Major technology leaders, including representatives from Meta, Amazon, and Anthropic, gathered at the White House to sign a voluntary AI safety pledge. Concurrently, an executive order introduced new terminology rebrandi...
At its annual Connect event, Meta put its new personal AI agent Muse at the center of a consumer-focused AI push, while rivals OpenAI and Anthropic concentrate on enterprise and coding tools. On TechCrunch's Equity podca...
Meta's personal AI agent Muse is reportedly beating ChatGPT's early adoption numbers and will expand to smart glasses and a small Tamagotchi-style device. This happened during a week when Anthropic released Opus 5.5 and...
Meta launched its Muse AI assistant on Mac, where it can act within native applications to handle files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail under opt-in permissions and approval prompts for sensitive actions. The deskto...
Instinct, an AI assistant valued at $2.5 billion, is issuing dedicated email addresses to its agent so it can independently create accounts, contact businesses, and manage correspondence without user intervention. The fe...
Google is adding agentic capabilities to Google Maps' "Ask Maps" feature, letting users order food, book hotels, and find event tickets through partners like Square, Toast, and Uber Eats. The update also introduces opt-i...
Hark, an AI lab founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock, raised $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion valuation to build an agentic AI personal assistant with custom hardware. The company plans to release...
Three former Google NotebookLM developers have launched Huxe, an audio-first AI assistant that generates personalized news briefings and topic discussions using AI hosts. The startup raised $4.6 million in funding and of...
A new Andreessen Horowitz report reveals that Google's Gemini, xAI's Grok, and Meta AI are closing the competitive gap with OpenAI's ChatGPT in the consumer AI market. The report tracks 2.5 years of consumer AI usage dat...
Meta is reportedly in talks to acquire Play AI, a voice cloning startup that has raised $23.5 million and allows users to clone voices for AI applications like customer service. The acquisition would enable Meta to integ...
