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Something About Coding Stopped Feeling Good — and It Took Me a While to Figure Out What

Let me tell you about a project that wasn't impressive. Back in university, I built a small .NET...

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“We’re already fighting yesterday’s battle”: Greece’s prime minister gets candid about AI

Most leaders on a trade mission stick to the pitch, but when I interviewed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week, he also admitted that no government is ready for what AI is about to do.

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OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again

After turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis, OpenAI is consulting human mathematicians to help it figure out a less disastrous path forward. On Monday, the co…

The new CC, an AI agent built for families

TechCrunch Founder Summit’s agenda revealed: Unlock fundraising, hiring, and AI insights in Boston on November 4

Founders shouldn't have to learn the hardest lessons the hardest way. TechCrunch Founder Summit is designed to make the challenges of starting a company easier and the highs that much greater.

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Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

The seven-year-old startup has raised a $350 million Series E to fuel its data-as-a-service approach.

Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run

Rabbit, the company behind the underwhelming R1 device, is rolling out a standalone AI agent that you don't need its hardware to use, as reported earlier by Wired. The startup says its new OS3 "agenti…

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Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI

Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally

Apple clarifies that Texture and Grain controls are exclusive to the latest iPhones’ cameras

Apple's new texture and grain controls for stylizing photos will be more limited on older phones than initially expected. A confusingly worded press release from Apple indicated that the new features,…

Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000

EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.

Pentagon: Palantir AI Overreliance Led to Strike Killing 123 Iranian Children

Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data

The theft of agents' personal information could present a major counterintelligence threat, where agents and their families are extorted into cooperating with a foreign government.

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