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Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language

The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.

FYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach

Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here's what we're doing about it, and what you can look out for.

Netflix is buying Ben Affleck's AI startup

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Google says half of all zero-days it tracked in 2025 targeted buggy enterprise tech

Enterprise software was a major focus of zero-day activity during 2025, with security and networking devices, like firewalls, VPNs, and virtualization platforms among the most targeted by malicious hackers.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions

GPT-5.4 is billed as "our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work."

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents

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Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool

Called Automations, the new system gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer.

Meta Sued Over AI Smart Glasses' Privacy Concerns After Workers Reviewed Nudity, Sex, and Other Footage

Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon

Anthropic's $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the military unrestricted access to its AI.

Meta’s AI glasses reportedly send sensitive footage to human reviewers in Kenya

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Google and Amazon joined a ‘Superpollutant Action Initiative.’

It’s a $100 million project meant to limit methane and other pollutants that are even more powerful greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide. But any company serious about climate change still needs to address their carbon emissions, the most abundant planet-heating pollutant. Both companies’ carbon footprints have grown as they expand data centers for AI.

Netflix buys Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking company InterPositive

Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."