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Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch
Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI…
Pebble founder says his new company is not a startup
Pebble’s founder, Eric Migicovskyis doing things differently with his reboot of the Pebble smartwatch brand and…
Googles Gemini to power Apples AI features like Siri | TechCrunch
It’s official. Apple has chosen to work with Google, a longtime partner, to power AI features…
Luminar lines up $22 million bidder for its lidar business | TechCrunch
Luminar has reached a deal to sell its lidar business to a company called Quantum Computing…
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs
OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work that…
Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more
Google has unveiled a new AI Inbox for Gmail that’s designed to provide a personalized overview…
Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases
In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and…
Metas Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing | TechCrunch
Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI assistant platform Manus is unsurprisingly caught in a regulatory tug-of-war…
McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of learn once, work forever is over | TechCrunch
If there is one point of consensus among the CES 2026 keynote speakers, it is that…