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Thursday 15 October
Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.
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FSB sets out 12 sound practices to facilitate responsible AI adoption by financial institutions.
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FSB publishes sound practices for financial institutions to adopt, use, and innovate with AI in a responsible manner.
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This document summarises the responses to the June 2026 public consultation on the Sound Practices for financial institutions’ responsible AI adoption.
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The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.
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It comes as the AI giant is expected to make a blockbuster stock market debut by the end of the year.
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The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
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Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread…
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The company held an investor meeting on Wednesday as it plans a blockbuster initial public offering as soon as next month.
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Wednesday 14 October
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
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The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as involved in composition and vocals.
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Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
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Abdulrahman Alfozan had worked for the AI giant for more than a year before he was arrested by the FBI.
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Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.
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Get 50% discount on the last two days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Oct. 14-25, in San Francisco's Moscone West. Register now and join the rest of the startup ecosystem. Today, it's all about physical and software AI.
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Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell
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The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.
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Day 2 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, full of all themes across AI, investor-only session, more roundtables, and more. Register to save 50% on your pass.
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Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
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Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
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As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
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As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
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Faced with deadlier threats, demining groups are coming up with new ways of working using drones and AI
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Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).
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Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.
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AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.
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Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.
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Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
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Tuesday 13 October
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on AI's risks is drowning out its potential benefits.
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Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.
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OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.
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A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key figures in the case.
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League tells gambling partner to stop using AI memes of players to sell products; minister reveals toll after MP says she should be ‘shamed and stoned’
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Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.
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Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds. Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” on Tuesday, a feature it first launched on Instagram. The new tool allows Facebook users to influence the…
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Annual update from MI5 chief highlighted a complex cocktail that could have real-life consequences for Britain
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University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield.
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Pluto Security has raised $42 million Jump Capital, TLV Partners, Ansa Capital and angel investors.
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Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.
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War profiteering, AI grift and tariff shenanigans spell defeat for Trump’s party
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Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 officially kicks off today. See what's in store for Day 1 (Oct. 13) at San Francisco's Moscone West. Don't miss it. Register for your pass now and meet 10,000+ tech leaders at the startup epicenter of the year.
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The new X Subscription combines X's paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.
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Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.
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American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.
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The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.
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When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survival
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Monday 12 October
Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.
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