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Apple Lets You Customize How Siri Sounds and Speaks in New iOS Update Apple's latest iOS 27 beta gives users control over Siri's speaking pace and expressivity—how energetic or flat the assistant sounds. The update is part of Apple's bigger rebuild of Siri
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Google's AI Founding Fathers Ad Shows How Far Marketing Has Drifted Google released a commercial for Workspace that reimagines the founding fathers using AI and collaboration tools to draft the Declaration of Independence. The ad, which opens with "Group project, but make it 1776," has drawn
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Midjourney Demands Hollywood Studios Reveal Their Own AI Use Midjourney, an AI image-generation company, is pushing three major Hollywood studios to disclose exactly how they use artificial intelligence in their own operations. The demand comes as part of an ongoing legal dispute between the company and the studios, who have
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Zuckerberg Admits AI Agents Falling Behind Schedule—What This Means for Your Business Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff during an internal meeting that the company's AI agent development is progressing slower than expected. The Meta CEO acknowledged that timelines for rolling out AI agents—software designed to complete
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Jersey Mike's IPO Shows How Far AI Hype Has Stretched Jersey Mike's Subs filed paperwork for its initial public offering, and buried in the regulatory documents is language about artificial intelligence. For a sandwich franchise built on the simple concept of making good subs, the mention
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Ashton Kutcher Splits from Sound Ventures to Launch Infrastructure-Focused VC Firm Actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the AI-focused investment firm he co-founded, to launch a new venture capital fund with Morgan Beller. The new fund will concentrate on investing in the infrastructure and energy systems
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Wayve Offers $85M Employee Stock Tender to Keep AI Talent Wayve, an AI startup focused on autonomous vehicle technology, launched an $85 million tender offer allowing employees to sell existing stock at an $8.5 billion company valuation. This move lets staff members cash in on their equity before the
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The AI Jobs Debate Just Got Messier A new report is turning the "AI will eliminate jobs" narrative on its head. Companies that are heavy users of artificial intelligence—what researchers call "high-intensity AI adopters"—actually grew their total workforce by 10.2% according to data
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving Tech Is Reshaping How We Think About AI in Transportation Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability is getting serious attention as the company pushes autonomous vehicle technology forward. TechCrunch Mobility is spotlighting how AI is becoming central to the future of transportation—and it&
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Founder Turns Personal Health Crisis Into AI Proof of Concept When Connor Christou, a fitness-focused founder, received a cancer diagnosis, he did what many entrepreneurs do—he got creative with the tools at hand. He compiled his medical data—blood work, scan results, fitness tracker readings, and personal journal entries—
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OpenAI Hits Pause on GPT-5.6 After Government Request—Here's Why It Matters OpenAI has temporarily limited the rollout of its GPT-5.6 model following a government request. The company stated publicly that it doesn't believe this type of government access process should become standard practice,
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AI Testing Startup Patronus Lands $50M to Build Better Safety Tools Patronus AI, a startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, just raised $50 million to develop what it calls "digital worlds"—simulated environments designed to test whether AI agents work safely and reliably before real-world use. The
