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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI
NewsAugust 26, 20263 min read

Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

Bill Gates posted a long essay to his Gates Notes site today, showing just how much the Microsoft co-founder has been thinking about the social impacts of AI. Gates is…

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Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
NewsAugust 26, 20266 min read

Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era

Physical AI is one of the hottest sectors in venture investing, with companies raising billions to apply the tools that gave us Large Language Models to robotics. That excitement helped…

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Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children
NewsAugust 26, 20261 min read

Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 29 U.S. states over children’s safety. The lawsuit alleged that the social media giant knowingly designed platforms…

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Arga Labs is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents
NewsAugust 26, 20263 min read

Arga Labs is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents

Making AI agents work in practice is a lot harder than many companies expected — but there’s help on the way. A new crop of startups is finding better ways…

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QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you
NewsAugust 26, 20265 min read

QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you

Shapor Naghibzadeh learned the value of a good story in 2009 as a Google sysops engineer. When hackers backed by China set their sights on the search giant as part…

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Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos
NewsAugust 26, 20262 min read

Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos

Social network Bluesky said on Tuesday that it is now increasing video limits on the platform to 10 minutes. Previously, the platform allowed three-minute-long videos, a limit that it raised…

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Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses
NewsAugust 26, 20264 min read

Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses

Hearing loss affects an estimated 50 million adults in the United States, but only around 20% of those with diagnosed hearing loss seek treatment. Legato, a new hearing tech company,…

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Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them
NewsAugust 26, 20265 min read

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them

As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startup Runable is betting the next opportunity lies in what comes after: finding customers and helping…

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Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund
NewsAugust 26, 20264 min read

Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund

Ventures Platform has raised an oversubscribed $84 million second fund as the Pan-African venture firm expands beyond its home market of Nigeria with a strategy shaped by a tougher, more…

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India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call
NewsAugust 26, 20264 min read

India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call

More than 76% of consumers in India prefer talking to businesses over a phone call, according to a recent study from Truecaller. Since voice is still consumers’ preferred way to…

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