US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic announced the US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, with access set to be restored starting Wednesday after an 18-day blackout.
Springboards' Flint Targets LLM Groupthink
Australian startup Springboards built an LLM called Flint designed to produce more varied, creative responses to open-ended prompts than mainstream chatbots — which researchers say suffer from an 'art
Google's Gemini Spark lands on macOS with new app hooks
Google launched its agentic AI assistant Gemini Spark on macOS via the Gemini desktop app, adding real-time topic tracking, Google Tasks and Keep integration, third-party app connections, and custom M
US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Fable 5, Mythos 5
The US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, and Anthropic says it will begin restoring access on Wednesday after thanking users for t
Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 unveiled the Builders Stage agenda featuring 12+ sessions on startup scaling, fundraising, AI competition, and founder challenges, with speakers from Google, Gusto, Coinbase, a
Cybertruck Charging Failures Mount, Tesla Avoids Recall
Tesla Cybertruck owners are increasingly reporting Power Conversion System failures that kill home Level 2 charging, yet Tesla is replacing parts quietly case-by-case while refusing to issue a recall
Parsewise Launches Cross-Document Lineage API
YC P25 startup Parsewise has launched an API that ingests unstructured documents and returns schema-compliant output where every value is traceable back to word-level citations across the entire docum
Google Home Speaker: Hardware Wins, Gemini Stumbles
A review of Google's first smart speaker in six years finds the $99.99 hardware holds up well, but Gemini for Home is too slow, unreliable, and paywalled to justify an upgrade—especially since the new
The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot
WIRED's cats tested a dozen automatic litter boxes, crowning the camera-equipped Purobot Max Pro 2 as the new favorite over the Litter-Robot 4, while explicitly refusing to recommend the Petlibro Luma
Claude Helped Hacker Expose US Festival Ticketing Flaw
Security researcher Ian Carroll used Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 to find a critical flaw in Front Gate Tickets, the Live Nation platform powering nearly every major US music festival, exposing million
Google Rolls Out Gemini Spark on macOS App
Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to its Gemini app for macOS, adding local task automation and connected-app support to the desktop experience.
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