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Amazon Introduces Lens Live: Real-Time AI Visual Shopping for the Real World Amazon has launched Lens Live, a new AI-powered feature designed to make shopping more intuitive by bringing real-time visual search to your smartphone. Building on the existing Amazon Lens tool, Lens Live enables users to point their phone
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OpenAI Acquires Statsig and Announces Major Leadership Changes OpenAI has made a significant move in the AI landscape by acquiring Statsig, a startup specializing in product testing and experimentation platforms. This $1.1 billion all-stock deal marks one of the largest acquisitions in OpenAI's history, reflecting the company&
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Tesla Dojo: The Rise and Fall of an AI Ambition Elon Musk's vision for Tesla extended far beyond making electric vehicles; he wanted Tesla to be an AI powerhouse, pioneering the road to full self-driving cars. At the heart of this ambition was Dojo, a custom-built supercomputer designed
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WordPress Introduces Telex: A New AI Tool for Gutenberg Block Creation At this year’s WordCamp US 2025 conference in Portland, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg revealed Telex, an experimental AI-powered development tool designed specifically for WordPress users. Telex aims to simplify the process of building Gutenberg blocks—modular pieces like
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OpenAI Announces New Safety Measures: Sensitive Chats Routed to GPT-5 and Parental Controls Coming Soon OpenAI has unveiled key updates aimed at enhancing user safety on ChatGPT, following recent incidents where the chatbot failed to properly respond to users in distress. Moving forward, sensitive conversations—such as those indicating acute
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LayerX Raises $100M to Transform Enterprise Back-Office with AI Japanese SaaS startup LayerX has announced a $100 million Series B funding round, led by Technology Cross Ventures (TCV), marking TCV's first investment in a Japanese company. This round, joined by MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners, JAFCO Group,
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Runway Expands AI World Models Into Robotics and Self-Driving Industries Runway, a New York-based AI company best known for its visual generation tools, is charting a new course by targeting the robotics sector for its next wave of growth. Having spent the last seven years developing advanced video and photo
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Lovable’s Rapid Growth Signals New Era for European AI Startups At this year’s TechBBQ conference in Copenhagen, Anton Osika, co-founder and CEO of Lovable, took center stage to discuss his company’s remarkable journey. Lovable, a Swedish startup, offers a platform that enables anyone—even those without coding
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Nvidia’s Q2 Revenue Heavily Concentrated in Two Mystery Customers Nvidia reported a record-breaking $46.7 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2025, but a recent regulatory filing reveals that nearly 40% of that income came from just two unnamed customers. Unprecedented Revenue Growth Driven by AI Fueled
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Taco Bell Reconsiders How Much to Rely on AI at the Drive-Through As artificial intelligence rapidly changes the fast-food experience, Taco Bell is taking a step back to assess when—and how—it should use AI at its drive-throughs. The company has deployed voice AI ordering at over 500 locations,
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AI Innovation in Focus at Disrupt 2025: Must-See Sessions TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is set to ignite the conversation around artificial intelligence, thanks to the support of industry partners JetBrains and Greenfield. This year, the event—taking place October 27-29 at San Francisco's Moscone West—features two standout sessions
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Meta Tightens AI Chatbot Guidelines to Protect Teen Users Meta has announced a significant update to its AI chatbot policies, prioritizing the safety of teenage users in response to recent concerns about inappropriate interactions. This change comes after investigative reports highlighted gaps in Meta's safeguards for minors, prompting