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Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agents

Now exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents.

'The world seems to be ready': An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux

TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product.

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Tuesday briefing: Kennedy Center revenue; Reno wildfire; AI detectors; and more

President Donald Trump announced even more tariffs on Canadian goods.

OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack

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Routing is coming for the frontier AI labs

Routing turns models from destinations in their own right into interchangeable commodities.

How accurate are AI writing detectors? Try to trick this one.

Click the phrases below to swap them out and see how the detector’s response changes.

I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.

Humanoids are becoming a popular form of public entertainment here.

Wholly AI-generated music excluded from Australian charts.

After an AI-produced song reached number four on two separate charts in July, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has now updated its Code of Practice to require that songs made with generative AI tools are “substantially human made.” ARIA admits it can only detect AI usage if “you tell us,” however.

Bosses are convinced Gen Z fakes Wi-Fi outages and sick days to sneak off in summer—but 1 in 2 senior managers are guilty of the same thing

It wasn’t just Gen Z and young millennials sneaking out of work and secretly taking some time off over the summer months. Bosses have been at it too.

Four firms control more than half of the world's seed supply. Italian farmers are fighting back and returning to the bartering system

A farmhouse in the Marche hills doesn’t look like the front line of a fight against four of the world’s biggest agrochemical companies. But that’s what it became on Aug. 7, when a five-year-old Italian farming network gathered there to teach people how to save, trade, and pass down seeds no company can patent. And the stakes are high: Farmers can be sued for replanting patented seeds.

Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 25, 2026

The current average refinance rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan is 6.764%, according to Mortgage Resource Center data. If you’re a homeowner hoping to refinance your mortgage for a lower rate or perhaps to tap home equity, read on to see average refi interest rates for a variety of loan types and terms. You can also see the prior day’s report here.