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Anduril's Palmer Luckey thinks the future of tech is in the past

Luckey, who initially made his fortune in VR and now runs the defense contractor Anduril, and Ohanian both seemed to agree: Stuff was better in the old days.

Slackbot is an AI agent now

Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp

Brazil's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive.

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

Meta-backed Hupo finds growth after pivot to AI sales coaching from mental wellness

Hupo, backed by Meta, pivoted from mental wellness to AI sales coaching for banks and insurers, and secured a $10M Series A led by DST Global

Hands-on with Bee, Amazon's latest AI wearable

We tried Amazon's new AI wearable Bee. It's not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year.

Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable

Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative

Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity.

Google escalates AI shopping war

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Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade

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Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push

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The UK is formally investigating X over Grok deepfakes.

Ofcom says the probe will establish whether X has failed to comply with Online Safety Act obligations, over concerns its Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors. The investigation is “a matter of the highest priority,” and may result in hefty fines or even X being banned in the UK.