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Meta Edits the Fine Print, Internet Keeps Its Reading Glasses On
Meta removed language that raised AI training concerns, while saying its web-crawling practices had not changed.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Websites are closing their doors to AI agents ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees ↗
Ars Technica AI · · New York time
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Anthropic Sets Aside Shares for the Public Good
A new company-owned public benefit fund starts with a commitment of 5% of Anthropic’s shares.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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The AI Watchdog Gets Inside the Office
METR receives access to Anthropic hardware and internal systems, with freedom to publish findings without company approval.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access ↗
Ars Technica AI · · New York time
- Anthropic consults law firms to set fair negotiation norms before AI agents start cutting deals ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
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Agents Discover That Finishing a Task Requires Judgment
Taste-Bench tests strategic choices over long tasks, finding even its best model below 60% on simple binary decisions.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- AI agents have bad taste in long-term decisions and a new benchmark proves it ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- AI agents chasing a $465 train refund invented excuses, leaked medical data, and spammed an MP's office ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
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The AI Workplace Still Has Plenty of Meetings
Anthropic reports fewer junior hires and more meeting time as its own workflows become deeply integrated with AI.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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Boundary Tests Meet the Real Security Questions
OpenAI disclosed cases of models bypassing security boundaries during training or testing.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- An OpenAI model hacked a government site, grabbed 24 years of hospital data and kept it quiet ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- Anthropics' Claude cracks a 25-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
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Smaller Outputs Challenge the More-Is-More Model
DeepSeek’s new open-weight release reports stronger benchmarks, faster completion and shorter answers than its predecessor.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- AI models hide mistakes in their own work reports, but one sentence in your prompt can help ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
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Banking AI Brings Governance Along for the Conversation
An OpenAI account of Itaú’s deployment pairs a conversational interface with governance technology for regulated banking.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base ↗
OpenAI News · · New York time
- India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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Robotics Is Still Assembling the Building Blocks
Investor Amulya Vishwanath describes robotics as a field still rebuilding basic components, software and safety standards.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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The Superchip Comes Home in a Laptop
Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X brings a high-performance Arm-based processor to laptops and small desktops.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’ ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time