Tech

Clawdbot’s bad day.

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the trending Moltbot (former Clawdbot) AI agent, talks to TBPN about how Anthropic contacted him to rebrand the project, which he named after Claw’d, the Claude Code mascot.

YouTube’s top AI slop channels are disappearing

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Google is “exploring” letting publishers opt out of AI in Search.

At least in the UK, where the walkback comes after the country’s CMA opened a consultation on forcing Google to do just that, having given the company “strategic market status” last year. Ron Eden, Google’s principal for product management, says:

Scientists let AI loose on Hubble’s archives

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Google just leaked a first look at Android for PC in action

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Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome

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Moltbot, the AI agent that ‘actually does things,’ is tech’s new obsession

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Meta is spending millions to convince people that data centers are cool and you like them

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I used Claude to vibe-code my wildly overcomplicated smart home

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Experian’s tech chief defends credit scores: ‘We’re not Palantir’

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“We’re not Palantir.”

Alex Lintner, Experian’s CEO of tech and software solutions, came on Decoder this week. When I asked Alex whether he thought the average person likes Experian as a company, he gave me one of the most memorable answers we’ve ever gotten. Check out the clip below, and catch the full interview here on The Verge.

It’s official: Google Search has “entrenched market power” in the UK.

It only took nine months, but the Competition and Markets Authority has designated Google Search with “strategic market status,” meaning it’s eligible for extra UK regulation. AI Mode has been factored in, but not AI assistants like Gemini. Similar decisions on Android and iOS are due this month.