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People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
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People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again

Fed up with ads, tracking and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.…

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Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access
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Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access

The outside watchdog can publish its findings without Anthropic's approval.…

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Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it
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Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic…

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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy

Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."…

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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs i…

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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins

AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.…

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OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say
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OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say

Attack method exposes flaws in OpenAI, Google safeguards against AI nudes.…

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Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI
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Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI

Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.…

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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks

Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.…

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Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads
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Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads

Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.…

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Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world
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Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world

University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment.…

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They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.
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They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.

Solar geoengineering simulation shows what happens when geopolitics takes over.…

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This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes
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This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes

Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketc…

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Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
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Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?

The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.…

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AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
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AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner

New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.…

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Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
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Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed

Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to…

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Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger
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Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger

Natura’s $99 Interface smart ring lets you summon AI agents with the press of a finger to complete tasks, capture thoughts, and control devices — while doubling…

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Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
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Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots

Full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.…

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Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material
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Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.…

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Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
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Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy

The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots, and Instinct.…

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Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
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Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are du…

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HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become
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HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become

HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers.…

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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.…

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Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won’t hurt them?
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Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won’t hurt them?

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.…

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