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Nvidia execs take on open vs closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Why it matters — Nvidia's Khalil and Sykes debate open vs closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026…
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Meta's Muse hits Mac, letting the AI act on your computer
Why it matters — Meta's Muse just landed on Mac. It can act inside your files, messages,…
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Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI
Why it matters — Hacktron AI used Claude Opus 5 to breach OpenAI in under 72 hours…
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Amodei wants to 'pace the frontier' — but a Trump-Allied Nvidia CEO won't let it happen
Why it matters — Amodei's slowdown plan has three AI-lab CEOs behind it and a Trump-Nvidia wall…
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Google’s new ‘CC’ is an AI agent that helps families run their households
Families gain a single AI agent that coordinates shared chores, shopping, and schedules across up to six members.
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Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
Disney now has a dedicated CTO with deep generative-AI experience, sharpening its AI and streaming priorities under new CEO Josh D'Amaro.
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Khosla-backed Mazama Energy raises $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal
Mazama Energy closed an oversubscribed $135M Series B led by Centaurus Capital and Doerr Capital, accelerating superhot rock geothermal development at Newberry,…
The capital funds Project Ceres toward 15 MWe per well by 2027 and certification of 10+…
AI In EducationMedium
Schools are catching on to Big Tech's playbook
Tech companies spent a decade putting their tools into classrooms — and now AI firms are following the same script, while some…
Districts including New York City and Los Angeles are restricting student AI use, and parents and…
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Rude lessons: What the US-Canada trade dispute teaches India
Tariffs, bans and retaliation between two old allies show why India should not take favourable US treatment — or a signed deal…
Malaysia has already backed out of a signed US deal, and India's own 18% tariff advantage…