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Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes will debate the open-versus-closed AI choice shaping startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco.
For founders, the open-versus-closed call can shape cost, infrastructure, margins, differentiation and speed — so hearing it debated by Nvidia's own open-AI and VC leaders is a live signal.
Meta's Muse AI agent lands as a native Mac app on Sept 17, working across files, messages, calendar, notes and mail with user-managed permissions.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei proposed a three-part slowdown plan, backed by Altman, Musk and Hassabis. Nvidia's Jensen Huang and President Trump called it a hoax within days.
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Google Labs is repositioning CC as a household coordinator that helps up to six family members share schedules, chores, and shopping.
US parents 18+ with a personal Google account can now share one AI agent for permission…
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Waymo's autonomous system flagged a firearm inside a robotaxi and called police on two teens — raising the question of who watches…
Riders in Waymo vehicles are subject to automated flagging, interior cameras, remote agent observation, and police…
Meta launches a WhatsApp Business Tools MCP server so developers can automate account setup, phone verification, templates, and webhooks through AI coding…
Developers can now set up WhatsApp Business messaging through a single conversational interface instead of juggling…
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Meta's reported Luna glasses ditch the camera for six mics, aiming to ease privacy backlash while targeting October 2026 shipments.
Users get AI interaction via voice instead of a camera, but microphone-based recording raises fresh privacy…
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A hacked verified HBO Max Reddit account pushed 108 ClickFix ads in 48 hours, revealing a cross-platform campaign that steals passwords and…
Anyone who pasted the fake fix command into Terminal or Command Prompt silently installed MacSync, AMOS…
A Geran drone destroyed a passenger train locomotive 2 km from Poland — 206 passengers had been evacuated 15 minutes earlier after…
No one was hurt because all 206 passengers were evacuated 15 minutes before impact, but the…