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Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line
DoorDash has launched a limited beta of “dd-cli”, a command-line tool that lets developers order food directly through an AI agent, marking a notable step into agentic commerce. The tool allows users to search stores, find deals and check out entirely from the command line, effectively exposing DoorDash’s ordering platform so developers can build it…
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The Rolling Stones hit out at AI music: “If you were any kind of creative person, you wouldn’t do that”
The Rolling Stones have criticised the use of artificial intelligence in music, reportedly speaking out after discovering they themselves had been “deepfaked” using AI technology. The band’s comments add to a growing debate within the music industry about AI-generated content, with the group suggesting that relying on such tools runs counter to genuine artistic creativity.…
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Roblox announce plans to let people AI generate basic games using text prompts stuck into a mobile app, but claim that won’t fill their homepage with AI slop
Roblox has announced a new AI tool called Build, which lets users on its mobile app generate basic games from text prompts, part of the company’s wider push to embed generative AI throughout its platform. Roblox says users will be able to type a simple description, such as a request for a “cozy adventure game…
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Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?
OpenAI has released its first piece of hardware, a $230 mini keyboard billed as a “command centre for agentic work,” but alongside it the company is also selling a branded basketball, part of what it calls its “Pause. Play. Prompt.” campaign. The listing frames the £70 (roughly $70) rubber ball as “a physical reminder that…
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Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man, alleging he misused its chatbot Grok to generate child sexual abuse material. The case, filed in federal court in Texas, is thought to be one of the first brought by an AI company against a user for allegedly exploiting its tool…
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How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Andrew Dai, a former Google DeepMind researcher, secured a $55 million seed round at a $300 million valuation for his new company, Elorian, just months after leaving Google. The deal, discussed on TechCrunch’s Build Mode podcast, reportedly carries a more aggressive valuation-to-capital ratio than Thinking Machines’ record-breaking raise, underlining how investors are racing to back…
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Suno brings its gen AI music gunk to iMessage
Suno, the AI music generation company, has launched an iMessage integration allowing iPhone users with its app to create 30-second AI-generated songs directly within their text conversations. The update lets users prompt the tool with text or a voice note, including pasting in a friend’s message, and reflects the broader push by generative AI firms…
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Smart speakers could help OpenAI lose even more money
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to launch its first hardware product, a rechargeable “humanlike” smart speaker, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The move comes despite warnings from former executive Fidji Simo that the company risks being distracted by costly side projects, and analysts note it is entering a smart speaker market that is stagnant or shrinking,…
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Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s “world model” startup AMI Labs, has publicly rejected the terms “AGI” and “superintelligence,” arguing they lack meaningful definitions and are simply industry buzzwords that keep shifting. His comments, made in a TechCrunch interview while attending a machine learning conference in Seoul, stand out against a wider AI industry trend…
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Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI is preparing to release Kimi K3, an open-weight model reportedly expected to match or even exceed the performance of Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, according to the Financial Times citing anonymous sources. This matters because it would mark another significant step by a Chinese developer to close the performance gap with leading…