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Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
TechCrunch AI
If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
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Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon
TechCrunch AI
Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories" culled from the personal data in your Google account.
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As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
The Verge AI
This week we've got tandem hands-ons with Google's new Gemini AI agent - Spark - from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters. Their takeaways are similar: It's so effective that it's scary. Spark knew that David's dog is named Frida and knew the first name of Jay's wife, ev...
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How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers
MIT Tech Review AI
Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Vol...
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Amazon’s search bar will invent AI-generated products you can’t buy
The Verge AI
Amazon's updated search bar will now show you AI-generated images of products as you describe them. For now, the in-app feature only surfaces AI images of clothing and home goods, allowing you to tap on the image that best matches what you're looking for and search for similar...
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Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason
TechCrunch AI
Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI-generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products.
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These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
TechCrunch AI
The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.
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Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
TechCrunch AI
U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the U.K. then rolled out globally.
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Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight
The Verge AI
At Microsoft's annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a super app, in-house reasoning models, a cybersecurity tool, and OpenClaw-esque AI agents. All this news added up to a clear message: Microsoft is posi...
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Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally
TechCrunch AI
WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage.
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AI Lawyers Are Already Better Than Law Professors at Reasoning—Say Law Professors
Decrypt
Researchers found professors preferred AI-generated answers over those written by their peers, raising questions about the role of AI in professional education.
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Franklin Templeton CEO: Blockchains Threaten Wall Street’s Fee Machine, Not Its Technology
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Magazine Franklin Templeton CEO: Blockchains Threaten Wall Street’s Fee Machine, Not Its Technology Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson said traditional finance resists public blockchains because they threaten fee-based revenue, as the firm expands aggressively into t...
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Bitmine's Ethereum bet nears $9 billion loss as ether falls below $1,800
CoinDesk
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Hermes Ends AI Agent Terminal Era With Release of Official Desktop App
Decrypt
Until now, the only way to run Hermes was through a terminal—or one of several unofficial GUIs the community had cobbled together.
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Someone Just Redeemed a 15-Year-Old Physical Bitcoin, Scoring $1.78 Million in BTC
Decrypt
Physical Casascius coins were minted 15 years ago in the early days of Bitcoin—and the BTC held within is worth a whole lot more today.
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Bitcoin Price Crashes to Precarious Position Near $65,000 as Momentum Rotates Into AI, IPOs
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Crashes to Precarious Position Near $65,000 as Momentum Rotates Into AI, IPOs Bitcoin price is holding a risky position near $65,000 Wednesday, down roughly 12% over the past seven days and trading at its lowest level since February as a broad ro...
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Blockware Appoints Megan Brooks-Anderson as Chief Executive Officer
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Magazine Blockware Appoints Megan Brooks-Anderson as Chief Executive Officer New CEO to lead strategic pivot into AI and HPC infrastructure while strengthening core Bitcoin mining business. This post Blockware Appoints Megan Brooks-Anderson as Chief Executive Officer f...
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Perplexity Wants Your Laptop to Do Part of the AI Work—So It Doesn't Have To
Decrypt
The company's new hybrid inference system routes AI tasks between your device and the cloud automatically. Privacy and cost savings are the pitch—and lower server bills.
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Crypto PAC-supported candidates sweep US state primaries after media buys
Cointelegraph
Nearly a dozen candidates across three US states won their primaries or will advance to the November election after they were supported by $3.5 million in ads funded by crypto industry-aligned PACs.
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New DeFi entrant widens field of crypto political campaign funds as elections loom
CoinDesk