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As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
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As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
Serve Robotics announced alonsgside its third-quarter earnings that it will launch a new business line called Physical AI Services to offer customers its connectivity and data tools.
Source: TechCrunch · Kirsten Korosec
Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.
Source: TechCrunch · Sarah Perez
Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.
Source: TechCrunch · Sarah Perez
OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.
Source: TechCrunch · Tim Fernholz
Speaking at a Wall Street Journal tech conference on Wednesday, the executive touted how the company had been gaining ground in the enterprise market, where rival Anthropic had already successfully made inroads.
Source: TechCrunch · Sarah Perez
With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.
As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.
Source: TechCrunch · Aditya Mehta
The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.
Source: TechCrunch · Lauren Forristal
Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.
The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.
Source: WIRED · Julian Chokkattu
Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can speed up the plodding process of developing new drugs.