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techTechCrunch•29m ago
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.
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techTechCrunch•Today 1:12 AM
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.
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techWired•Today 10:40 PM
Grok Says Its AI-Generated Version of ‘The Odyssey’ Is ‘Not Historically Accurate’
Months after Elon Musk declared that the xAI model would outclass Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic, the bot itself admitted defeat.
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techTechCrunch•Today 10:00 PM
Databricks co-founder shares his secrets for winning big enterprise customers
Turns out selling to big companies isn’t about having the shiniest tech: It’s about hitching a ride on a giant’s sales team.
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techWired•Today 9:27 PM
Why Anthropic’s IPO Prospectus Is Missing So Many Key Figures
Anthropic’s S-1 filing is hundreds of pages long—and it leaves out quite a few financial details. “Anthropic owes investors more information,” one analyst tells WIRED.
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techTechCrunch•Today 9:05 PM
Watch out, YouTube — Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos
After years in which every social platform (even LinkedIn!) aggressively pursued short-form video, this is a notable shift in strategy for Instagram.
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techWired•Today 8:28 PM
Best Dyson Vacuum Deals for Dyson Week 2026
The powerful Dyson V16 Piston Animal and other Dyson vacuums and tools are discounted until Halloween.
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techWired•Today 8:13 PM
Anker’s Halloween Sale Takes 20% Off Our Favorite Chargers and Power Banks
Avoid the scariest thing this Halloween (your phone at 1 percent) with Anker's 20 percent off sale on all charging gear.
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techWired•Today 7:40 PM
Apple AirTags (2nd Gen) Are on Sale for 20% Off Right Now
Track down your suitcase, car keys, and other essentials with this $23 Bluetooth tracker.
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techTechCrunch•Today 7:22 PM
Uh-oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users arent happy about it
A small number of early adopters of the much-hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.
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techTechCrunch•Today 6:59 PM
Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it?
Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?
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techWired•Today 6:49 PM
Google Fitbit Edge Review: I Still Prefer the Air (2026)
The Edge is a welcome upgrade for longtime Fitbit users, but the missing NFC technology is a puzzling regression.
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techTechCrunch•Today 5:45 PM
This startups self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding
Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.
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techTechCrunch•Today 4:49 PM
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked
Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier.
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techTechCrunch•Today 4:46 PM
SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo
The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.
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