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<title>In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Glen Anderson, president of Rainmaker Securities, says the secondary market for private shares has never been more active — with Anthropic the hottest trade around, OpenAI losing ground, and SpaceX&#039;s looming IPO poised to reshape the landscape for everyone. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With the midterms right around the corner, the new group is positioned to back candidates who support the AI company&#039;s policy agenda. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In addition to Lightcap&#039;s new role, OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch will be stepping away from the company to focus on cancer recovery, with a plan to return when her health allows. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-buys-biotech-startup-coefficient-bio-in-400m-deal-reports</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-companies-are-building-huge-natural-gas-plants-to-power-data-centers-what-could-go-wrong</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Moonbounce has raised $12 million to grow its AI control engine that converts content moderation policies into consistent, predictable AI behavior. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder&#45;led business talk show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ TBPN, Silicon Valley&#039;s cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it&#039;s overseen by chief political operative, Chris Lehane. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-takes-on-ai-rivals-with-three-new-foundational-models</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group&#039;s formation six months ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-took-down-thousands-of-github-repos-trying-to-yank-its-leaked-source-code-a-move-the-company-says-was-an-accident</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company&#039;s systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meta&#039;s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants. ]]></description>
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<title>Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cognichip-wants-ai-to-design-the-chips-that-power-ai-and-just-raised-60m-to-try</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The firm says it can can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half.  ]]></description>
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<title>Less than a month: StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together</title>
<link>https://block385.com/less-than-a-month-strictlyvc-san-francisco-brings-leaders-from-tdk-ventures-replit-and-more-together</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together on April 30. Space is limited. Register here for your pass. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:30:02 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-gig-workers-who-are-training-humanoid-robots-at-home</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Zeus, a medical student living in a hilltop city in central Nigeria, returns to his studio apartment from a long day at the hospital, he turns on his ring light, straps his iPhone to his forehead, and starts recording himself. He raises his hands in front of him like a sleepwalker and puts a… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open&#45;source LiteLLM project</title>
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<guid>https://block385.com/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company&#039;s systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Anthropic is having a month</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Salesforce announces an AI&#45;heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Slack just got a whole lot more useful. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon</title>
<link>https://block385.com/yupp-shuts-down-after-raising-33m-from-a16z-cryptos-chris-dixon</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub</title>
<link>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-new-food-ordering-experiences-with-uber-eats-and-grubhub</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-new-food-ordering-experiences-with-uber-eats-and-grubhub</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alexa, gets, new, food, ordering, experiences, with, Uber, Eats, and, Grubhub</media:keywords>
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<title>Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early&#45;stage AI startups</title>
<link>https://block385.com/exclusive-runway-launches-10m-fund-builders-program-to-support-early-stage-ai-startups-5208</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/exclusive-runway-launches-10m-fund-builders-program-to-support-early-stage-ai-startups-5208</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Shifting to AI model customization is an architectural imperative</title>
<link>https://block385.com/shifting-to-ai-model-customization-is-an-architectural-imperative</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the early days of large language models (LLMs), we grew accustomed to massive 10x jumps in reasoning and coding capability with every new model iteration. Today, those jumps have flattened into incremental gains. The exception is domain-specialized intelligence, where true step-function improvements are still the norm. When a model is fused with an organization’s… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:00:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Shifting, model, customization, architectural, imperative</media:keywords>
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<title>AI benchmarks are broken. Here’s what we need instead.</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-benchmarks-are-broken-heres-what-we-need-instead</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For decades, artificial intelligence has been evaluated through the question of whether machines outperform humans. From chess to advanced math, from coding to essay writing, the performance of AI models and applications is tested against that of individual humans completing tasks.  This framing is seductive: An AI vs. human comparison on isolated problems with clear… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:00:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>benchmarks, are, broken., Here’s, what, need, instead.</media:keywords>
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<title>Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups</title>
<link>https://block385.com/exclusive-runway-launches-10m-fund-builders-program-to-support-early-stage-ai-startups</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/exclusive-runway-launches-10m-fund-builders-program-to-support-early-stage-ai-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time “video intelligence” applications. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exclusive:, Runway, launches, 10M, fund, Builders, program, support, early, stage, startups</media:keywords>
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<title>Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nomadic-raises-84-million-to-wrangle-the-data-pouring-off-autonomous-vehicles</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nomadic-raises-84-million-to-wrangle-the-data-pouring-off-autonomous-vehicles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:30:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nomadic, raises, 8.4, million, wrangle, the, data, pouring, off, autonomous, vehicles</media:keywords>
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<title>With its new app store, Ring bets on AI to go beyond home security</title>
<link>https://block385.com/with-its-new-app-store-ring-bets-on-ai-to-go-beyond-home-security</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/with-its-new-app-store-ring-bets-on-ai-to-go-beyond-home-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ring&#039;s app store will allow the company to target broader use cases beyond security, like elder care or business needs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, its, new, app, store, Ring, bets, beyond, home, security</media:keywords>
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<title>15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll</title>
<link>https://block385.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss-according-to-new-poll</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss-according-to-new-poll</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they&#039;d be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>15, Americans, say, they’d, willing, work, for, boss, according, new, poll</media:keywords>
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<title>Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve</title>
<link>https://block385.com/popular-ai-gateway-startup-litellm-ditches-controversial-startup-delve</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/popular-ai-gateway-startup-litellm-ditches-controversial-startup-delve</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ LiteLLM had obtained two security compliance certifications via Delve and fell victim to some horrific credential-stealing malware last week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Popular, gateway, startup, LiteLLM, ditches, controversial, startup, Delve</media:keywords>
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<title>15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss</title>
<link>https://block385.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/15-of-americans-say-theyd-be-willing-to-work-for-an-ai-boss</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Your human manager may soon be a chatbot. Across organizations, AI is being used to replace layers of management in what some are calling &quot;The Great Flattening.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>15, Americans, say, they’d, willing, work, for, boss</media:keywords>
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<title>As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results</title>
<link>https://block385.com/as-more-americans-adopt-ai-tools-fewer-say-they-can-trust-the-results</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/as-more-americans-adopt-ai-tools-fewer-say-they-can-trust-the-results</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technology’s broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>more, Americans, adopt, tools, fewer, say, they, can, trust, the, results</media:keywords>
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<title>There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/there-are-more-ai-health-tools-than-everbut-how-well-do-they-work</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/there-are-more-ai-health-tools-than-everbut-how-well-do-they-work</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a new space within its Copilot app where users will be able to connect their medical records and ask specific questions about their health. A couple of days earlier, Amazon had announced that Health AI, an LLM-based tool previously restricted to members of its One Medical service, would… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:00:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>There, are, more, health, tools, than, ever—but, how, well, they, work</media:keywords>
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<title>The Pentagon’s culture war tactic against Anthropic has backfired</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired-5140</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired-5140</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Thursday, a California judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and ordering government agencies to stop using its AI. It’s the latest development in the month-long… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:00:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Pentagon’s, culture, war, tactic, against, Anthropic, has, backfired</media:keywords>
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<title>The Pentagon’s “culture war” tactic against Anthropic has backfired</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-pentagons-culture-war-tactic-against-anthropic-has-backfired</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Thursday, a California judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and ordering government agencies to stop using its AI. It’s the latest development in the month-long… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Pentagon’s, “culture, war”, tactic, against, Anthropic, has, backfired</media:keywords>
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<title>Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mantis-biotech-is-making-digital-twins-of-humans-to-help-solve-medicines-data-availability-problem</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mantis-biotech-is-making-digital-twins-of-humans-to-help-solve-medicines-data-availability-problem</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mantis takes disparate sources of data to make synthetic datasets that can be used to build so-called &quot;digital twins&quot; of the human body, representing anatomy, physiology and behavior. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mantis, Biotech, making, ‘digital, twins’, humans, help, solve, medicine’s, data, availability, problem</media:keywords>
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<title>ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand</title>
<link>https://block385.com/scaleops-raises-130m-to-improve-computing-efficiency-amid-ai-demand</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/scaleops-raises-130m-to-improve-computing-efficiency-amid-ai-demand</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ScaleOps, raises, 130M, improve, computing, efficiency, amid, demand</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-raises-830m-in-debt-to-set-up-a-data-center-near-paris</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-raises-830m-in-debt-to-set-up-a-data-center-near-paris</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, raises, 830M, debt, set, data, center, near, Paris</media:keywords>
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<title>Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales</title>
<link>https://block385.com/qodo-raises-70m-for-code-verification-as-ai-coding-scales</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/qodo-raises-70m-for-code-verification-as-ai-coding-scales</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qodo, raises, 70M, for, code, verification, coding, scales</media:keywords>
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<title>AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre&#45;IPO round</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-chip-startup-rebellions-raises-400-million-at-23b-valuation-in-pre-ipo-round</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-chip-startup-rebellions-raises-400-million-at-23b-valuation-in-pre-ipo-round</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia&#039;s dominance. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>chip, startup, Rebellions, raises, 400, million, 2.3B, valuation, pre-IPO, round</media:keywords>
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<title>Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space</title>
<link>https://block385.com/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-a-to-build-data-centers-in-space</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-a-to-build-data-centers-in-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Starcloud, raises, 170, million, Series, build, data, centers, space</media:keywords>
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<title>Why OpenAI really shut down Sora</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, OpenAI, really, shut, down, Sora</media:keywords>
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<title>Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video</title>
<link>https://block385.com/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sora’s, shutdown, could, reality, check, moment, for, video</media:keywords>
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<title>Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bluesky-leans-into-ai-with-attie-an-app-for-building-custom-feeds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bluesky, leans, into, with, Attie, app, for, building, custom, feeds</media:keywords>
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<title>Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice</title>
<link>https://block385.com/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stanford, study, outlines, dangers, asking, chatbots, for, personal, advice</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s last co&#45;founder reportedly leaves xAI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/elon-musks-last-co-founder-reportedly-leaves-xai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/elon-musks-last-co-founder-reportedly-leaves-xai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ All but two of Musk&#039;s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, last, co-founder, reportedly, leaves, xAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-popularity-with-paying-consumers-is-skyrocketing</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-popularity-with-paying-consumers-is-skyrocketing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we&#039;ve seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn&#039;t disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s, Claude, popularity, with, paying, consumers, skyrocketing</media:keywords>
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<title>Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, SoftBank’s, new, 40B, loan, points, 2026, OpenAI, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO</title>
<link>https://block385.com/memory-chip-giant-sk-hynix-could-help-end-rammageddon-with-blockbuster-us-ipo</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/memory-chip-giant-sk-hynix-could-help-end-rammageddon-with-blockbuster-us-ipo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the &#039;RAMmageddon&#039; memory shortage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Memory, chip, giant, hynix, could, help, end, ‘RAMmageddon’, with, blockbuster, IPO</media:keywords>
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<title>David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead</title>
<link>https://block385.com/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/david-sacks-is-done-as-ai-czar-heres-what-hes-doing-instead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sacks will be much further from the power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>David, Sacks, done, czar, —, here’s, what, he’s, doing, instead</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-shuts-down-sora-while-meta-gets-shut-out-in-court</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-shuts-down-sora-while-meta-gets-shut-out-in-court</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back.  That tension is everywhere […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, shuts, down, Sora, while, Meta, gets, shut, out, court</media:keywords>
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<title>VCs are betting billions on AI’s next wave, so why is OpenAI killing Sora?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/vcs-are-betting-billions-on-ais-next-wave-so-why-is-openai-killing-sora</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/vcs-are-betting-billions-on-ais-next-wave-so-why-is-openai-killing-sora</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back.  That tension is everywhere […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VCs, are, betting, billions, AI’s, next, wave, why, OpenAI, killing, Sora</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-wins-injunction-against-trump-administration-over-defense-department-saga</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-wins-injunction-against-trump-administration-over-defense-department-saga</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company. ]]></description>
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<title>You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini</title>
<link>https://block385.com/you-can-now-transfer-your-chats-and-personal-information-from-other-chatbots-directly-into-gemini</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/you-can-now-transfer-your-chats-and-personal-information-from-other-chatbots-directly-into-gemini</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is launching &quot;switching tools&quot; that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-the-use-of-ai-in-article-writing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wikipedia, cracks, down, the, use, article, writing</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT’s erotic mode</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-abandons-yet-another-side-quest-chatgpts-erotic-mode</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-abandons-yet-another-side-quest-chatgpts-erotic-mode</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s only the latest of several side projects that the AI startup has ditched over the past week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>OpenAI, abandons, yet, another, side, quest:, ChatGPT’s, erotic, mode</media:keywords>
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<title>Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills</title>
<link>https://block385.com/data-centers-get-ready-the-senate-wants-to-see-your-power-bills</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/data-centers-get-ready-the-senate-wants-to-see-your-power-bills</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Data, centers, get, ready, —, the, Senate, wants, see, your, power, bills</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere launches an open source voice model specifically for transcription</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cohere-launches-an-open-source-voice-model-specifically-for-transcription-5002</link>
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<media:keywords>Cohere, launches, open, source, voice, model, specifically, for, transcription</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral releases a new open source model for speech generation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-releases-a-new-open-source-model-for-speech-generation-5003</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The model, which lets enterprises build voice agents for sales and customer engagement, puts Mistral in direct competition with the likes of ElevenLabs, Deepgram, and OpenAI. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, releases, new, open, source, model, for, speech, generation</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohere launches an open&#45;source voice model specifically for transcription</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cohere-launches-an-open-source-voice-model-specifically-for-transcription</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/cohere-launches-an-open-source-voice-model-specifically-for-transcription</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Dreamina Seedance 2.0, comes to CapCut</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bytedances-new-ai-video-generation-model-dreamina-seedance-20-comes-to-capcut</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new model in CapCut will have built-in protections for making video from real faces or unauthorized intellectual property. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems</title>
<link>https://block385.com/conntour-raises-7m-from-general-catalyst-yc-to-build-an-ai-search-engine-for-security-video-systems</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A ‘pound of flesh’ from data centers: one senator’s answer to AI job losses</title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-pound-of-flesh-from-data-centers-one-senators-answer-to-ai-job-losses</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/a-pound-of-flesh-from-data-centers-one-senators-answer-to-ai-job-losses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fears of AI-driven job loss are growing fast, and they’re fueling backlash against data centers. Sen. Mark Warner suggests taxing them to help workers survive the transition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘pound, flesh’, from, data, centers:, one, senator’s, answer, job, losses</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral releases a new open&#45;source model for speech generation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-releases-a-new-open-source-model-for-speech-generation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mistral-releases-a-new-open-source-model-for-speech-generation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral&#039;s new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-least-surprising-chapter-of-the-manus-story-is-whats-happening-right-now</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-least-surprising-chapter-of-the-manus-story-is-whats-happening-right-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Did anyone think there would not be a reckoning over this tie-up? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, least, surprising, chapter, the, Manus, story, what’s, happening, right, now</media:keywords>
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<title>Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mercor-competitor-deccan-ai-raises-25m-sources-experts-from-india</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mercor-competitor-deccan-ai-raises-25m-sources-experts-from-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mercor, competitor, Deccan, raises, 25M, sources, experts, from, India</media:keywords>
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<title>The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-ai-skills-gap-is-here-says-ai-company-and-power-users-are-pulling-ahead</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-ai-skills-gap-is-here-says-ai-company-and-power-users-are-pulling-ahead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic finds AI isn’t replacing jobs yet, but early data shows growing inequality as experienced users gain an edge, raising concerns about future displacement and workforce divides. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, skills, gap, here, says, company, and, power, users, are, pulling, ahead</media:keywords>
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<title>Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child</title>
<link>https://block385.com/melania-trump-wants-a-robot-to-homeschool-your-child</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/melania-trump-wants-a-robot-to-homeschool-your-child</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The first lady sees AI and robotics playing a prominent role in the future of American education. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Melania, Trump, wants, robot, homeschool, your, child</media:keywords>
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<title>Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-unveils-turboquant-a-new-ai-memory-compression-algorithm-and-yes-the-internet-is-calling-it-pied-piper</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-unveils-turboquant-a-new-ai-memory-compression-algorithm-and-yes-the-internet-is-calling-it-pied-piper</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO&#039;s &quot;Silicon Valley.&quot; The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, unveils, TurboQuant, new, memory, compression, algorithm, — and, yes, the, internet, calling, ‘Pied, Piper’</media:keywords>
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<title>Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down</title>
<link>https://block385.com/harvey-confirms-11b-valuation-sequoia-triples-down</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/harvey-confirms-11b-valuation-sequoia-triples-down</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz,  Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can&#039;t get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Harvey, confirms, 11B, valuation:, Sequoia, triples, down</media:keywords>
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<title>Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bernie-sanders-and-aoc-propose-a-ban-on-data-center-construction</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bernie-sanders-and-aoc-propose-a-ban-on-data-center-construction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bernie, Sanders, and, AOC, propose, ban, data, center, construction</media:keywords>
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<title>Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-launches-lyria-3-pro-music-generation-model</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior</title>
<link>https://block385.com/reddit-takes-on-the-bots-with-new-human-verification-requirements-for-fishy-behavior</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/reddit-takes-on-the-bots-with-new-human-verification-requirements-for-fishy-behavior</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb bot-driven spam and manipulation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math</title>
<link>https://block385.com/this-startup-wants-to-change-how-mathematicians-do-math</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a free new AI tool for mathematicians, designed to discover mathematical patterns that could unlock solutions to long-standing problems. The tool, called Axplorer, is a redesign of an existing one called PatternBoost that François Charton, now a research scientist at Axiom, co-developed in 2024… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-turns-to-ai-to-make-shopping-easier-on-instagram-and-facebook</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meta is using generative AI to provide more product and brand information to consumers when they&#039;re shopping in its apps. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-launches-new-initiative-to-support-entrepreneurship-drive-ai-adoption</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company&#039;s business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>With Sift, two ex&#45;SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor</title>
<link>https://block385.com/with-sift-two-ex-spacex-engineers-are-bringing-the-software-that-helped-launch-rockets-to-the-factory-floor</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app</title>
<link>https://block385.com/granola-raises-125m-hits-15b-valuation-as-it-expands-from-meeting-notetaker-to-enterprise-ai-app</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Granola&#039;s valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Agentic commerce runs on truth and context</title>
<link>https://block385.com/agentic-commerce-runs-on-truth-and-context</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Imagine telling a digital agent, “Use my points and book a family trip to Italy. Keep it within budget, pick hotels we’ve liked before, and handle the details.” Instead of returning a list of links, the agent assembles an itinerary and executes the purchase. That shift, from assistance to execution, is what makes agentic AI… ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>With Sift Stack, two ex&#45;SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor</title>
<link>https://block385.com/with-sift-stack-two-ex-spacex-engineers-are-bringing-the-software-that-helped-launch-rockets-to-the-factory-floor</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/with-sift-stack-two-ex-spacex-engineers-are-bringing-the-software-that-helped-launch-rockets-to-the-factory-floor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window&#45;washing drones </title>
<link>https://block385.com/lucid-bots-raises-20m-to-keep-up-with-demand-for-itswindow-washing-drones</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/lucid-bots-raises-20m-to-keep-up-with-demand-for-itswindow-washing-drones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lucid Bots has seen demand accelerate over the last year for its window cleaning drones and power washing robots. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lucid, Bots, raises, 20M, keep, with, demand, for, its window-washing, drones </media:keywords>
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<title>The AI Hype Index: AI goes to war</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-ai-hype-index-ai-goes-to-war</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-ai-hype-index-ai-goes-to-war</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI is at war. Anthropic and the Pentagon feuded over how to weaponize Anthropic’s AI model Claude; then OpenAI swept the Pentagon off its feet with an “opportunistic and sloppy” deal. Users quit ChatGPT in droves. People marched through London in the biggest protest against AI to date. If you’re keeping score, Anthropic—the company founded… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Hype, Index:, goes, war</media:keywords>
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<title>With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/with-35b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/with-35b-in-fresh-capital-kleiner-perkins-is-going-all-in-on-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, 3.5B, fresh, capital, Kleiner, Perkins, going, all</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI’s, Sora, was, the, creepiest, app, your, phone, —, now, it’s, shutting, down</media:keywords>
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<title>Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center</title>
<link>https://block385.com/kentucky-woman-rejects-26m-offer-to-turn-her-farm-into-a-data-center</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/kentucky-woman-rejects-26m-offer-to-turn-her-farm-into-a-data-center</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A &quot;major artificial intelligence company&quot; reportedly offered a Kentucky family $26 million to build a data center on their farm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kentucky, woman, rejects, 26M, offer, turn, her, farm, into, data, center</media:keywords>
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<title>Arm is releasing the first in&#45;house chip in its 35&#45;year history</title>
<link>https://block385.com/arm-is-releasing-thefirst-in-house-chip-in-its-35-year-history</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/arm-is-releasing-thefirst-in-house-chip-in-its-35-year-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Arm is producing its own CPU for the first time. It developed the CPU with Meta, which is also the chip&#039;s first customer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Arm, releasing, the first, in-house, chip, its, 35-year, history</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spotify-tests-new-tool-to-stop-ai-slop-from-being-attributed-to-real-artists</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spotify-tests-new-tool-to-stop-ai-slop-from-being-attributed-to-real-artists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The idea behind the new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name on Spotify. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, tests, new, tool, stop, slop, from, being, attributed, real, artists</media:keywords>
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<title>Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product</title>
<link>https://block385.com/databricks-bought-two-startups-to-underpin-its-new-ai-security-product</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/databricks-bought-two-startups-to-underpin-its-new-ai-security-product</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With an overflowing war chest from its recent $5 billion raise, Databricks is buying startups and looking for more. It acquired Antimatter and SiftD.ai. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Databricks, bought, two, startups, underpin, its, new, security, product</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-hands-claude-code-more-control-but-keeps-it-on-a-leash</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-hands-claude-code-more-control-but-keeps-it-on-a-leash</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic’s new auto mode for Claude Code lets AI execute tasks with fewer approvals, reflecting a broader shift toward more autonomous tools that balance speed with safety through built-in safeguards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, hands, Claude, Code, more, control, but, keeps, leash</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI’s plans to make ChatGPT more like Amazon aren’t going so well</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openais-plans-to-make-chatgpt-more-like-amazon-arent-going-so-well</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openais-plans-to-make-chatgpt-more-like-amazon-arent-going-so-well</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI says its moving away from Instant Checkout, which allowed users to buy items directly through the ChatGPT interface. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI’s, plans, make, ChatGPT, more, like, Amazon, aren’t, going, well</media:keywords>
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<title>Google TV’s new Gemini features keep fans updated on sports teams and more</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-tvs-new-gemini-features-keep-fans-updated-on-sports-teams-and-more</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-tvs-new-gemini-features-keep-fans-updated-on-sports-teams-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Three Gemini-powered features are coming to your Google TV. This includes visual responses, deep dives, and sports briefs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, TV’s, new, Gemini, features, keep, fans, updated, sports, teams, and, more</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-adds-open-source-tools-to-help-developers-build-for-teen-safety</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-adds-open-source-tools-to-help-developers-build-for-teen-safety</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rather than working from scratch to figure out how to make AI safer for teens, developers can use these policies to fortify what they build. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, adds, open, source, tools, help, developers, build, for, teen, safety</media:keywords>
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<title>Talat’s AI meeting notes stay on your machine, not in the cloud</title>
<link>https://block385.com/talats-ai-meeting-notes-stay-on-your-machine-not-in-the-cloud</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/talats-ai-meeting-notes-stay-on-your-machine-not-in-the-cloud</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The subscription-free AI meeting notes app is a local-first twist on notetaking tools like Granola. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Talat’s, meeting, notes, stay, your, machine, not, the, cloud</media:keywords>
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<title>Mirage raises $75M to continue building models for its AI video&#45;editing app Captions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions-4859</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions-4859</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mirage, the maker of video-editing app Captions, has raised $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst&#039;s Customer Value Fund (CVF). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mirage, raises, 75M, continue, building, models, for, its, video-editing, app, Captions</media:keywords>
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<title>Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP</title>
<link>https://block385.com/doss-raises-55m-for-ai-inventory-management-that-plugs-into-erp</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/doss-raises-55m-for-ai-inventory-management-that-plugs-into-erp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Doss&#039;s AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Doss, raises, 55M, for, inventory, management, that, plugs, into, ERP</media:keywords>
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<title>Meet the former Apple designer building a new AI interface at Hark</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meet-the-former-apple-designer-building-a-new-ai-interface-at-hark</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meet-the-former-apple-designer-building-a-new-ai-interface-at-hark</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said it would design models, hardware, and interfaces in tandem to deliver a &quot;seamless end-to-end personal intelligence product.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meet, the, former, Apple, designer, building, new, interface, Hark</media:keywords>
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<title>Mirage raises $75M to continue building models for its AI video editing app Captions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mirage, the maker of video editing app Captions, has raised $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst&#039;s Customer Value Fund (CVF). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mirage, raises, 75M, continue, building, models, for, its, video, editing, app, Captions</media:keywords>
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<title>Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind</title>
<link>https://block385.com/agile-robotsbecomes-the-latest-robotics-company-to-partner-with-google-deepmind</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/agile-robotsbecomes-the-latest-robotics-company-to-partner-with-google-deepmind</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Agile Robots will incorporate Google DeepMind&#039;s robotics foundation models into its bots while collecting data for the AI research lab. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Agile, Robots becomes, the, latest, robotics, company, partner, with, Google, DeepMind</media:keywords>
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<title>Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund</title>
<link>https://block385.com/air-street-becomes-one-of-the-largest-solo-vcs-in-europe-with-232m-fund</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/air-street-becomes-one-of-the-largest-solo-vcs-in-europe-with-232m-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Air, Street, becomes, one, the, largest, solo, VCs, Europe, with, 232M, fund</media:keywords>
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<title>Bernie Sanders’ AI ‘gotcha’ video flops, but the memes are great</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bernie-sanders-ai-gotcha-video-flops-but-the-memes-are-great</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bernie-sanders-ai-gotcha-video-flops-but-the-memes-are-great</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks he&#039;s tricked Claude into revealing the AI industry&#039;s secrets, but he really just exposed how agreeable chatbots can become. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bernie, Sanders’, ‘gotcha’, video, flops, but, the, memes, are, great</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teasing ‘AI advancements’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/apple-sets-june-date-for-wwdc-2026-teasing-ai-advancements</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/apple-sets-june-date-for-wwdc-2026-teasing-ai-advancements</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apple will host its next Worldwide Developers Conference the week of June 8. The company is expected to announce major updates to Siri with advanced AI capabilities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, sets, June, date, for, WWDC, 2026, teasing, ‘AI, advancements’</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman&#45;backed fusion startup Helion in talks to sell power to OpenAI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sam-altman-backed-fusion-startup-helion-in-talks-to-sell-power-to-openai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sam-altman-backed-fusion-startup-helion-in-talks-to-sell-power-to-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is stepping down as board chair of Helion. His departure comes as reports that the two companies are negotiating a deal that would see Helion sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman-backed, fusion, startup, Helion, talks, sell, power, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Vibe&#45;coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/vibe-coding-startup-lovable-is-on-the-hunt-for-acquisitions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/vibe-coding-startup-lovable-is-on-the-hunt-for-acquisitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lovable&#039;s founder said the fast-growing vibe-coding startup is looking for startups and teams to join its company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vibe-coding, startup, Lovable, the, hunt, for, acquisitions</media:keywords>
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<title>The hardest question to answer about AI&#45;fueled delusions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-hardest-question-to-answer-about-ai-fueled-delusions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-hardest-question-to-answer-about-ai-fueled-delusions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I was originally going to write this week’s newsletter about AI and Iran, particularly the news we broke last Tuesday that the Pentagon is making plans for AI companies to train on… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, hardest, question, answer, about, AI-fueled, delusions</media:keywords>
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<title>Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way</title>
<link>https://block385.com/startup-gimlet-labs-is-solving-the-ai-inference-bottleneck-in-a-surprisingly-elegant-way</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/startup-gimlet-labs-is-solving-the-ai-inference-bottleneck-in-a-surprisingly-elegant-way</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Startup, Gimlet, Labs, solving, the, inference, bottleneck, surprisingly, elegant, way</media:keywords>
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<title>Littlebird raises $11M for its AI&#45;assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen</title>
<link>https://block385.com/littlebird-raises-11m-for-its-ai-assisted-recall-tool-that-reads-your-computer-screen</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/littlebird-raises-11m-for-its-ai-assisted-recall-tool-that-reads-your-computer-screen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Littlebird, raises, 11M, for, its, AI-assisted, ‘recall’, tool, that, reads, your, computer, screen</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman&#45;backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sam-altman-backed-fusion-startup-helion-in-talks-with-openai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sam-altman-backed-fusion-startup-helion-in-talks-with-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman-backed, fusion, startup, Helion, talks, with, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/elizabeth-warren-calls-pentagons-decision-to-bar-anthropic-retaliation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/elizabeth-warren-calls-pentagons-decision-to-bar-anthropic-retaliation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD&#039;s decision to label Anthropic a &quot;supply chain risk&quot; as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elizabeth, Warren, calls, Pentagon’s, decision, bar, Anthropic, ‘retaliation’</media:keywords>
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<title>The Bay Area’s animal welfare movement wants to recruit AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-bay-areas-animal-welfare-movement-wants-to-recruit-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-bay-areas-animal-welfare-movement-wants-to-recruit-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In early February, animal welfare advocates and AI researchers gathered in stocking feet at Mox, a scrappy, shoes-free coworking space in San Francisco. Yellow and red canopies billowed overhead, Persian rugs blanketed the floor, and mosaic lamps glowed beside potted plants.  In the common area, a wildlife advocate spoke passionately to a crowd lounging in… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Bay, Area’s, animal, welfare, movement, wants, recruit</media:keywords>
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<title>Do you want to build a robot snowman?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>you, want, build, robot, snowman</media:keywords>
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<title>Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cursor, admits, its, new, coding, model, was, built, top, Moonshot, AI’s, Kimi</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla</title>
<link>https://block385.com/elon-musk-unveils-chip-manufacturing-plans-for-spacex-and-tesla</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/elon-musk-unveils-chip-manufacturing-plans-for-spacex-and-tesla</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk, unveils, chip, manufacturing, plans, for, SpaceX, and, Tesla</media:keywords>
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<title>An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple </title>
<link>https://block385.com/an-exclusive-tour-of-amazons-trainium-lab-the-chip-thats-won-over-anthropic-openai-even-apple</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/an-exclusive-tour-of-amazons-trainium-lab-the-chip-thats-won-over-anthropic-openai-even-apple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shortly after Amazon  announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>exclusive, tour, Amazon’s, Trainium, lab, the, chip, that’s, won, over, Anthropic, OpenAI, even, Apple </media:keywords>
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<title>Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, tokens, the, new, signing, bonus, just, cost, doing, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns</title>
<link>https://block385.com/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Publisher, pulls, horror, novel, ‘Shy, Girl’, over, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia&#039;s latest conference shows that most in the industry aren&#039;t concerned by that possibility. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Wall, Street, wasn’t, won, over, Nvidia’s, big, conference</media:keywords>
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<title>Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Delve, accused, misleading, customers, with, ‘fake, compliance’</media:keywords>
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<title>New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput</title>
<link>https://block385.com/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon&#039;s assertion that the AI company poses an &quot;unacceptable risk to national security&quot; and arguing that the government&#039;s case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, court, filing, reveals, Pentagon, told, Anthropic, the, two, sides, were, nearly, aligned, —, week, after, Trump, declared, the, relationship, kaput</media:keywords>
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<title>What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet</title>
<link>https://block385.com/what-happened-at-nvidia-gtcnemoclaw-robot-olaf-and-a1-trillionbet</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/what-happened-at-nvidia-gtcnemoclaw-robot-olaf-and-a1-trillionbet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, happened, Nvidia, GTC: NemoClaw, Robot, Olaf, and, a 1, trillion bet</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia has an OpenClaw strategy. Do you? </title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidia-has-anopenclawstrategy-do-you</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidia-has-anopenclawstrategy-do-you</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, has, an OpenClaw strategy., you </media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, rolls, back, some, its, Copilot, bloat, Windows</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/trumps-ai-framework-targets-state-laws-shifts-child-safety-burden-to-parents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/trumps-ai-framework-targets-state-laws-shifts-child-safety-burden-to-parents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption of state laws, emphasizes innovation, and shifts responsibility for child safety toward parents while laying out lighter-touch rules for tech companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump’s, framework, targets, state, laws, shifts, child, safety, burden, parents</media:keywords>
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<title>WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wordpresscom-now-lets-ai-agents-write-and-publish-posts-and-more</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wordpresscom-now-lets-ai-agents-write-and-publish-posts-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New AI agents on WordPress.com could lower barriers to publishing while increasing machine-generated content across the web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:30:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WordPress.com, now, lets, agents, write, and, publish, posts, and, more</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-is-throwing-everything-into-building-a-fully-automated-researcher</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-is-throwing-everything-into-building-a-fully-automated-researcher</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources into a new grand challenge. The San Francisco firm has set its sights on building what it calls an AI researcher, a fully automated agent-based system that will be able to go off and tackle large, complex problems by itself. ​​OpenAI says that the new… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, throwing, everything, into, building, fully, automated, researcher</media:keywords>
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<title>The best AI investment might be in energy tech</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-best-ai-investment-might-be-in-energy-tech</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-best-ai-investment-might-be-in-energy-tech</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That&#039;s creating an opening for investors. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, best, investment, might, energy, tech</media:keywords>
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<title>Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/jeff-bezos-reportedly-wants-100-billion-to-buy-and-transform-old-manufacturing-firms-with-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/jeff-bezos-reportedly-wants-100-billion-to-buy-and-transform-old-manufacturing-firms-with-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jeff, Bezos, reportedly, wants, 100, billion, buy, and, transform, old, manufacturing, firms, with</media:keywords>
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<title>Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says</title>
<link>https://block385.com/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Online, bot, traffic, will, exceed, human, traffic, 2027, Cloudflare, CEO, says</media:keywords>
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<title>DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/doordash-launches-a-new-tasks-app-that-pays-couriers-to-submit-videos-to-train-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/doordash-launches-a-new-tasks-app-that-pays-couriers-to-submit-videos-to-train-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DoorDash, launches, new, ‘Tasks’, app, that, pays, couriers, submit, videos, train</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third&#45;party vendors</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-rolls-out-new-ai-content-enforcement-systems-while-reducing-reliance-on-third-party-vendors</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-rolls-out-new-ai-content-enforcement-systems-while-reducing-reliance-on-third-party-vendors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta believes these AI systems can detect more violations with greater accuracy, better prevent scams, respond more quickly to real-world events, and reduce over-enforcement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, rolls, out, new, content, enforcement, systems, while, reducing, reliance, third-party, vendors</media:keywords>
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<title>TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open</title>
<link>https://block385.com/techcrunchstartup-battlefield-200-nominationsare-stillopen</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/techcrunchstartup-battlefield-200-nominationsare-stillopen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>TechCrunch Startup, Battlefield, 200, nominations are, still open</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon brings Alexa+ to the UK</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-brings-alexa-to-the-uk</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazon-brings-alexa-to-the-uk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early access program. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, brings, Alexa, the</media:keywords>
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<title>Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream</title>
<link>https://block385.com/multiverse-computing-pushes-its-compressed-ai-models-into-the-mainstream</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/multiverse-computing-pushes-its-compressed-ai-models-into-the-mainstream</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Multiverse, Computing, pushes, its, compressed, models, into, the, mainstream</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-is-having-trouble-with-rogue-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn&#039;t have permission to see it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, having, trouble, with, rogue, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman’s thank&#45;you to coders draws the memes</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sam-altmans-thank-you-to-coders-draws-the-memes</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sam-altmans-thank-you-to-coders-draws-the-memes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman’s, thank-you, coders, draws, the, memes</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion&#45;dollar behemoth to rival its chips business</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidia-is-quietly-building-a-multibillion-dollar-behemoth-to-rival-its-chips-business</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidia-is-quietly-building-a-multibillion-dollar-behemoth-to-rival-its-chips-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia&#039;s networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, quietly, building, multibillion-dollar, behemoth, rival, its, chips, business</media:keywords>
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<title>Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nothing-ceo-carl-pei-says-smartphone-apps-will-disappear-as-ai-agents-take-their-place</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nothing-ceo-carl-pei-says-smartphone-apps-will-disappear-as-ai-agents-take-their-place</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user&#039;s behalf. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nothing, CEO, Carl, Pei, says, smartphone, apps, will, disappear, agents, take, their, place</media:keywords>
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<title>Patreon CEO calls AI companies’ fair use argument ‘bogus,’ says creators should be paid</title>
<link>https://block385.com/patreon-ceo-calls-ai-companies-fair-use-argument-bogus-says-creators-should-be-paid</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/patreon-ceo-calls-ai-companies-fair-use-argument-bogus-says-creators-should-be-paid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Sequen snags $16M to bring TikTok&#45;style personalization tech to any consumer company</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sequen-snags-16m-to-bring-tiktok-style-personalization-tech-to-any-consumer-company</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sequen-snags-16m-to-bring-tiktok-style-personalization-tech-to-any-consumer-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With its Series A, Sequen is bringing its proprietary AI ranking and personalization technology to large consumer business. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Microsoft hires the team of Sequoia&#45;backed AI collaboration platform, Cove</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-hires-the-team-of-sequoia-backed-ai-collaboration-platform-cove</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsoft-hires-the-team-of-sequoia-backed-ai-collaboration-platform-cove</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI collaboration startup Cove is shutting down after its team joined Microsoft, with service ending April 1 and customer data set for deletion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, hires, the, team, Sequoia-backed, collaboration, platform, Cove</media:keywords>
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<title>This startup wants to make enterprise software look more like a prompt</title>
<link>https://block385.com/this-startup-wants-to-make-enterprise-software-look-more-like-a-prompt</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/this-startup-wants-to-make-enterprise-software-look-more-like-a-prompt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The leaderboard “you can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-leaderboard-you-cant-game-funded-by-the-companies-it-ranks</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-leaderboard-you-cant-game-funded-by-the-companies-it-ranks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The Gemini&#45;powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-gemini-powered-features-in-google-workspace-that-are-worth-using</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-gemini-powered-features-in-google-workspace-that-are-worth-using</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From summarizing emails, drafting content, organizing data, and tracking meetings, here are all the best Gemini features in Google Workspace. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Gemini-powered, features, Google, Workspace, that, are, worth, using</media:keywords>
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<title>Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first&#45;time creators </title>
<link>https://block385.com/rebel-audio-is-a-new-ai-podcasting-tool-aimed-at-first-time-creators</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/rebel-audio-is-a-new-ai-podcasting-tool-aimed-at-first-time-creators</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rebel, Audio, new, podcasting, tool, aimed, first-time, creators </media:keywords>
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<title>The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-phd-students-who-became-the-judges-of-the-ai-industry</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-phd-students-who-became-the-judges-of-the-ai-industry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/dod-says-anthropics-red-lines-make-it-an-unacceptable-risk-to-national-security</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/dod-says-anthropics-red-lines-make-it-an-unacceptable-risk-to-national-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might &quot;attempt to disable its technology&quot; during &quot;warfighting operations&quot; validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The Pentagon is planning for AI companies to train on classified data, defense official says</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-pentagon-is-planning-for-ai-companies-to-train-on-classified-data-defense-official-says</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-pentagon-is-planning-for-ai-companies-to-train-on-classified-data-defense-official-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon is discussing plans to set up secure environments for generative AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data, MIT Technology Review has learned.  AI models like Anthropic’s Claude are already used to answer questions in classified settings, including for analyzing targets in Iran. But allowing models to train on… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:00:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Mistral bets on ‘build&#45;your&#45;own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mistral-bets-on-build-your-own-ai-as-it-takes-on-openai-anthropic-in-the-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, bets, ‘build-your-own, AI’, takes, OpenAI, Anthropic, the, enterprise</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-garry-tans-claude-code-setup-has-gotten-so-much-love-and-hate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan&#039;s Claude Code setup, which was shared on Github. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-pentagon-is-developing-alternatives-to-anthropic-report-says</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-pentagon-is-developing-alternatives-to-anthropic-report-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn&#039;t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Pentagon, developing, alternatives, Anthropic, report, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Gamma adds AI image&#45;generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe</title>
<link>https://block385.com/gamma-adds-ai-image-generation-tools-in-bid-to-take-on-canva-and-adobe-4428</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/gamma-adds-ai-image-generation-tools-in-bid-to-take-on-canva-and-adobe-4428</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s new product, called Gamma Imagine, will let users employ text prompts to create brand-specific assets like interactive charts and visualizations, marketing collateral, social graphics, and infographics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gamma, adds, image-generation, tools, bid, take, Canva, and, Adobe</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI expands government footprint with AWS deal, report says</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-expands-government-footprint-with-aws-deal-report-says</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-expands-government-footprint-with-aws-deal-report-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has reportedly signed a partnership with AWS to sell its AI systems to the U.S. government for classified and unclassified work, marking an expansion beyond its Pentagon deal last month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, expands, government, footprint, with, AWS, deal, report, says</media:keywords>
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<title>BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue</title>
<link>https://block385.com/buzzfeed-debuts-ai-slop-apps-in-bid-for-new-revenue</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/buzzfeed-debuts-ai-slop-apps-in-bid-for-new-revenue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ BuzzFeed unveiled new AI-powered social apps at SXSW, but its demos drew muted reactions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BuzzFeed, debuts, slop, apps, bid, for, new, revenue</media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-personal-intelligence-feature-is-expanding-to-all-us-users</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/googles-personal-intelligence-feature-is-expanding-to-all-us-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Personal Intelligence allows Google&#039;s AI assistant to tap into your Google ecosystem, such as Gmail and Google Photos, to provide more tailored responses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google’s, Personal, Intelligence, feature, expanding, all, users</media:keywords>
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<title>AI’s ‘boys’ club’ could widen the wealth gap for women, says Rana el Kaliouby</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ais-boys-club-could-widen-the-wealth-gap-for-women-says-rana-el-kaliouby</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ais-boys-club-could-widen-the-wealth-gap-for-women-says-rana-el-kaliouby</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI investor Rana el Kaliouby warns that if women are shut out of AI funding and leadership, the consequences will be grim. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI’s, ‘boys’, club’, could, widen, the, wealth, gap, for, women, says, Rana, Kaliouby</media:keywords>
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<title>World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/world-launches-tool-to-verify-humans-behind-ai-shopping-agents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/world-launches-tool-to-verify-humans-behind-ai-shopping-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As AI agents take the reins for online shoppers, Sam Altman&#039;s unconventional startup is looking to expand its verification offerings to support agentic commerce. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>World, launches, tool, verify, humans, behind, shopping, agents</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Niv&#45;AI exits stealth to wring more power performance out of GPUs</title>
<link>https://block385.com/niv-ai-exits-stealth-to-wring-more-power-performance-out-of-gpus</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/niv-ai-exits-stealth-to-wring-more-power-performance-out-of-gpus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company raised $12 million in seed funding to measure and manage GPU power surges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Niv-AI, exits, stealth, wring, more, power, performance, out, GPUs</media:keywords>
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<title>Gamma adds AI image generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe</title>
<link>https://block385.com/gamma-adds-ai-image-generation-tools-in-bid-to-take-on-canva-and-adobe</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/gamma-adds-ai-image-generation-tools-in-bid-to-take-on-canva-and-adobe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s new product, called Gamma Imagine, will let users employ text prompts to create brand-specific assets like interactive charts and visualizations, marketing collateral, social graphics, and infographics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gamma, adds, image, generation, tools, bid, take, Canva, and, Adobe</media:keywords>
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<title>Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace</title>
<link>https://block385.com/picsart-now-allows-creators-to-hire-ai-assistants-through-agent-marketplace</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/picsart-now-allows-creators-to-hire-ai-assistants-through-agent-marketplace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Picsart&#039;s AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Picsart, now, allows, creators, ‘hire’, assistants, through, agent, marketplace</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: Security</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidias-version-of-openclaw-could-solve-its-biggest-problem-security</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidias-version-of-openclaw-could-solve-its-biggest-problem-security</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia’s, version, OpenClaw, could, solve, its, biggest, problem:, Security</media:keywords>
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<title>Jensen Huang just put Nvidia’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere</title>
<link>https://block385.com/jensen-huang-just-put-nvidias-blackwell-and-vera-rubin-sales-projections-into-the-1-trillion-stratosphere</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/jensen-huang-just-put-nvidias-blackwell-and-vera-rubin-sales-projections-into-the-1-trillion-stratosphere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects $1 trillion worth of orders for the chips. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jensen, Huang, just, put, Nvidia’s, Blackwell, and, Vera, Rubin, sales, projections, into, the, trillion, stratosphere</media:keywords>
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<title>Memories AI is building the visual memory layer for wearables and robotics</title>
<link>https://block385.com/memories-aiis-buildingthe-visual-memory-layer-for-wearables-and-robotics</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/memories-aiis-buildingthe-visual-memory-layer-for-wearables-and-robotics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Memories.ai is building a large visual memory model that can index and retrieve video-recorded memories for physical AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Memories, AI is, building the, visual, memory, layer, for, wearables, and, robotics</media:keywords>
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<title>Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks</title>
<link>https://block385.com/warren-presses-pentagon-over-decision-to-grant-xai-access-to-classified-networks</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/warren-presses-pentagon-over-decision-to-grant-xai-access-to-classified-networks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI&#039;s controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Warren, presses, Pentagon, over, decision, grant, xAI, access, classified, networks</media:keywords>
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<title>The dictionary sues OpenAI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-dictionary-sues-openai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-dictionary-sues-openai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say that OpenAI violated the copyright of almost 100,000 articles by using them for LLM training. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, dictionary, sues, OpenAI</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia’s DLSS 5 uses generative AI to boost photorealism in video games, with ambitions beyond gaming</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidias-dlss-5-uses-generative-ai-to-boost-photorealism-in-video-games-with-ambitions-beyond-gaming</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidias-dlss-5-uses-generative-ai-to-boost-photorealism-in-video-games-with-ambitions-beyond-gaming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 uses generative AI and structured graphics data to make video games more realistic. CEO Jensen Huang says the approach could eventually spread to other industries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia’s, DLSS, uses, generative, boost, photorealism, video, games, with, ambitions, beyond, gaming</media:keywords>
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<title>Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1.64B</title>
<link>https://block385.com/another-deep-tech-chip-startup-becomes-a-unicorn-frore-hits-164b</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/another-deep-tech-chip-startup-becomes-a-unicorn-frore-hits-164b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang&#039;s urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it raise $143 million. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Fuse raises $25M  to disrupt aging loan origination systems used by US credit unions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/fuse-raises-25m-to-disrupt-aging-loan-origination-systems-used-by-us-credit-unions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/fuse-raises-25m-to-disrupt-aging-loan-origination-systems-used-by-us-credit-unions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup also announced a $5 million &quot;rescue fund&quot; to help credit unions ditch legacy software for its AI-native platform. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fuse, raises, 25M, disrupt, aging, loan, origination, systems, used, credit, unions</media:keywords>
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<title>Elon Musk’s xAI faces child porn lawsuit from minors Grok allegedly undressed</title>
<link>https://block385.com/elon-musks-xai-faces-child-porn-lawsuit-from-minors-grok-allegedly-undressed</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/elon-musks-xai-faces-child-porn-lawsuit-from-minors-grok-allegedly-undressed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The three plaintiffs are seeking to represent anyone who had real images of them as a minors altered into sexual content by Grok. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elon, Musk’s, xAI, faces, child, porn, lawsuit, from, minors, Grok, allegedly, undressed</media:keywords>
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<title>Where OpenAI’s technology could show up in Iran</title>
<link>https://block385.com/where-openais-technology-could-show-up-in-iran</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/where-openais-technology-could-show-up-in-iran</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It’s been just over two weeks since OpenAI reached a controversial agreement to allow the Pentagon to use its AI in classified environments. There are still pressing questions about what exactly OpenAI’s… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Where, OpenAI’s, technology, could, show, Iran</media:keywords>
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<title>How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote — and what to expect</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote-and-what-to-expect</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote-and-what-to-expect</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ GTC is Nvidia&#039;s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically announces new products, partnerships, and its vision for the future of computing. Huang&#039;s keynote will focus on Nvidia&#039;s role in the future of computing and AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, watch, Jensen, Huang’s, Nvidia, GTC, 2026, keynote, — and, what, expect</media:keywords>
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<title>Nurturing agentic AI beyond the toddler stage</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nurturing-agentic-ai-beyond-the-toddler-stage</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nurturing-agentic-ai-beyond-the-toddler-stage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Parents of young children face a lot of fears about developmental milestones, from infancy through adulthood. The number of months it takes a baby to learn to talk or walk is often used as a benchmark for wellness, or an indicator of additional tests needed to properly diagnose a potential health condition. A parent rejoices… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nurturing, agentic, beyond, the, toddler, stage</media:keywords>
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<title>Securing digital assets against future threats</title>
<link>https://block385.com/securing-digital-assets-against-futurethreats</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/securing-digital-assets-against-futurethreats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Securing, digital, assets, against, future threats</media:keywords>
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<title>Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-chooses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-chooses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were &quot;wrappers&quot; as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Accel, India, accelerator, chooses, startups, and, none, are, ‘AI, wrappers’</media:keywords>
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<title>Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-choses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-accel-india-accelerator-choses-5-startups-and-none-are-ai-wrappers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were &quot;wrappers&quot; as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Accel, India, accelerator, choses, startups, and, none, are, ‘AI, wrappers’</media:keywords>
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<title>ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bytedance-reportedly-pauses-global-launch-of-its-seedance-20-video-generator</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bytedance-reportedly-pauses-global-launch-of-its-seedance-20-video-generator</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ByteDance, reportedly, pauses, global, launch, its, Seedance, 2.0, video, generator</media:keywords>
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<title>Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wiz-investor-unpacks-googles-32b-acquisition</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wiz-investor-unpacks-googles-32b-acquisition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google&#039;s biggest acquisition ever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wiz, investor, unpacks, Google’s, 32B, acquisition</media:keywords>
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<title>US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B</title>
<link>https://block385.com/us-army-announces-contract-with-anduril-worth-up-to-20b</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/us-army-announces-contract-with-anduril-worth-up-to-20b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate &quot;procurement actions.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Army, announces, contract, with, Anduril, worth, 20B</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ These layoffs could help Facebook&#039;s parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, reportedly, considering, layoffs, that, could, affect, 20, the, company</media:keywords>
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<title>How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-doordash-spotify-uber-and-others</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-to-use-the-new-chatgpt-app-integrations-including-doordash-spotify-uber-and-others</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, use, the, new, ChatGPT, app, integrations, including, DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and, others</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again</title>
<link>https://block385.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Not, built, right, the, first, time’, —, Musk’s, xAI, starting, over, again, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks</title>
<link>https://block385.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lawyer, behind, psychosis, cases, warns, mass, casualty, risks</media:keywords>
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<title>Nyne, founded by a father&#45;son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nyne-founded-by-a-father-son-duo-gives-ai-agents-the-human-context-theyre-missing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nyne, founded, father-son, duo, gives, agents, the, human, context, they’re, missing</media:keywords>
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<title>Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films</title>
<link>https://block385.com/steven-spielberg-says-hes-never-used-ai-in-any-of-his-films</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/steven-spielberg-says-hes-never-used-ai-in-any-of-his-films</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Steven, Spielberg, says, he’s, ‘never, used, AI’, any, his, films</media:keywords>
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<title>The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-biggest-ai-stories-of-the-year-so-far</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-biggest-ai-stories-of-the-year-so-far</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, biggest, stories, the, year, so, far</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify will let you edit your Taste Profile to control your recommendations</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spotify-will-let-you-edit-your-taste-profile-to-control-your-recommendations</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spotify-will-let-you-edit-your-taste-profile-to-control-your-recommendations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When you edit your Taste Profile, you&#039;ll impact your personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, recommendations, and Wrapped. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, will, let, you, edit, your, Taste, Profile, control, your, recommendations</media:keywords>
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<title>The $32B acquisition that one VC is calling the ‘Deal of the Decade’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-32b-acquisition-that-one-vc-is-calling-the-deal-of-the-decade</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-32b-acquisition-that-one-vc-is-calling-the-deal-of-the-decade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 offer, antitrust review on both sides of the Atlantic, and an […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:30:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, 32B, acquisition, that, one, calling, the, ‘Deal, the, Decade’</media:keywords>
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<title>The wild six weeks for NanoClaw’s creator that led to a deal with Docker</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-wild-six-weeks-for-nanoclaws-creator-that-led-to-a-deal-with-docker</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-wild-six-weeks-for-nanoclaws-creator-that-led-to-a-deal-with-docker</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gavriel Cohen is living an open source developer&#039;s dream as his project has achieved acclaim and a partnership with Docker in a matter of weeks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, wild, six, weeks, for, NanoClaw’s, creator, that, led, deal, with, Docker</media:keywords>
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<title>Why physical AI is becoming manufacturing’s next advantage</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-physical-ai-is-becoming-manufacturings-next-advantage</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-physical-ai-is-becoming-manufacturings-next-advantage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For decades, manufacturers have pursued automation to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and stabilize operations. That approach delivered meaningful gains, but it is no longer enough. Today’s manufacturing leaders face a different challenge: how to grow amid labor constraints, rising complexity, and increasing pressure to innovate faster without sacrificing safety, quality, or trust. The next phase… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, physical, becoming, manufacturing’s, next, advantage</media:keywords>
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<title>Peacock expands into AI&#45;driven video, mobile&#45;first live sports, and gaming</title>
<link>https://block385.com/peacock-expands-into-ai-driven-video-mobile-first-live-sports-and-gaming</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/peacock-expands-into-ai-driven-video-mobile-first-live-sports-and-gaming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Peacock is betting on new AI-powered video experiences, vertical clips, and mobile games to help its growth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Peacock, expands, into, AI-driven, video, mobile-first, live, sports, and, gaming</media:keywords>
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<title>Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it</title>
<link>https://block385.com/before-quantum-computing-arrives-this-startup-wants-enterprises-already-running-on-it</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/before-quantum-computing-arrives-this-startup-wants-enterprises-already-running-on-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After selling his AI startup to AMD for $665 million, Peter Sarlin is back with QuTwo, a new venture building the infrastructure it believes enterprises will need when quantum computing finally arrives. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Before, quantum, computing, arrives, this, startup, wants, enterprises, already, running</media:keywords>
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<title>Truecaller now lets you hang up on scammers — on behalf of your family</title>
<link>https://block385.com/truecaller-now-lets-you-hang-up-on-scammers-on-behalf-of-your-family</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/truecaller-now-lets-you-hang-up-on-scammers-on-behalf-of-your-family</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Caller identity platform Truecaller recently launched a new feature that lets one person become an admin of a family group, get alerts about fraud calls received by other members, and even end a call on their behalf if they suspect a family member might get scammed. The company, which has over 450 million users, first […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Truecaller, now, lets, you, hang, scammers, —, behalf, your, family</media:keywords>
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<title>Bumble introduces an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bumble-introduces-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bumble-introduces-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bumble&#039;s new AI assistant Bee will move the dating app beyond the swipe by matching people based on compatibility and goals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bumble, introduces, dating, assistant, ‘Bee’</media:keywords>
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<title>Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t do NSFW content</title>
<link>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-a-new-adults-only-personality-option-that-curses-but-wont-do-nsfw-content</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-a-new-adults-only-personality-option-that-curses-but-wont-do-nsfw-content</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new Sassy style can curse and roast you, but the fun ends there. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alexa, gets, new, ‘adults, only’, personality, option, that, curses, but, won’t, NSFW, content</media:keywords>
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<title>A defense official reveals how AI chatbots could be used for targeting decisions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-defense-official-reveals-how-ai-chatbots-could-be-used-for-targeting-decisions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The US military might use generative AI systems to rank lists of targets and make recommendations—which would be vetted by humans—about which to strike first, according to a Defense Department official with knowledge of the matter. The disclosure about how the military may use AI chatbots comes as the Pentagon faces scrutiny over a strike… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sales-automation-startup-rox-ai-hits-12b-valuation-sources-say</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sales-automation-startup-rox-ai-hits-12b-valuation-sources-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rox, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sales, automation, startup, Rox, hits, 1.2B, valuation, sources, say</media:keywords>
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<title>How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-to-watch-jensen-huangs-nvidia-gtc-2026-keynote</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia kicks off its GTC conference with Huang&#039;s keynote on Monday, which can be watched in person or via livestream. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, watch, Jensen, Huang’s, Nvidia, GTC, 2026, keynote</media:keywords>
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<title>Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages</title>
<link>https://block385.com/facebook-marketplace-now-lets-meta-ai-respond-to-buyers-messages</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/facebook-marketplace-now-lets-meta-ai-respond-to-buyers-messages</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When buyers inquire about an item’s availability, sellers can use Meta AI to automatically draft replies using information from their listing, such as the description, availability, pickup location, and price. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Facebook, Marketplace, now, lets, Meta, respond, buyers’, messages</media:keywords>
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<title>Tinder tries to lure people back to online dating with IRL events, virtual speed dating</title>
<link>https://block385.com/tinder-tries-to-lure-people-back-to-online-dating-with-irl-events-virtual-speed-dating</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/tinder-tries-to-lure-people-back-to-online-dating-with-irl-events-virtual-speed-dating</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tinder just got a major revamp as it attempts to re-engange its user base and attract younger daters. This includes in-person events, AI enhancements, and even virtual speed dating. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tinder, tries, lure, people, back, online, dating, with, IRL, events, virtual, speed, dating</media:keywords>
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<title>Bumble to launch an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bumble-to-launch-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bumble-to-launch-an-ai-dating-assistant-bee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bumble&#039;s new AI assistant Bee will move the dating app beyond the swipe by matching people based on compatibility and goals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bumble, launch, dating, assistant, ‘Bee’</media:keywords>
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<title>A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent</title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-writer-is-suing-grammarly-for-turning-her-and-other-authors-into-ai-editors-without-consent</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/a-writer-is-suing-grammarly-for-turning-her-and-other-authors-into-ai-editors-without-consent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>writer, suing, Grammarly, for, turning, her, and, other, authors, into, ‘AI, editors’, without, consent</media:keywords>
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<title>Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder</title>
<link>https://block385.com/gumloop-lands-50m-from-benchmark-to-turn-every-employee-into-an-ai-agent-builder</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/gumloop-lands-50m-from-benchmark-to-turn-every-employee-into-an-ai-agent-builder</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As companies race to adopt AI, Benchmark general partner Everett Randle believes the key to success lies in empowering every worker with AI superpowers, and Gumloop’s intuitive agent builder is an example of the kind of tool that will unlock that potential. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gumloop, lands, 50M, from, Benchmark, turn, every, employee, into, agent, builder</media:keywords>
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<title>Atlassian follows Block’s footsteps and cuts staff in the name of AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/atlassian-follows-blocks-footsteps-and-cuts-staff-in-the-name-of-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/atlassian-follows-blocks-footsteps-and-cuts-staff-in-the-name-of-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlassian laid off 10% of its workforce, around 1,600 people, as the company looks to funnel more funds to AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Atlassian, follows, Block’s, footsteps, and, cuts, staff, the, name</media:keywords>
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<title>Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content</title>
<link>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-a-new-adults-only-personality-option-that-curses-but-wont-get-into-nsfw-content</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/alexa-gets-a-new-adults-only-personality-option-that-curses-but-wont-get-into-nsfw-content</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new Sassy style can curse and roast you, but the fun ends there. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alexa, gets, new, ‘adults, only’, personality, option, that, curses, but, won’t, get, into, NSFW, content</media:keywords>
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<title>Wonderful raises $150M Series B at $2B valuation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wonderful-raises-150m-series-b-at-2b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wonderful-raises-150m-series-b-at-2b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The funding round, led by Insight Partners, comes just four months after Wonderful raised a $100 million Series A. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wonderful, raises, 150M, Series, 2B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Pragmatic by design: Engineering AI for the real world</title>
<link>https://block385.com/pragmatic-by-design-engineering-ai-for-the-real-world</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/pragmatic-by-design-engineering-ai-for-the-real-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The impact of artificial intelligence extends far beyond the digital world and into our everyday lives, across the cars we drive, the appliances in our homes, and medical devices that keep people alive. More and more, product engineers are turning to AI to enhance, validate, and streamline the design of the items that furnish our… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pragmatic, design:, Engineering, for, the, real, world</media:keywords>
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<title>Building a strong data infrastructure for AI agent success</title>
<link>https://block385.com/building-a-strong-data-infrastructure-for-ai-agent-success</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/building-a-strong-data-infrastructure-for-ai-agent-success</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the race to adopt and show value from AI, enterprises are moving faster than ever to deploy agentic AI as copilots, assistants, and autonomous task-runners. In late 2025, nearly two-thirds of companies were experimenting with AI agents, while 88% were using AI in at least one business function, up from 78% in 2024, according… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Building, strong, data, infrastructure, for, agent, success</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Maps is getting an AI ‘Ask Maps’ feature and upgraded ‘immersive’ navigation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-maps-is-getting-an-ai-ask-maps-feature-and-upgraded-immersive-navigation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-maps-is-getting-an-ai-ask-maps-feature-and-upgraded-immersive-navigation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The tech giant says the &quot;Immersive Navigation&quot; launch is the biggest update to Maps in over a decade. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Maps, getting, ‘Ask, Maps’, feature, and, upgraded, ‘immersive’, navigation</media:keywords>
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<title>Google is using old news reports and AI to predict flash floods</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-is-using-old-news-reports-and-ai-to-predict-flash-floods</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-is-using-old-news-reports-and-ai-to-predict-flash-floods</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new way to solve data scarcity: Turning qualitative reports into quantitative data with an LLM. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, using, old, news, reports, and, predict, flash, floods</media:keywords>
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<title>AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-put-out-the-worst-song-ive-ever-heard</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-put-out-the-worst-song-ive-ever-heard</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This song is an AI actor&#039;s rallying cry to other AI actors, urging them to keep going despite the naysayers who doubt their humanity. Literally no one can relate to this. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘actor’, Tilly, Norwood, put, out, the, worst, song, I’ve, ever, heard</media:keywords>
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<title>Lovable says it added $100M in revenue last month alone, with just 146 employees</title>
<link>https://block385.com/lovable-says-it-added-100m-in-revenue-last-month-alone-with-just-146-employees</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/lovable-says-it-added-100m-in-revenue-last-month-alone-with-just-146-employees</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Swedish vibe-coding unicorn Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in February. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lovable, says, added, 100M, revenue, last, month, alone, with, just, 146, employees</media:keywords>
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<title>Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought</title>
<link>https://block385.com/zendesk-acquires-agentic-customer-service-startup-forethought</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/zendesk-acquires-agentic-customer-service-startup-forethought</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Forethought was years ahead of its time and the 2018 winner of TechCrunch Battlefield. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zendesk, acquires, agentic, customer, service, startup, Forethought</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup</title>
<link>https://block385.com/netflix-may-have-paid-600-million-for-ben-afflecks-ai-startup</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/netflix-may-have-paid-600-million-for-ben-afflecks-ai-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This deal could rank as among the streaming giant&#039;s largest acquisitions ever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, may, have, paid, 600, million, for, Ben, Affleck’s, startup</media:keywords>
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<title>Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used</title>
<link>https://block385.com/fords-new-ai-assistant-will-help-fleet-owners-know-if-seatbelts-are-being-used</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/fords-new-ai-assistant-will-help-fleet-owners-know-if-seatbelts-are-being-used</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all of its U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ford’s, new, assistant, will, help, fleet, owners, know, seatbelts, are, being, used</media:keywords>
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<title>Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B</title>
<link>https://block385.com/replit-snags-9b-valuation-6-months-after-hitting-3b</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/replit-snags-9b-valuation-6-months-after-hitting-3b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1B in ARR by year&#039;s end. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Replit, snags, 9B, valuation, months, after, hitting, 3B</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta’s Moltbook deal points to a future built around AI agents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/metas-moltbook-deal-points-to-a-future-built-around-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/metas-moltbook-deal-points-to-a-future-built-around-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta’s Moltbook acquisition may look odd at first, but the deal could signal how Meta sees AI agents shaping future advertising and commerce on an agentic web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta’s, Moltbook, deal, points, future, built, around, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wordpress-debuts-a-private-workspace-that-runs-in-your-browser-via-a-new-service-mywordpressnet</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wordpress-debuts-a-private-workspace-that-runs-in-your-browser-via-a-new-service-mywordpressnet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signup, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WordPress, debuts, private, workspace, that, runs, your, browser, via, new, service, my.WordPress.net</media:keywords>
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<title>Rivian spin&#45;out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI&#45;powered robots</title>
<link>https://block385.com/rivian-spin-out-mind-robotics-raises-500m-for-industrial-ai-powered-robots</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/rivian-spin-out-mind-robotics-raises-500m-for-industrial-ai-powered-robots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup, which was created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, is looking to train on data from, and deploy in, Rivian&#039;s factory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rivian, spin-out, Mind, Robotics, raises, 500M, for, industrial, AI-powered, robots</media:keywords>
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<title>Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not</title>
<link>https://block385.com/canopii-looks-to-succeed-where-past-indoor-farms-have-not</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/canopii-looks-to-succeed-where-past-indoor-farms-have-not</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Canopii&#039;s robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Canopii, looks, succeed, where, past, indoor, farms, have, not</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-expands-a-program-that-lets-customers-shop-from-other-retailers-sites</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazon-expands-a-program-that-lets-customers-shop-from-other-retailers-sites</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The changes allow more merchants to participate in Amazon&#039;s Shop Direct program, which sends Amazon customers to other retailers&#039; websites. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, expands, program, that, lets, customers, shop, from, other, retailers’, sites</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta didn’t buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-didnt-buy-moltbook-for-bots-it-bought-into-the-agentic-web</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-didnt-buy-moltbook-for-bots-it-bought-into-the-agentic-web</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta’s Moltbook acquisition may look odd at first, but the deal could signal how Meta sees AI agents shaping future advertising and commerce on an agentic web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, didn’t, buy, Moltbook, for, bots, —, bought, into, the, agentic, web</media:keywords>
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<title>Hustlers are cashing in on China’s OpenClaw AI craze</title>
<link>https://block385.com/hustlers-are-cashing-in-on-chinas-openclaw-ai-craze</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/hustlers-are-cashing-in-on-chinas-openclaw-ai-craze</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Feng Qingyang had always hoped to launch his own company, but he never thought this would be how—or that the day would come this fast.  Feng, a 27-year-old software engineer based in Beijing, started tinkering with OpenClaw, a popular new open-source AI tool that can take over a device and autonomously complete tasks for a… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hustlers, are, cashing, China’s, OpenClaw, craze</media:keywords>
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<title>Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-brings-gemini-in-chrome-to-india</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-brings-gemini-in-chrome-to-india</guid>
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<title>Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>AI&#45;powered apps struggle with long&#45;term retention, new report shows</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-powered-apps-struggle-with-long-term-retention-new-report-shows</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-powered-apps-struggle-with-long-term-retention-new-report-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI can drive stronger early
monetization for apps, but sustaining value remains the challenge, RevenueCat&#039;s latest report finds. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>ChatGPT can now create interactive visuals to help you understand math and science concepts</title>
<link>https://block385.com/chatgpt-can-now-create-interactive-visuals-to-help-you-understand-math-and-science-concepts</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/chatgpt-can-now-create-interactive-visuals-to-help-you-understand-math-and-science-concepts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday, OpenAI introduced dynamic visual explanations, a new ChatGPT feature that allows users to see how formulas, variables, and mathematical relationships change in real time.  Instead of just reading an explanation or looking at a static diagram, users can now interact directly with interactive visuals. For example, when exploring the Pythagorean theorem, you can […] ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>AI&#45;powered apps can make money, but struggle with long&#45;term retention, new data shows</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-powered-apps-can-make-money-but-struggle-with-long-term-retention-new-data-shows</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-powered-apps-can-make-money-but-struggle-with-long-term-retention-new-data-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI can drive stronger early
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta says that Moltbook&#039;s approach to &quot;connecting agents through an always-on-directory&quot; is novel. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, acquired, Moltbook, the, agent, social, network, that, went, viral, because, fake, posts</media:keywords>
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<title>Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures</title>
<link>https://block385.com/legora-reaches-555-billion-valuation-as-ai-legal-tech-boom-endures</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/legora-reaches-555-billion-valuation-as-ai-legal-tech-boom-endures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D led by Accel to fuel its growth in the U.S. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/agentmail-raises-6m-to-build-an-email-service-for-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/agentmail-raises-6m-to-build-an-email-service-for-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AgentMail provides an API platform that lets you give AI agents their own email inboxes, with support for two-way conversations, parsing, threading, labeling, searching, and replying. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AgentMail, raises, 6M, build, email, service, for, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch&#45;perfect view of the world</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-pokemon-go-is-giving-delivery-robots-an-inch-perfect-view-of-the-world</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-pokemon-go-is-giving-delivery-robots-an-inch-perfect-view-of-the-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pokémon Go was the world’s first augmented-reality megahit. Released in 2016 by the Google spinout Niantic, the AR twist on the juggernaut Pokémon franchise fast became a global phenomenon. From Chicago to Oslo to Enoshima, players hit the streets in the urgent hope of catching a Jigglypuff or a Squirtle or (with a huge amount… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Pokémon, giving, delivery, robots, inch-perfect, view, the, world</media:keywords>
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<title>Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legaltech boom endures</title>
<link>https://block385.com/legora-reaches-555-billion-valuation-as-ai-legaltech-boom-endures</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/legora-reaches-555-billion-valuation-as-ai-legaltech-boom-endures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D led by Accel to fuel its growth in the U.S. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists</title>
<link>https://block385.com/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-to-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-to-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube&#039;s AI deepfake detection tool is becoming available to politicians, journalists, and officials, letting them flag unauthorized likenesses for removal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>YouTube, expands, deepfake, detection, politicians, government, officials, and, journalists</media:keywords>
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<title>Thinking Machines Lab inks massive compute deal with Nvidia</title>
<link>https://block385.com/thinking-machineslab-inksmassive-compute-deal-with-nvidia</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/thinking-machineslab-inksmassive-compute-deal-with-nvidia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The multi-year deal involves at least a gigawatt of compute power and also includes a strategic investment from Nvidia ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Thinking, Machines Lab, inks massive, compute, deal, with, Nvidia</media:keywords>
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<title>Google gives in to users’ complaints over AI&#45;powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-gives-in-to-users-complaints-over-ai-powered-ask-photos-search-feature</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-gives-in-to-users-complaints-over-ai-powered-ask-photos-search-feature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The option appears on the Google Photos Search screen and lets users pick which experience they want. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, gives, users’, complaints, over, AI-powered, ‘Ask, Photos’, search, feature</media:keywords>
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<title>Zoom introduces an AI&#45;powered office suite, says AI avatars for meetings arrive this month</title>
<link>https://block385.com/zoom-introduces-an-ai-powered-office-suite-says-ai-avatars-for-meetings-arrive-this-month</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/zoom-introduces-an-ai-powered-office-suite-says-ai-avatars-for-meetings-arrive-this-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Zoom is also introducing a real-time deepfake detection tech for meetings ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zoom, introduces, AI-powered, office, suite, says, avatars, for, meetings, arrive, this, month</media:keywords>
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<title>Sandbar secures $23M Series A for its AI note&#45;taking ring</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sandbar-secures-23m-series-a-for-its-ai-note-taking-ring</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sandbar-secures-23m-series-a-for-its-ai-note-taking-ring</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sandbar aims to ship the Stream, which can be used to take notes, chat with an AI assistant, and for media playback, this summer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sandbar, secures, 23M, Series, for, its, note-taking, ring</media:keywords>
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<title>Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-rolls-out-new-gemini-capabilities-to-docs-sheets-slides-and-drive</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the platforms themselves. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, rolls, out, new, Gemini, capabilities, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and, Drive</media:keywords>
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<title>Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop</title>
<link>https://block385.com/adobe-is-debuting-an-ai-assistant-for-photoshop</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/adobe-is-debuting-an-ai-assistant-for-photoshop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adobe is also adding new AI-powered image editing features to Firefly. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, debuting, assistant, for, Photoshop</media:keywords>
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<title>Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models</title>
<link>https://block385.com/yann-lecuns-ami-labs-raises-103-billion-to-build-world-models</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/yann-lecuns-ami-labs-raises-103-billion-to-build-world-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yann, LeCun’s, AMI, Labs, raises, 1.03, billion, build, world, models</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-and-google-employees-rush-to-anthropics-defense-in-dod-lawsuit</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-and-google-employees-rush-to-anthropics-defense-in-dod-lawsuit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees signed onto a statement supporting Anthropic&#039;s lawsuit against the Defense Department after the agency labeled the AI firm a supply chain risk, according to court filings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, and, Google, employees, rush, Anthropic’s, defense, DOD, lawsuit</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply&#45;chain risk designation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-designation-3861</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-designation-3861</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic filed suit against the Department of Defense on Monday after the agency labeled it a supply chain risk. The complaint calls the DOD&#039;s actions &quot;unprecedented and unlawful.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic launches code review tool to check flood of AI&#45;generated code</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-code-review-tool-to-check-flood-of-ai-generated-code</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-code-review-tool-to-check-flood-of-ai-generated-code</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic launched Code Review in Claude Code, a multi-agent system that automatically analyzes AI-generated code, flags logic errors, and helps enterprise developers manage the growing volume of code produced with AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-acquires-promptfoo-to-secure-its-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, acquires, Promptfoo, secure, its, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>Qualcomm’s partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning</title>
<link>https://block385.com/qualcomms-partnership-with-neura-robotics-is-just-the-beginning</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/qualcomms-partnership-with-neura-robotics-is-just-the-beginning</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Neura Robotics is going to build new robots on top of Qualcomm&#039;s new IQ10 processors that were released at CES. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Qualcomm’s, partnership, with, Neura, Robotics, just, the, beginning</media:keywords>
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<title>How AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-ai-is-turning-the-iran-conflict-into-theater</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-ai-is-turning-the-iran-conflict-into-theater</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. “Anyone wanna host a get together in SF and pull this up on a 100 inch TV?”  The author of that post on X was referring to an online intelligence dashboard following… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:55:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, turning, the, Iran, conflict, into, theater</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-designation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-designation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic filed suit against the Department of Defense on Monday after the agency labeled it a supply chain risk. The complaint calls the DOD&#039;s actions &quot;unprecedented and unlawful.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Sandberg, Clegg join Nscale board as this ‘Stargate Norway’ startup hits $14.6B  valuation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sandberg-clegg-join-nscale-board-as-this-stargate-norway-startup-hits-146b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sandberg-clegg-join-nscale-board-as-this-stargate-norway-startup-hits-146b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure startup Nscale has raised another megaround of $2 billion. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sandberg, Clegg, join, Nscale, board, this, ‘Stargate, Norway’, startup, hits, 14.6B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help</title>
<link>https://block385.com/rings-jamie-siminoff-has-been-trying-to-calm-privacy-fears-since-the-super-bowl-but-his-answers-may-not-help</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/rings-jamie-siminoff-has-been-trying-to-calm-privacy-fears-since-the-super-bowl-but-his-answers-may-not-help</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ring’s, Jamie, Siminoff, has, been, trying, calm, privacy, fears, since, the, Super, Bowl, but, his, answers, may, not, help</media:keywords>
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<title>Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/will-the-pentagons-anthropic-controversy-scare-startups-away-from-defense-work</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Will, the, Pentagon’s, Anthropic, controversy, scare, startups, away, from, defense, work</media:keywords>
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<title>Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps</title>
<link>https://block385.com/owner-of-ice-detention-facility-sees-big-opportunity-in-ai-man-camps</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/owner-of-ice-detention-facility-sees-big-opportunity-in-ai-man-camps</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI hardware exec Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-hardware-exec-caitlin-kalinowski-quits-in-response-to-pentagon-deal</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI&#039;s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company&#039;s robotics team. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen</title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-roadmap-for-ai-if-anyone-will-listen</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/a-roadmap-for-ai-if-anyone-will-listen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week&#039;s Pentagon-Anthropic standoff, but the collision of the two events wasn’t lost on anyone involved. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, just, gave, Sundar, Pichai, 692M, pay, package</media:keywords>
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<title>Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts</title>
<link>https://block385.com/grammarlys-expert-review-is-just-missing-the-actual-experts</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/grammarlys-expert-review-is-just-missing-the-actual-experts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with help from the world&#039;s great writers and thinkers — and some tech journalists, too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-robotics-lead-caitlin-kalinowski-quits-in-response-to-pentagon-deal</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-robotics-lead-caitlin-kalinowski-quits-in-response-to-pentagon-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI&#039;s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company&#039;s robotics team. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-delays-chatgpts-adult-mode-again</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-delays-chatgpts-adult-mode-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content, had already been delayed from December. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, delays, ChatGPT’s, ‘adult, mode’, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non&#45;defense customers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-google-amazon-say-anthropic-claude-remains-available-to-non-defense-customers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsoft-google-amazon-say-anthropic-claude-remains-available-to-non-defense-customers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trump&#039;s Department of War feud with Anthropic won&#039;t impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft and Google products. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, Google, Amazon, say, Anthropic, Claude, remains, available, non-defense, customers</media:keywords>
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<title>Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/is-the-pentagon-allowed-to-surveil-americans-with-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/is-the-pentagon-allowed-to-surveil-americans-with-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over its technology has raised a deep open question: does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans? Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, Pentagon, allowed, surveil, Americans, with, AI</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft: Anthropic Claude remains available to customers except the Defense Department</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-anthropic-claude-remains-available-to-customers-except-the-defense-department</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsoft-anthropic-claude-remains-available-to-customers-except-the-defense-department</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trump&#039;s Department of War feud with Anthropic won&#039;t impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft products. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft:, Anthropic, Claude, remains, available, customers, except, the, Defense, Department</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeks</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-found-22-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-over-two-weeks</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-found-22-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-over-two-weeks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic found 22 separate vulnerabilities in Firefox — fourteen of them classified as &quot;high-severity.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropicspentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropicspentagon-deal-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups-chasing-federal-contracts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and then watched ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question remains: how much unrestricted […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic’s Pentagon, deal, cautionary, tale, for, startups, chasing, federal, contracts</media:keywords>
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<title>Claude’s consumer growth surge continues after Pentagon deal debacle</title>
<link>https://block385.com/claudes-consumer-growth-surge-continues-after-pentagon-deal-debacle</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/claudes-consumer-growth-surge-continues-after-pentagon-deal-debacle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Claude&#039;s app is now seeing more new installs than ChatGPT and is growing its daily active users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Claude’s, consumer, growth, surge, continues, after, Pentagon, deal, debacle</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, the SaaSpocalypse, and why competitions is good, actually</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-thesaaspocalypse-and-why-competitionsisgood-actually</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-thesaaspocalypse-and-why-competitionsisgood-actually</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and then watched ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question remains: how much unrestricted […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, vs., the, Pentagon, the SaaSpocalypse, and, why, competitions is good, actually</media:keywords>
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<title>City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A</title>
<link>https://block385.com/city-detect-which-uses-ai-to-help-cities-stay-safe-and-clean-raises-13m-series-a</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/city-detect-which-uses-ai-to-help-cities-stay-safe-and-clean-raises-13m-series-a</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>City, Detect, which, uses, help, cities, stay, safe, and, clean, raises, 13M, Series</media:keywords>
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<title>After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil</title>
<link>https://block385.com/after-europe-whatsapp-will-let-rival-ai-companies-offer-chatbots-in-brazil</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/after-europe-whatsapp-will-let-rival-ai-companies-offer-chatbots-in-brazil</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a similar decision for users in Europe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, Europe, WhatsApp, will, let, rival, companies, offer, chatbots, Brazil</media:keywords>
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<title>Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models</title>
<link>https://block385.com/luma-launches-creative-ai-agents-powered-by-its-new-unified-intelligence-models</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/luma-launches-creative-ai-agents-powered-by-its-new-unified-intelligence-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Luma introduced Luma Agents, powered by its new “Unified Intelligence” models, designed to coordinate multiple AI systems and generate end-to-end creative work across text, images, video and audio. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply&#45;chain label in court</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court-3666</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court-3666</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense&#039;s designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-to-challenge-dods-supply-chain-label-in-court</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense&#039;s designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&amp;amp;A research affordable</title>
<link>https://block385.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/diligencesquared-uses-ai-voice-agents-to-make-ma-research-affordable</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup, which just raised $5 million, is founded by an ex-Blackstone principal and a former BCG consultant. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DiligenceSquared, uses, AI, voice, agents, make, M&amp;A, research, affordable</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare</title>
<link>https://block385.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-healthcare</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-healthcare</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:25:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, launches, new, agent, platform, specifically, for, healthcare</media:keywords>
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<title>AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for health care</title>
<link>https://block385.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-health-care</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/aws-launches-a-new-ai-agent-platform-specifically-for-health-care</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation and patient verification. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AWS, launches, new, agent, platform, specifically, for, health, care</media:keywords>
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<title>US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls</title>
<link>https://block385.com/usreportedly-considering-sweeping-new-chip-exportcontrols</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/usreportedly-considering-sweeping-new-chip-exportcontrols</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it&#039;s coming from. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>US reportedly, considering, sweeping, new, chip, export controls</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply&#45;chain risk</title>
<link>https://block385.com/its-official-the-pentagon-has-labeled-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk-3656</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/its-official-the-pentagon-has-labeled-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk-3656</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic&#039;s AI in Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls</title>
<link>https://block385.com/usreportedly-consideringsweeping-new-chip-exportcontrols</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/usreportedly-consideringsweeping-new-chip-exportcontrols</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it&#039;s coming from. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>US reportedly, considering sweeping, new, chip, export controls</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk</title>
<link>https://block385.com/its-official-the-pentagon-has-labeled-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/its-official-the-pentagon-has-labeled-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic&#039;s AI in Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models</title>
<link>https://block385.com/exclusive-luma-launches-creative-ai-agents-powered-by-its-new-unified-intelligence-models</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/exclusive-luma-launches-creative-ai-agents-powered-by-its-new-unified-intelligence-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Luma introduced Luma Agents, powered by its new “Unified Intelligence” models, designed to coordinate multiple AI systems and generate end-to-end creative work across text, images, video and audio. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>EXCLUSIVE:, Luma, launches, creative, agents, powered, its, new, ‘Unified, Intelligence’, models</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI launches GPT&#45;5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-launches-gpt-54-with-pro-and-thinking-versions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-launches-gpt-54-with-pro-and-thinking-versions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ GPT-5.4 is billed as &quot;our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, launches, GPT-5.4, with, Pro, and, Thinking, versions</media:keywords>
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<title>Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cursor-is-rolling-out-a-new-kind-of-agentic-coding-tool</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/cursor-is-rolling-out-a-new-kind-of-agentic-coding-tool</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Called Automations, the new system gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cursor, rolling, out, new, kind, agentic, coding, tool</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-could-still-be-trying-to-make-a-deal-with-pentagon</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-could-still-be-trying-to-make-a-deal-with-pentagon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic&#039;s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the military unrestricted access to its AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, CEO, Dario, Amodei, could, still, trying, make, deal, with, Pentagon</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-sued-over-ai-smart-glasses-privacy-concerns-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-footage</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-sued-over-ai-smart-glasses-privacy-concerns-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-footage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers say Meta&#039;s marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers&#039; glasses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, sued, over, smart, glasses’, privacy, concerns, after, workers, reviewed, nudity, sex, and, other, footage</media:keywords>
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<title>Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive</title>
<link>https://block385.com/netflix-buys-ben-afflecks-ai-filmmaking-company-interpositive</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/netflix-buys-ben-afflecks-ai-filmmaking-company-interpositive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Affleck says he wanted to &quot;preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, buys, Ben, Affleck’s, filmmaking, company, InterPositive</media:keywords>
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<title>How 1,000+ customer calls shaped a breakout enterprise AI startup</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-1000-customer-calls-shaped-a-breakout-enterprise-ai-startup</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-1000-customer-calls-shaped-a-breakout-enterprise-ai-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On this episode of Build Mode, David Park joins Isabelle Johannessen to discuss how he and his team are intentionally iterating, fundraising, and scaling Narada. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, 1, 000, customer, calls, shaped, breakout, enterprise, startup</media:keywords>
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<title>Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement</title>
<link>https://block385.com/lio-raises-30m-from-andreessen-horowitz-and-others-to-automate-enterprise-procurement</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/lio-raises-30m-from-andreessen-horowitz-and-others-to-automate-enterprise-procurement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lio, raises, 30M, from, Andreessen, Horowitz, and, others, automate, enterprise, procurement</media:keywords>
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<title>Online harassment is entering its AI era</title>
<link>https://block385.com/online-harassment-is-entering-its-ai-era</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/online-harassment-is-entering-its-ai-era</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library that he helps manage. Like many open-source projects, matplotlib has been overwhelmed by a glut of AI code contributions, and so Shambaugh and his fellow maintainers have instituted a policy that all AI-written code must be… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Online, harassment, entering, its, era</media:keywords>
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<title>Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-is-pulling-back-from-openai-and-anthropic-but-his-explanation-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company&#039;s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jensen, Huang, says, Nvidia, pulling, back, from, OpenAI, and, Anthropic, but, his, explanation, raises, more, questions, than, answers</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-openais-messaging-around-military-deal-straight-up-lies-report-says</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-openais-messaging-around-military-deal-straight-up-lies-report-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, CEO, Dario, Amodei, calls, OpenAI’s, messaging, around, military, deal, ‘straight, lies, ’, report, says</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report</title>
<link>https://block385.com/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The label or distributor has to opt into tagging their music as AI, however, so it&#039;s unclear how effective this intervention will be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, Music, add, Transparency, Tags, distinguish, music, says, report</media:keywords>
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<title>Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to all US users</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-search-rolls-out-geminis-canvas-in-ai-mode-to-all-us-users</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-search-rolls-out-geminis-canvas-in-ai-mode-to-all-us-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Search, rolls, out, Gemini’s, Canvas, Mode, all, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s Gemini rolls out Canvas in AI mode to all US users</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-gemini-rolls-out-canvas-in-ai-mode-to-all-us-users</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/googles-gemini-rolls-out-canvas-in-ai-mode-to-all-us-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google’s, Gemini, rolls, out, Canvas, mode, all, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/decagon-completes-first-tender-offer-at-45b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/decagon-completes-first-tender-offer-at-45b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that&#039;s providing employee liquidity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Decagon, completes, first, tender, offer, 4.5B, valuation</media:keywords>
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<title>The US military is still using Claude — but defense&#45;tech clients are fleeing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-us-military-is-still-using-claude-but-defense-tech-clients-are-fleeing</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-us-military-is-still-using-claude-but-defense-tech-clients-are-fleeing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the US continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, military, still, using, Claude, —, but, defense-tech, clients, are, fleeing</media:keywords>
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<title>Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion</title>
<link>https://block385.com/father-sues-google-claiming-gemini-chatbot-drove-son-into-fatal-delusion</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/father-sues-google-claiming-gemini-chatbot-drove-son-into-fatal-delusion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Father, sues, Google, claiming, Gemini, chatbot, drove, son, into, fatal, delusion</media:keywords>
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<title>One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots</title>
<link>https://block385.com/one-startups-pitch-to-provide-more-reliable-ai-answers-crowdsource-the-chatbots</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/one-startups-pitch-to-provide-more-reliable-ai-answers-crowdsource-the-chatbots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:45:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>One, startup’s, pitch, provide, more, reliable, answers:, crowdsource, the, chatbots</media:keywords>
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<title>Bridging the operational AI gap</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bridging-the-operational-ai-gap</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bridging-the-operational-ai-gap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The transformational potential of AI is already well established. Enterprise use cases are building momentum and organizations are transitioning from pilot projects to AI in production. Companies are no longer just talking about AI; they are redirecting budgets and resources to make it happen. Many are already experimenting with agentic AI, which promises new levels… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bridging, the, operational, gap</media:keywords>
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<title>Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/who-needs-data-centers-in-space-when-they-can-float-offshore</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/who-needs-data-centers-in-space-when-they-can-float-offshore</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who, needs, data, centers, space, when, they, can, float, offshore</media:keywords>
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<title>Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-ai-startups-are-selling-the-same-equity-at-two-different-prices</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-ai-startups-are-selling-the-same-equity-at-two-different-prices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:45:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, startups, are, selling, the, same, equity, two, different, prices</media:keywords>
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<title>Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push</title>
<link>https://block385.com/alibabas-qwen-tech-lead-steps-down-after-major-ai-push</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/alibabas-qwen-tech-lead-steps-down-after-major-ai-push</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Reactions rippled through Alibaba&#039;s Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alibaba’s, Qwen, tech, lead, steps, down, after, major, push</media:keywords>
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<title>AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec’s Congressional bid</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-companies-are-spending-millions-to-thwart-this-former-tech-execs-congressional-bid</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-companies-are-spending-millions-to-thwart-this-former-tech-execs-congressional-bid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A tech billionaire-backed super PAC is spending $125 million to undercut candidates pushing for AI regulation. New York&#039;s Alex Bores, a former tech executive himself, is one of them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>companies, are, spending, millions, thwart, this, former, tech, exec’s, Congressional, bid</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT’s new GPT&#45;5.3 Instant model will stop telling you to calm down</title>
<link>https://block385.com/chatgpts-new-gpt-53-instant-model-will-stop-telling-you-to-calm-down</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/chatgpts-new-gpt-53-instant-model-will-stop-telling-you-to-calm-down</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company says the new model will reduce the &quot;cringe&quot; that&#039;s been annoying its users for months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT’s, new, GPT-5.3, Instant, model, will, stop, telling, you, calm, down</media:keywords>
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<title>Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability</title>
<link>https://block385.com/claude-code-rolls-out-a-voice-mode-capability</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/claude-code-rolls-out-a-voice-mode-capability</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic is stepping up its game in the AI coding space with the rollout of Voice Mode in Claude Code. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Claude, Code, rolls, out, voice, mode, capability</media:keywords>
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<title>X says it will suspend creators from revenue&#45;sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of ‘armed conflict’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/x-says-it-will-suspend-creators-from-revenue-sharing-program-for-unlabeled-ai-posts-of-armed-conflict</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/x-says-it-will-suspend-creators-from-revenue-sharing-program-for-unlabeled-ai-posts-of-armed-conflict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Creators who break the rules will get a 3-month suspend, and if they continue to violate the policy, they&#039;ll be banned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>says, will, suspend, creators, from, revenue-sharing, program, for, unlabeled, posts, ‘armed, conflict’</media:keywords>
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<title>Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue</title>
<link>https://block385.com/cursor-has-reportedly-surpassed-2b-in-annualized-revenue</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/cursor-has-reportedly-surpassed-2b-in-annualized-revenue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cursor, has, reportedly, surpassed, 2B, annualized, revenue</media:keywords>
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<title>I checked out one of the biggest anti&#45;AI protests yet</title>
<link>https://block385.com/i-checked-out-one-of-the-biggest-anti-ai-protests-yet</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/i-checked-out-one-of-the-biggest-anti-ai-protests-yet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop! Stop the slop! For a few hours this Saturday, February 28, I watched as a couple of hundred anti-AI protesters marched through London’s King’s Cross tech hub, home to the UK headquarters of OpenAI, Meta, and Google DeepMind, chanting slogans and waving signs. The march was… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>checked, out, one, the, biggest, anti-AI, protests, yet</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal</title>
<link>https://block385.com/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many consumers ditched ChatGPT&#039;s app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude&#039;s downloads grew. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, uninstalls, surged, 295, after, DoD, deal</media:keywords>
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<title>No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government</title>
<link>https://block385.com/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As OpenAI transitions from a wildly successful consumer startup into a piece of national security infrastructure, the company seems unequipped to manage its new responsibilities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:05:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>one, has, good, plan, for, how, companies, should, work, with, the, government</media:keywords>
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<title>Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude — here’s how to make the switch</title>
<link>https://block385.com/users-are-ditching-chatgpt-for-claude-heres-how-to-make-the-switch-3406</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/users-are-ditching-chatgpt-for-claude-heres-how-to-make-the-switch-3406</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here&#039;s how to make the switch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Users, are, ditching, ChatGPT, for, Claude, —, here’s, how, make, the, switch</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply&#45;chain risk</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of Defense to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a &quot;supply chain risk&quot; and instead to settle the matter quietly. ]]></description>
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<title>Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies</title>
<link>https://block385.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren&#039;t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore. ]]></description>
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<title>Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch</title>
<link>https://block385.com/users-are-ditching-chatgpt-for-claude-heres-how-to-make-the-switch</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/users-are-ditching-chatgpt-for-claude-heres-how-to-make-the-switch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here&#039;s how to make the switch. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openais-compromise-with-the-pentagon-is-what-anthropic-feared</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Anthropic, were “definitely rushed.” In its announcements, OpenAI took great pains to say that… ]]></description>
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<title>Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply chain risk</title>
<link>https://block385.com/tech-workers-urge-dod-congress-to-withdraw-anthropic-label-as-a-supply-chain-risk</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/tech-workers-urge-dod-congress-to-withdraw-anthropic-label-as-a-supply-chain-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of War to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a &quot;supply chain risk&quot; and instead to settle the matter quietly. ]]></description>
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<title>A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups</title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-married-founder-duos-company-14ai-is-replacing-customer-support-teams-at-startups</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/a-married-founder-duos-company-14ai-is-replacing-customer-support-teams-at-startups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks. ]]></description>
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<title>I checked out one of the biggest anti&#45;AI protests ever</title>
<link>https://block385.com/i-checked-out-one-of-the-biggest-anti-ai-protests-ever</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop! Stop the slop! For a few hours this Saturday, February 28, I watched as a couple hundred anti-AI protesters marched through London’s King’s Cross tech hub, home to the UK headquarters of OpenAI, Meta and Google DeepMind, chanting slogans and waving signs. The march was organized… ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-reports-widespread-outage</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-reports-widespread-outage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic&#039;s AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>I checked out London’s biggest ever anti&#45;AI protest</title>
<link>https://block385.com/i-checked-out-londons-biggest-ever-anti-ai-protest</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/i-checked-out-londons-biggest-ever-anti-ai-protest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop! Stop the slop! For a few hours this Saturday, February 28, I watched as a couple hundred anti-AI protesters marched through London’s King’s Cross tech hub, home to the UK headquarters of OpenAI, Meta and Google DeepMind, chanting slogans and waving signs. The march was organized… ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-reveals-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-reveals-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.” ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI shares more details about its agreement with the Pentagon</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-shares-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-shares-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.” ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-1-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-1-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>SaaS in, SaaS out: Here’s what’s driving the SaaSpocalypse</title>
<link>https://block385.com/saas-in-saas-out-heres-whats-driving-the-saaspocalypse</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/saas-in-saas-out-heres-whats-driving-the-saaspocalypse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What&#039;s behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:40:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SaaS, in, SaaS, out:, Here’s, what’s, driving, the, SaaSpocalypse</media:keywords>
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<title>The trap Anthropic built for itself</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there&#039;s not a lot to protect them. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>The billion&#45;dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-powering-the-ai-boom</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-powering-the-ai-boom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Here&#039;s everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, billion-dollar, infrastructure, deals, powering, the, boom</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openais-sam-altman-announces-pentagon-deal-with-technical-safeguards</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply&#45;chain risk</title>
<link>https://block385.com/pentagon-moves-to-designate-anthropic-as-a-supply-chain-risk</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/pentagon-moves-to-designate-anthropic-as-a-supply-chain-risk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;We don&#039;t need it, we don&#039;t want it, and will not do business with them again,&quot; the president wrote in the post. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic after Pentagon dispute</title>
<link>https://block385.com/president-trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-stop-using-anthropic-after-pentagon-dispute</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/president-trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-stop-using-anthropic-after-pentagon-dispute</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;We don&#039;t need it, we don&#039;t want it, and will not do business with them again,&quot; the president wrote in the post. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/musk-bashes-openai-in-deposition-saying-nobody-committed-suicide-because-of-grok</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/musk-bashes-openai-in-deposition-saying-nobody-committed-suicide-because-of-grok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI&#039;s Grok flooded X with non-consensual nude images. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Musk, bashes, OpenAI, deposition, saying, ‘nobody, committed, suicide, because, Grok’</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at-stake</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at-stake</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, vs., the, Pentagon:, What’s, actually, stake</media:keywords>
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<title>ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users</title>
<link>https://block385.com/chatgpt-reaches-900m-weekly-active-users</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/chatgpt-reaches-900m-weekly-active-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, reaches, 900M, weekly, active, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Who’s really running AI? Inside the billion&#45;dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores </title>
<link>https://block385.com/whosreally-running-ai-inside-the-billion-dollar-battle-over-regulation-with-alex-bores</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/whosreally-running-ai-inside-the-billion-dollar-battle-over-regulation-with-alex-bores</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon is playing chicken with Anthropic over who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities across the country are blocking data center construction. As the AI debate has been flattened to “doomers versus boomers,” one state legislator is attempting to walk a middle road.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Alex Bores, a New York State Assemblymember and candidate for U.S. Congress. Bores sponsored New York’s […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who’s really, running, AI, Inside, the, billion-dollar, battle, over, regulation, with, Alex, Bores </media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-music-generator-suno-hits-2m-paid-subscribers-and-300m-in-annual-recurring-revenue</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-music-generator-suno-hits-2m-paid-subscribers-and-300m-in-annual-recurring-revenue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models</title>
<link>https://block385.com/perplexitys-new-computer-is-another-bet-that-users-need-many-ai-models</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/perplexitys-new-computer-is-another-bet-that-users-need-many-ai-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, &quot;unifies every current AI capability into a single system.&quot;  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:10:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Perplexity’s, new, Computer, another, bet, that, users, need, many, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter</title>
<link>https://block385.com/employees-at-google-and-openai-support-anthropics-pentagon-stand-in-open-letter</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/employees-at-google-and-openai-support-anthropics-pentagon-stand-in-open-letter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Last 24 hours to get TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets at the lowest rates of the year</title>
<link>https://block385.com/last-24-hoursto-get-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-tickets-at-the-lowest-rates-of-the-year</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/last-24-hoursto-get-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-tickets-at-the-lowest-rates-of-the-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The lowest rates of the year for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end after today. Prices go up at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don&#039;t miss connecting with 10,000 founders, investors, and operators, and key takeaways from 250+ industry leaders. Register now to save up to $680, or up to 30% on group passes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-raises-110b-in-one-of-the-largest-private-funding-rounds-in-history</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:30:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ai-is-rewiring-how-the-worlds-best-go-players-think</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/ai-is-rewiring-how-the-worlds-best-go-players-think</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Burrowed in the alleys of Hongik-dong, a hushed residential neighborhood in eastern Seoul, is a faded stone-tiled building stamped “Korea Baduk Association,” the governing body for professional Go. The game is an ancient one, with sacred stature in South Korea.  But inside the building, rooms once filled with the soft clatter of hands dipping into… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:15:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next</title>
<link>https://block385.com/jack-dorsey-just-halved-the-size-of-blocks-employee-base-and-he-says-your-company-is-next</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/jack-dorsey-just-halved-the-size-of-blocks-employee-base-and-he-says-your-company-is-next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jack, Dorsey, just, halved, the, size, Block’s, employee, base, —, and, says, your, company, next</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-ceo-stands-firm-as-pentagon-deadline-looms</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he &quot;cannot in good conscience accede&quot; to the Pentagon&#039;s demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>So, we’re getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?</title>
<link>https://block385.com/so-were-getting-prada-meta-ai-glasses-right</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/so-were-getting-prada-meta-ai-glasses-right</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada&#039;s fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we&#039;re getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>So, we’re, getting, Prada, Meta, glasses, right</media:keywords>
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<title>Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sophia-space-raises-10m-seed-to-demo-novel-space-computers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sophia-space-raises-10m-seed-to-demo-novel-space-computers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company&#039;s modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sophia, Space, raises, 10M, seed, demo, novel, space, computers</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-inks-a-deal-with-global-consulting-giant-accenture</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-inks-a-deal-with-global-consulting-giant-accenture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, inks, deal, with, global, consulting, giant, Accenture</media:keywords>
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<title>Read AI launches an email&#45;based ‘digital twin’ to help you with schedules and answers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/read-ai-launches-an-email-based-digital-twin-to-help-you-with-schedules-and-answers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/read-ai-launches-an-email-based-digital-twin-to-help-you-with-schedules-and-answers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Read, launches, email-based, ‘digital, twin’, help, you, with, schedules, and, answers</media:keywords>
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<title>Read AI launches a email based ‘digital twin’ to help you with schedules and answers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/read-ai-launches-a-email-based-digital-twin-to-help-you-with-schedules-and-answers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/read-ai-launches-a-email-based-digital-twin-to-help-you-with-schedules-and-answers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Read AI is launching Ada, which can reply with your availability and extract answers from the company knowledge base and the web. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Read, launches, email, based, ‘digital, twin’, help, you, with, schedules, and, answers</media:keywords>
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<title>Bumble adds AI&#45;powered photo feedback and profile guidance tools</title>
<link>https://block385.com/bumble-adds-ai-powered-photo-feedback-and-profile-guidance-tools</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/bumble-adds-ai-powered-photo-feedback-and-profile-guidance-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bumble and other popular dating apps, like Match Group&#039;s Tinder and Hinge, have all embraced AI-powered features. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bumble, adds, AI-powered, photo, feedback, and, profile, guidance, tools</media:keywords>
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<title>Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-launches-nano-banana-2-model-with-faster-image-generation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-launches-nano-banana-2-model-with-faster-image-generation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, launches, Nano, Banana, model, with, faster, image, generation</media:keywords>
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<title>Finding value with AI and Industry 5.0 transformation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/finding-value-with-ai-and-industry-50-transformation</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/finding-value-with-ai-and-industry-50-transformation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For years, Industry 4.0 transformation has centered on the convergence of intelligent technologies like AI, cloud, the internet of things, robotics, and digital twins. Industry 5.0 marks a pivotal shift from integrating emerging technologies to orchestrating them at scale. With Industry 5.0, the purpose of this interconnected web of technologies is more nuanced: to augment… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:35:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Finding, value, with, and, Industry, 5.0, transformation</media:keywords>
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<title>2 days left: Lock in the best discounts for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026</title>
<link>https://block385.com/2-days-left-lock-in-the-best-discounts-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/2-days-left-lock-in-the-best-discounts-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Register now to secure discounts of up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. Offer ends tomorrow, February 27, at 11:59 p.m. PT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:10:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>days, left:, Lock, the, best, discounts, for, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise</title>
<link>https://block385.com/trace-raises-3m-to-solve-the-ai-agent-adoption-problem-in-enterprise</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/trace-raises-3m-to-solve-the-ai-agent-adoption-problem-in-enterprise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:50:07 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trace, raises, 3M, solve, the, agent, adoption, problem, enterprise</media:keywords>
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<title>Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex</title>
<link>https://block385.com/figma-partners-with-openai-to-bake-in-support-for-codex</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/figma-partners-with-openai-to-bake-in-support-for-codex</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Figma is integrating OpenAI&#039;s coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic&#039;s Claude Code. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:50:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Figma, partners, with, OpenAI, bake, support, for, Codex</media:keywords>
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<title>Exhibit in Boston’s startup ecosystem at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026</title>
<link>https://block385.com/exhibit-in-bostons-startup-ecosystem-at-techcrunch-founder-summit-2026</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/exhibit-in-bostons-startup-ecosystem-at-techcrunch-founder-summit-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On June 9, 1,000+ founders, investors, and decision-makers will gather for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. This isn’t just foot traffic. It’s a full day of concentrated deal flow. An exhibit table turns that energy into measurable growth. You don’t need more awareness. You need customers, capital, and strategic partners. Secure your exhibit table and put your startup at the center of the startup universe. Why exhibiting drives real growth Direct access to buyers: […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exhibit, Boston’s, startup, ecosystem, TechCrunch, Founder, Summit, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse</title>
<link>https://block385.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward. off more talk of the death of its business to AI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesforce, CEO, Marc, Benioff:, This, isn’t, our, first, SaaSpocalypse</media:keywords>
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<title>Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging</title>
<link>https://block385.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gushwork, bets, search, for, customer, leads, —, and, early, results, are, emerging</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic acquires computer&#45;use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-acquires-computer-use-ai-startup-vercept-after-meta-poached-one-of-its-founders</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-acquires-computer-use-ai-startup-vercept-after-meta-poached-one-of-its-founders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, acquires, computer-use, startup, Vercept, after, Meta, poached, one, its, founders</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spends</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidia-has-another-record-quarter-amid-record-capex-spends</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidia-has-another-record-quarter-amid-record-capex-spends</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential,&quot; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company&#039;s earnings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, has, another, record, quarter, amid, record, capex, spends</media:keywords>
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<title>The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-white-house-wants-ai-companies-to-cover-rate-hikes-most-have-already-said-they-would</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-white-house-wants-ai-companies-to-cover-rate-hikes-most-have-already-said-they-would</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many of hyperscalers have already made public commitments in to cover electricity cost increases. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, White, House, wants, companies, cover, rate, hikes., Most, have, already, said, they, would.</media:keywords>
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<title>Alphabet&#45;owned robotics software company Intrinsic joins Google</title>
<link>https://block385.com/alphabet-owned-robotics-software-company-intrinsic-joins-google</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/alphabet-owned-robotics-software-company-intrinsic-joins-google</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly five years after graduating into an independent Alphabet company, Intrinsic is moving under Google&#039;s domain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Alphabet-owned, robotics, software, company, Intrinsic, joins, Google</media:keywords>
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<title>Wearable startup CUDIS launches a new health ring line with an AI&#45;fueled ‘coach’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wearable-startup-cudis-launches-a-new-health-ring-line-with-an-ai-fueled-coach</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wearable-startup-cudis-launches-a-new-health-ring-line-with-an-ai-fueled-coach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The wearable incentivizes healthy behavior with points that can be redeemed for health products. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wearable, startup, CUDIS, launches, new, health, ring, line, with, AI-fueled, ‘coach’</media:keywords>
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<title>The public opposition to AI infrastructure is heating up</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-public-opposition-to-ai-infrastructure-is-heating-up</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Public backlash over the data center boom is leading to a variety of draconian policies—including bans on new construction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, public, opposition, infrastructure, heating</media:keywords>
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<title>Gemini can now automate some multi&#45;step tasks on Android</title>
<link>https://block385.com/gemini-can-now-automate-some-multi-step-tasks-on-android</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/gemini-can-now-automate-some-multi-step-tasks-on-android</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gemini on Android will be able to automate tasks involving rideshare requests, or grocery or food delivery, says Google. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gemini, can, now, automate, some, multi-step, tasks, Android</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI COO says ads will be ‘an iterative process’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-coo-says-ads-will-be-an-iterative-process</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-coo-says-ads-will-be-an-iterative-process</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI introduced ads to ChatGPT earlier this month ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, COO, says, ads, will, ‘an, iterative, process’</media:keywords>
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<title>About 12% of US teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice</title>
<link>https://block385.com/about-12-of-us-teens-turn-to-ai-for-emotional-support-or-advice-3101</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/about-12-of-us-teens-turn-to-ai-for-emotional-support-or-advice-3101</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ General-purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>About, 12, teens, turn, for, emotional, support, advice</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openclaw-creators-advice-to-ai-builders-is-to-be-more-playful-and-allow-yourself-time-to-improve</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openclaw-creators-advice-to-ai-builders-is-to-be-more-playful-and-allow-yourself-time-to-improve</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more &quot;playful&quot; makes for a better way to learn AI coding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenClaw, creator’s, advice, builders, more, playful, and, allow, yourself, time, improve</media:keywords>
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<title>About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice</title>
<link>https://block385.com/about-12-of-us-teens-turn-to-ai-for-emotional-support-or-advice</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary. ]]></description>
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<title>Have hard&#45;won scaling lessons to share? Take the stage at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 </title>
<link>https://block385.com/have-hard-won-scaling-lessons-to-share-take-the-stage-at-techcrunch-founder-summit-2026</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/have-hard-won-scaling-lessons-to-share-take-the-stage-at-techcrunch-founder-summit-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Apply to speak at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 by April 17 for a chance to lead a roundtable or breakout session for 1,000 founders and investors. If you’ve built, backed, or operated inside high-growth startups, your experience could shape how the next wave of founders scales. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Have, hard-won, scaling, lessons, share, Take, the, stage, TechCrunch, Founder, Summit, 2026 </media:keywords>
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<title>US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws</title>
<link>https://block385.com/us-tells-diplomats-to-lobby-against-foreign-data-sovereignty-laws</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries&#039; attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners&#039; data. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>tells, diplomats, lobby, against, foreign, data, sovereignty, laws</media:keywords>
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<title>3 days left: Save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket</title>
<link>https://block385.com/3-days-left-save-up-to-680-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ticket</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/3-days-left-save-up-to-680-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ticket</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Just 3 days left to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. Offer ends on Friday, February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don&#039;t miss unparalleled, curated networking and valuable insights from 250+ tech leaders, and discover 300+ breakout innovations. Register now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:10:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>days, left:, Save, 680, your, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026, ticket</media:keywords>
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<title>Jira’s latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side</title>
<link>https://block385.com/jiras-latest-update-allows-ai-agents-and-humans-to-work-side-by-side</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/jiras-latest-update-allows-ai-agents-and-humans-to-work-side-by-side</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlassian is unveiling &quot;agents in Jira&quot; which gives users the ability to assign and manage work given to AI agents the same as humans. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jira’s, latest, update, allows, agents, and, humans, work, side, side</media:keywords>
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<title>Amazon’s AI&#45;powered Alexa+ gets new personality options</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazons-ai-powered-alexa-gets-new-personality-options</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazons-ai-powered-alexa-gets-new-personality-options</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Users will be able to choose from Alexa styles like Brief, Chill or Sweet, Amazon says. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon’s, AI-powered, Alexa, gets, new, personality, options</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Adobe Firefly’s video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage</title>
<link>https://block385.com/adobe-fireflys-video-editor-can-now-automatically-create-a-first-draft-from-footage</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/adobe-fireflys-video-editor-can-now-automatically-create-a-first-draft-from-footage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adobe, Firefly’s, video, editor, can, now, automatically, create, first, draft, from, footage</media:keywords>
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<title>Khosla’s Keith Rabois backs Comp, which wants to bolster HR teams with AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/khoslas-keith-rabois-backs-comp-which-wants-to-bolster-hr-teams-with-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/khoslas-keith-rabois-backs-comp-which-wants-to-bolster-hr-teams-with-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The HR tech startup, which currently operates in Brazil, has raised a $17.25 million Series A. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:10:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Khosla’s, Keith, Rabois, backs, Comp, which, wants, bolster, teams, with</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near&#45;term revenue for users</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indias-ai-boom-pushes-firms-to-trade-near-term-revenue-for-users</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indias-ai-boom-pushes-firms-to-trade-near-term-revenue-for-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India&#039;s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, boom, pushes, firms, trade, near-term, revenue, for, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidia-challenger-ai-chip-startup-matx-raised-500m</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nvidia-challenger-ai-chip-startup-matx-raised-500m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup was founded by former Google TPU engineers in 2023. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nvidia, challenger, chip, startup, MatX, raised, 500M</media:keywords>
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<title>Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spanish-soonicorn-multiverse-computing-releases-free-compressed-ai-model</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spanish-soonicorn-multiverse-computing-releases-free-compressed-ai-model</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has released a new version of its HyperNova 60B model on Hugging Face that, it says, bests Mistral&#039;s model. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spanish, ‘soonicorn’, Multiverse, Computing, releases, free, compressed, model</media:keywords>
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<title>Uber engineers built an AI version of their boss</title>
<link>https://block385.com/uber-engineers-built-an-ai-version-of-their-boss</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/uber-engineers-built-an-ai-version-of-their-boss</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s employees have gone all in on AI, going so far as to build a chatbot of him that they use to practice their pitches. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Uber, engineers, built, version, their, boss</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-wont-budge-as-pentagon-escalates-ai-dispute</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-wont-budge-as-pentagon-escalates-ai-dispute</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, won’t, budge, Pentagon, escalates, dispute</media:keywords>
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<title>Google adds a way to create automated workflows to Opal</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-adds-a-way-to-create-automated-workflows-to-opal</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-adds-a-way-to-create-automated-workflows-to-opal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is adding a new feature to Opal to create automated workflows ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, adds, way, create, automated, workflows, Opal</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plug&#45;ins for finance, engineering, and design</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-new-push-for-enterprise-agents-with-plug-ins-for-finance-engineering-and-design</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-new-push-for-enterprise-agents-with-plug-ins-for-finance-engineering-and-design</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s a major opportunity to grow Anthropic’s enterprise client base — and a significant threat to SaaS products currently performing those functions.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, launches, new, push, for, enterprise, agents, with, plug-ins, for, finance, engineering, and, design</media:keywords>
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<title>New Relic launches new AI agent platform and OpenTelemetry tools</title>
<link>https://block385.com/new-relic-launches-new-ai-agent-platform-and-opentelemetry-tools</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/new-relic-launches-new-ai-agent-platform-and-opentelemetry-tools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New Relic is giving enterprises more observability tools, letting them create and manage AI agents, and better integrate OTel data streams. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Relic, launches, new, agent, platform, and, OpenTelemetry, tools</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI COO says ‘we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-coo-says-we-have-not-yet-really-seen-ai-penetrate-enterprise-business-processes</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-coo-says-we-have-not-yet-really-seen-ai-penetrate-enterprise-business-processes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this month, OpenAI launched a new platform called OpenAI Frontier for enterprises to build and manage agents, but OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said that businesses haven’t yet seen AI adoption at scale. “One of the interesting things and some of the inspiration for the work we’ve been doing lately around OpenAI Frontier is we […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, COO, says, ‘we, have, not, yet, really, seen, penetrate, enterprise, business, processes’</media:keywords>
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<title>Music generator ProducerAI joins Google Labs</title>
<link>https://block385.com/music-generator-producerai-joins-google-labs</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/music-generator-producerai-joins-google-labs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wyclef Jean used Google&#039;s AI music tools on his new song &quot;Back in Abu Dhabi.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Music, generator, ProducerAI, joins, Google, Labs</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal as it chases ‘personal superintelligence’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/meta-strikes-up-to-100b-amd-chip-deal-as-it-chases-personal-superintelligence</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/meta-strikes-up-to-100b-amd-chip-deal-as-it-chases-personal-superintelligence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meta is buying billions of dollars in AMD AI chips in a multiyear deal tied to a 160 million-share warrant, deepening its push to diversify beyond Nvidia and expand data center capacity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, strikes, 100B, AMD, chip, deal, chases, ‘personal, superintelligence’</media:keywords>
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<title>Final 4 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass</title>
<link>https://block385.com/final-4-days-to-save-up-to-680-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/final-4-days-to-save-up-to-680-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Just 4 days left before savings of up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass end on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register to save at one of the most anticipated tech events of the year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:10:12 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Final, days, save, 680, your, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026, pass</media:keywords>
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<title>Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health</title>
<link>https://block385.com/oura-launches-a-proprietary-ai-model-focused-on-womens-health</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/oura-launches-a-proprietary-ai-model-focused-on-womens-health</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The model supports questions spanning the full reproductive health spectrum, from early menstrual cycles through menopause.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:10:11 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Oura, launches, proprietary, model, focused, women’s, health</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-new-push-for-enterprise-agents-with-plugins-for-finance-engineering-and-design</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-launches-new-push-for-enterprise-agents-with-plugins-for-finance-engineering-and-design</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s a major opportunity to grow Anthropic’s enterprise client base — and a significant threat to SaaS products currently performing those functions.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, launches, new, push, for, enterprise, agents, with, plugins, for, finance, engineering, and, design</media:keywords>
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<title>Nimble raises $47M to give AI agents access to real&#45;time web data</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nimble-raises-47m-to-give-ai-agents-access-to-real-time-web-data</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nimble-raises-47m-to-give-ai-agents-access-to-real-time-web-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nimble uses AI agents to search the web, verify and validate the results, and then clean and structure the information into neat tables that can then be queried like a database. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nimble, raises, 47M, give, agents, access, real-time, web, data</media:keywords>
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<title>New Relic launches new AI agent platform and OpenTelemetry tools</title>
<link>https://block385.com/new-relic-launches-newaiagent-platformandopentelemetrytools</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/new-relic-launches-newaiagent-platformandopentelemetrytools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New Relic is giving enterprises more observability tools, letting them create and manage AI agents, and better integrate OTel data streams. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Relic, launches, new AI agent, platform and OpenTelemetry tools</media:keywords>
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<title>Nimble Way raises $47M to give AI agents access to real&#45;time web data</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nimble-way-raises-47m-to-give-ai-agents-access-to-real-time-web-data</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/nimble-way-raises-47m-to-give-ai-agents-access-to-real-time-web-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nimble uses AI agents to search the web, verify and validate the results, and then clean and structure the information into neat tables that can then be queried like a database. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:50:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nimble, Way, raises, 47M, give, agents, access, real-time, web, data</media:keywords>
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<title>Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/canva-acquires-startups-working-on-animation-and-marketing</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/canva-acquires-startups-working-on-animation-and-marketing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Canva, acquires, startups, working, animation, and, marketing</media:keywords>
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<title>A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox </title>
<link>https://block385.com/a-meta-ai-security-researcher-said-an-openclaw-agent-ran-amok-on-her-inbox</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/a-meta-ai-security-researcher-said-an-openclaw-agent-ran-amok-on-her-inbox</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it&#039;s really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meta, security, researcher, said, OpenClaw, agent, ran, amok, her, inbox </media:keywords>
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<title>With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic </title>
<link>https://block385.com/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While some dual investors are understandable, others were more shocking, and signal the disregard of a longstanding ethical conflict-of-interest rule. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>With, AI, investor, loyalty, almost, dead:, least, dozen, OpenAI, VCs, now, also, back, Anthropic </media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s Cloud AI leads on the three frontiers of model capability</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-cloud-ai-leads-on-the-three-frontiers-of-model-capability</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/googles-cloud-ai-leads-on-the-three-frontiers-of-model-capability</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI models are pushing against three frontiers at once: raw intelligence, response time, and a third quality you might call &quot;extensibility.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Spotify rolls out AI&#45;powered  Prompted Playlists to the UK and other markets</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spotify-rolls-out-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-uk-and-other-markets-2929</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spotify-rolls-out-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-uk-and-other-markets-2929</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlist” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, rolls, out, AI-powered, Prompted, Playlists, the, and, other, markets</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-accuses-chinese-ai-labs-of-mining-claude-as-us-debates-ai-chip-exports</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-accuses-chinese-ai-labs-of-mining-claude-as-us-debates-ai-chip-exports</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude’s AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China’s AI progress. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google’s Cloud AI lead on the three frontiers of model capability</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-cloud-ai-lead-on-the-three-frontiers-of-model-capability</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/googles-cloud-ai-lead-on-the-three-frontiers-of-model-capability</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI models are pushing against three frontiers at once: raw intelligence, response time, and a third quality you might call &quot;extensibility.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:30:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google’s, Cloud, lead, the, three, frontiers, model, capability</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI calls in the consultants for its enterprise push</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-calls-in-the-consultants-for-its-enterprise-push</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-calls-in-the-consultants-for-its-enterprise-push</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is partnering with four consulting giants in an effort to see more adoption of its OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:30:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, calls, the, consultants, for, its, enterprise, push</media:keywords>
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<title>Guide Labs debuts a new kind of interpretable LLM</title>
<link>https://block385.com/guide-labs-debuts-a-new-kind-of-interpretable-llm</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/guide-labs-debuts-a-new-kind-of-interpretable-llm</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company open-sourced an 8 billion parameter LLM, Steerling-8B, trained with a new architecture designed to make its actions easily interpretable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Guide, Labs, debuts, new, kind, interpretable, LLM</media:keywords>
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<title>The human work behind humanoid robots is being hidden</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-human-work-behind-humanoid-robots-is-being-hidden</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-human-work-behind-humanoid-robots-is-being-hidden</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In January, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, the head of the world’s most valuable company, proclaimed that we are entering the era of physical AI, when artificial intelligence will move beyond language and chatbots… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:35:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, human, work, behind, humanoid, robots, being, hidden</media:keywords>
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<title>Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to</title>
<link>https://block385.com/particles-ai-news-app-listens-to-podcasts-for-interesting-clips-so-you-you-dont-have-to</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/particles-ai-news-app-listens-to-podcasts-for-interesting-clips-so-you-you-dont-have-to</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Particle’s, news, app, listens, podcasts, for, interesting, clips, you, you, don’t, have</media:keywords>
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<title>Spotify rolls out AI&#45;powered  Prompted Playlists to the U.K. and other markets</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spotify-rolls-out-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-uk-and-other-markets</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spotify-rolls-out-ai-powered-prompted-playlists-to-the-uk-and-other-markets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:10:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spotify, rolls, out, AI-powered, Prompted, Playlists, the, U.K., and, other, markets</media:keywords>
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<title>5 days left to lock in the lowest TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket rates</title>
<link>https://block385.com/5days-left-to-lock-in-the-lowest-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ticket-rates</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/5days-left-to-lock-in-the-lowest-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ticket-rates</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 5 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. These lowest rates of the year disappear on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>5 days, left, lock, the, lowest, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026, ticket, rates</media:keywords>
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<title>How AI agents could destroy the economy</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-ai-agents-could-destroy-the-economy</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/how-ai-agents-could-destroy-the-economy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Citrini Research imagines a report from two years in the future, in which unemployment has doubled and the total value of the stock market has fallen by more than a third. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, agents, could, destroy, the, economy</media:keywords>
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<title>Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude</title>
<link>https://block385.com/defense-secretary-summons-anthropics-amodei-over-military-use-of-claude</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/defense-secretary-summons-anthropics-amodei-over-military-use-of-claude</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense discussion over the military&#039;s use of Claude. Hegseth has threatened to designate Anthropic a &quot;supply chain risk.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Defense, Secretary, summons, Anthropic’s, Amodei, over, military, use, Claude</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman would like to remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sam-altman-would-like-to-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sam-altman-would-like-to-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:05:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, would, like, remind, you, that, humans, use, lot, energy, too</media:keywords>
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<title>6 days left to lock in the lowest TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 rates</title>
<link>https://block385.com/6-days-left-to-lock-in-the-lowest-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-rates</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/6-days-left-to-lock-in-the-lowest-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-rates</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Super Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. That means you have just 6 days left to secure up to $680 of ticket savings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:05:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>days, left, lock, the, lowest, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026, rates</media:keywords>
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<title>Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too</title>
<link>https://block385.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sam, Altman, would, like, remind, you, that, humans, use, lot, energy, too</media:keywords>
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<title>Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsofts-new-gaming-ceo-vows-not-to-flood-the-ecosystem-with-endless-ai-slop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is Microsoft&#039;s gaming division doubling down on AI? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft’s, new, gaming, CEO, vows, not, flood, the, ecosystem, with, ‘endless, slop’</media:keywords>
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<title>Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-vp-warns-that-two-types-of-ai-startups-may-not-survive</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-vp-warns-that-two-types-of-ai-startups-may-not-survive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As generative AI evolves, a Google VP warns that LLM wrappers and AI aggregators face mounting pressure, with shrinking margins and limited differentiation threatening their long-term viability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, warns, that, two, types, startups, may, not, survive</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-debated-calling-police-about-suspected-canadian-shooters-chats</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-debated-calling-police-about-suspected-canadian-shooters-chats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesse Van Rootselaar&#039;s descriptions of gun violence were flagged by tools that monitor ChatGPT for misuse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, debated, calling, police, about, suspected, Canadian, shooter’s, chats</media:keywords>
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<title>7 days until ticket prices rise for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026</title>
<link>https://block385.com/7-days-until-ticket-prices-rise-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/7-days-until-ticket-prices-rise-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lowest ticket prices to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end February 27. Up to $680 off individual passes and up to 30% off group passes. Register before they go up to join 10,000 founders, tech operators, and VCs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>days, until, ticket, prices, rise, for, TechCrunch, Disrupt, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-launches-indus-ai-chat-app-as-competition-heats-up</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-launches-indus-ai-chat-app-as-competition-heats-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarvam&#039;s Indus chat app is currently available in beta. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Sarvam, launches, Indus, chat, app, competition, heats</media:keywords>
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<title>The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-creator-economys-ad-revenue-problem-and-indias-ai-ambitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company bought fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This isn’t just one creator’s strategy. For many, it’s the new playbook.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan unpack how creators are diversifying beyond ads, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, creator, economy’s, revenue, problem, and, India’s, ambitions</media:keywords>
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<title>Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and fintech acquisitions </title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-creators-are-ditching-ad-revenue-for-chocolate-bars-and-fintech-acquisitions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/why-creators-are-ditching-ad-revenue-for-chocolate-bars-and-fintech-acquisitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company bought fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This isn’t just one creator’s strategy. For many, it’s the new playbook.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan unpack how creators are diversifying beyond ads, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, creators, are, ditching, revenue, for, chocolate, bars, and, fintech, acquisitions </media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic&#45;funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-funded-group-backs-candidate-attacked-by-rival-ai-super-pac</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-funded-group-backs-candidate-attacked-by-rival-ai-super-pac</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:05:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic-funded, group, backs, candidate, attacked, rival, super, PAC</media:keywords>
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<title>InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting</title>
<link>https://block385.com/inscope-nabs-145m-to-solve-the-pain-of-financial-reporting</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/inscope-nabs-145m-to-solve-the-pain-of-financial-reporting</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>InScope, nabs, 14.5M, solve, the, pain, financial, reporting</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Toy Story 5’ takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening-2789</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening-2789</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Addictive, AI-enabled tablets are taking over, and also, Woody is balding in the new Toy Story movie, out June 19. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>‘Toy, Story, 5’, takes, aim, creepy, toys:, ‘I’m, always, listening’</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI says 18&#45; to 24&#45;year&#45;olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-says-18-to-24-year-olds-account-for-nearly-50-of-chatgpt-usage-in-india-2788</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-says-18-to-24-year-olds-account-for-nearly-50-of-chatgpt-usage-in-india-2788</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age account for nearly 50% of all messages sent by Indians to ChatGPT, and users under 30 account for 80% of usage in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:45:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, says, 18-, 24-year-olds, account, for, nearly, 50, ChatGPT, usage, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate</title>
<link>https://block385.com/great-news-for-xai-grok-is-now-pretty-good-at-answering-questions-about-baldurs-gate</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/great-news-for-xai-grok-is-now-pretty-good-at-answering-questions-about-baldurs-gate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions about the video game &quot;Baldur&#039;s Gate.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Great, news, for, xAI:, Grok, now, pretty, good, answering, questions, about, Baldur’s, Gate</media:keywords>
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<title>Toy Story 5 takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’</title>
<link>https://block385.com/toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Addictive, AI-enabled tablets are taking over, and also, Woody is balding in the new Toy Story movie, out June 19. ]]></description>
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<title>AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: faster, cheaper, lonelier</title>
<link>https://block385.com/ais-promise-to-indie-filmmakers-faster-cheaper-lonelier</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI expands access to filmmaking for resource-constrained creators. But as efficiency becomes the industry’s north star, creativity risks being overwhelmed by a deluge of low-effort, AI-generated content. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Super Early Bird rates end in 1 week</title>
<link>https://block385.com/techcrunch-disrupt2026-super-early-bird-rates-end-in1week</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The lowest ticket rates of the year for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends next Friday, February 27. Save up to $680 on your pass. Register now before prices increase. ]]></description>
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<title>Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up</title>
<link>https://block385.com/peak-xv-raises-13b-doubles-down-on-ai-as-global-vc-rivalry-in-india-heats-up</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Peak XV says most of its new capital will target India as the firm prioritizes AI, fintech and cross-border bets while navigating recent partner departures. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI says 18 to 24&#45;year&#45;olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-says-18-to-24-year-olds-account-for-nearly-50-of-chatgpt-usage-in-india</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age account for nearly 50% of all messages sent by Indians to ChatGPT, and users under 30 accounted for 80% of usage in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/uaes-g42-teams-up-with-cerebras-to-deploy-8-exaflops-of-compute-in-india</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy eight exaflops of compute through a new system in India ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:05:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years</title>
<link>https://block385.com/general-catalyst-commits-5b-to-india-over-five-years</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The pledge marks a sharp jump from General Catalyst&#039;s earlier $500 million–$1 billion India earmark. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-new-gemini-pro-model-has-record-benchmark-scores-again</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:40:02 +0100</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Google’s, new, Gemini, Pro, model, has, record, benchmark, scores, —, again</media:keywords>
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<title>Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores—again</title>
<link>https://block385.com/googles-new-gemini-pro-model-has-record-benchmark-scoresagain</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gemini 3.1 Pro promises a Google LLM capable of handling more complex forms of work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Nvidia deepens early&#45;stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem</title>
<link>https://block385.com/nvidia-deepens-early-stage-push-into-indias-ai-startup-ecosystem</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India&#039;s fast-growing AI founder ecosystem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human roles</title>
<link>https://block385.com/why-these-startup-ceos-dont-think-ai-will-replace-human-roles</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The CEOs of Read AI and Lucidya told TechCrunch at Web Summit Qatar that they see AI tools replacing tasks, rather than workers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:20:02 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>YouTube’s latest experiment brings its conversational AI tool to TVs</title>
<link>https://block385.com/youtubes-latest-experiment-brings-its-conversational-ai-tool-to-tvs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ YouTube is testing conversational AI on smart TVs, allowing viewers to ask the assistant questions related to the video they&#039;re watching on the big screen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:40:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping</title>
<link>https://block385.com/reddit-is-testing-a-new-ai-search-feature-for-shopping</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>For open source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/for-open-source-programs-ai-coding-tools-are-a-mixed-blessing-2702</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/for-open-source-programs-ai-coding-tools-are-a-mixed-blessing-2702</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier, but maintaining them is just as hard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Reload wants to give your AI agents a shared memory</title>
<link>https://block385.com/reload-wants-to-give-your-ai-agents-a-shared-memory</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Reload announces a $2.275 million raise in a round led by Anthemis and the launch of its first AI employee, Epic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-has-a-new-plan-to-prove-whats-real-and-whats-ai-online</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives. There are the high-profile cases you may easily spot, like when White House officials recently shared a manipulated image of a protester in Minnesota and then mocked those asking about it. Other times, it slips quietly into social media feeds and racks up views, like the videos that… ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI reportedly finalizing $100B deal at more than $850B valuation</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-reportedly-finalizing-100b-deal-at-more-than-850b-valuation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is reportedly getting close to closing a $100 billion deal, with backers including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft. The deal would value the ChatGPT-maker at $850 billion. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Co&#45;founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on&#45;device model inference with Mirai</title>
<link>https://block385.com/co-founders-behind-reface-and-prisma-join-hands-to-improve-on-device-model-inference-with-mirai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:06 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI, Reliance partner to add AI search to JioHotstar</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-reliance-partner-to-add-ai-search-to-jiohotstar</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-reliance-partner-to-add-ai-search-to-jiohotstar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rollout includes two-way integration that surfaces streaming links directly inside ChatGPT. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>For open&#45;source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing</title>
<link>https://block385.com/for-open-source-programs-ai-coding-tools-are-a-mixed-blessing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier but maintaining them is just as hard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Altman and Amodei share a moment of awkwardness at India’s big AI summit</title>
<link>https://block385.com/altman-and-amodei-share-a-moment-of-awkwardness-at-indias-big-ai-summit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of unity, all executives on stage obliged, except OpenAI&#039;s Sam Altman and Anthropic&#039;s Dario Amodei, who held their hands conspicuously apart. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing </title>
<link>https://block385.com/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-to-scale-up-laser-ai-manufacturing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “I think we&#039;re the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Freeform, raises, 67M, Series, scale, laser, manufacturing </media:keywords>
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<title>Reliance unveils $110B AI investment plan as India ramps up tech ambitions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/reliance-unveils-110b-ai-investment-plan-as-india-ramps-up-tech-ambitions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Reliance has begun building multi-gigawatt AI data centers in Jamnagar, with more than 120 MW of capacity expected to come online in 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in India, eyes 1GW</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-taps-tata-for-100mw-ai-data-center-capacity-in-india-eyes-1gw</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-taps-tata-for-100mw-ai-data-center-capacity-in-india-eyes-1gw</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:40:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-deepens-india-push-with-pine-labs-fintech-partnership</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-deepens-india-push-with-pine-labs-fintech-partnership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI moves beyond ChatGPT in India with a Pine Labs deal targeting enterprise payments and AI-driven commerce. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-halts-blue-jay-robotics-projectafter-less-than-6-months</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amazon said Blue Jay&#039;s core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, halts, Blue, Jay, robotics, project after, less, than, months</media:keywords>
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<title>Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do</title>
<link>https://block385.com/is-your-startups-check-engine-light-on-google-clouds-vp-explains-what-to-do</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/is-your-startups-check-engine-light-on-google-clouds-vp-explains-what-to-do</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to get started, but those early infrastructure choices can have unforeseen consequences once startups move beyond […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<title>Google Cloud’s VP for startups on reading your ‘check engine light’ before it’s too late</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-clouds-vp-for-startups-on-reading-your-check-engine-light-beforeitstoo-late</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-clouds-vp-for-startups-on-reading-your-check-engine-light-beforeitstoo-late</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to get started, but those early infrastructure choices can have unforeseen consequences once startups move beyond […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, Cloud’s, for, startups, reading, your, ‘check, engine, light’, before it’s too, late</media:keywords>
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<title>India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars, and smart glasses</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses-2626</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses-2626</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six months</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-halts-blue-jay-robotics-projectafter-less-than-six-months</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazon-halts-blue-jay-robotics-projectafter-less-than-six-months</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazon said Blue Jay&#039;s core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:40:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, halts, Blue, Jay, robotics, project after, less, than, six, months</media:keywords>
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<title>Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open source AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai-2624</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai-2624</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new lineup includes 30-billion- and 105-billion-parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:40:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, lab, Sarvam’s, new, models, are, major, bet, the, viability, open, source</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows</title>
<link>https://block385.com/world-labs-lands-1b-with-200m-from-autodesk-to-bring-world-models-into-3d-workflows</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/world-labs-lands-1b-with-200m-from-autodesk-to-bring-world-models-into-3d-workflows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:20:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>World, Labs, lands, 1B, with, 200M, from, Autodesk, bring, world, models, into, workflows</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-deepmind-wants-to-know-if-chatbots-are-just-virtue-signaling</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-deepmind-wants-to-know-if-chatbots-are-just-virtue-signaling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when called on to act as companions, therapists, medical advisors, and so on—to be scrutinized with the same kind of rigor as their ability to code or do math. As LLMs improve, people are asking them to play more… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, DeepMind, wants, know, chatbots, are, just, virtue, signaling</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Google adds music&#45;generation capabilities to the Gemini app</title>
<link>https://block385.com/google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:40:02 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Google, adds, music-generation, capabilities, the, Gemini, app</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers</title>
<link>https://block385.com/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kana, emerges, from, stealth, with, 15M, build, flexible, agents, for, marketers</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers’ confidential emails to Copilot AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/microsoft-says-office-bug-exposed-customers-confidential-emails-to-copilot-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/microsoft-says-office-bug-exposed-customers-confidential-emails-to-copilot-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers&#039; confidential emails, bypassing data protection policies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Microsoft, says, Office, bug, exposed, customers’, confidential, emails, Copilot</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills</title>
<link>https://block385.com/openai-pushes-into-higher-education-as-india-seeks-to-scale-ai-skills</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/openai-pushes-into-higher-education-as-india-seeks-to-scale-ai-skills</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:40:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, pushes, into, higher, education, India, seeks, scale, skills</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows</title>
<link>https://block385.com/world-labs-lands-200m-from-autodesk-to-bring-world-models-into-3d-workflows</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/world-labs-lands-200m-from-autodesk-to-bring-world-models-into-3d-workflows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>World, Labs, lands, 200M, from, Autodesk, bring, world, models, into, workflows</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indias-sarvam-wants-to-bring-its-ai-models-to-feature-phones-cars-and-smart-glasses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India’s, Sarvam, wants, bring, its, models, feature, phones, cars, and, smart, glasses</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open&#45;source AI</title>
<link>https://block385.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/indian-ai-lab-sarvams-new-models-are-a-major-bet-on-the-viability-of-open-source-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents. ]]></description>
<enclosure url="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sarvam-launch.jpg" length="49398" type="image/jpeg"/>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Indian, lab, Sarvam’s, new, models, are, major, bet, the, viability, open-source</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The robots who predict the future</title>
<link>https://block385.com/the-robots-who-predict-the-future</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/the-robots-who-predict-the-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying to see the future, whether through the lens of past experience or the logic of cause and effect, has helped us hunt, avoid being hunted, plant crops, forge social bonds, and in general survive in a world that does not… ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, robots, who, predict, the, future</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple is reportedly cooking up a trio of AI wearables</title>
<link>https://block385.com/apple-is-reportedly-cooking-up-a-trio-of-ai-wearables</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/apple-is-reportedly-cooking-up-a-trio-of-ai-wearables</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, reportedly, cooking, trio, wearables</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6</title>
<link>https://block385.com/anthropic-releases-sonnet-46</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/anthropic-releases-sonnet-46</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic has released a new version of its mid-size Sonnet model, keeping pace with the company&#039;s four-month update cycle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anthropic, releases, Sonnet, 4.6</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spendrule-raises-2m-emerges-from-stealth-to-help-hospitals-track-spending</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spendrule-raises-2m-emerges-from-stealth-to-help-hospitals-track-spending</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SpendRule, launched last summer, is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare systems track their spending. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:00:05 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpendRule, raises, 2M, emerges, from, stealth, help, hospitals, track, spending</media:keywords>
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<title>Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions</title>
<link>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-buys-koyeb-in-first-acquisition-to-back-its-cloud-ambitions</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/mistral-ai-buys-koyeb-in-first-acquisition-to-back-its-cloud-ambitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mistral AI has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages the infrastructure behind it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:40:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mistral, buys, Koyeb, first, acquisition, back, its, cloud, ambitions</media:keywords>
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<title>SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links</title>
<link>https://block385.com/spacex-vets-raise-50m-series-a-for-data-center-links</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/spacex-vets-raise-50m-series-a-for-data-center-links</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>SpaceX, vets, raise, 50M, Series, for, data, center, links</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Here are the 17 US&#45;based AI companies that have raised $100M or more in 2026</title>
<link>https://block385.com/here-are-the17us-based-ai-companies-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2026-2520</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/here-are-the17us-based-ai-companies-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2026-2520</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026, with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Here, are, the 17 US-based, companies, that, have, raised, 100M, more, 2026</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Running AI models is turning into a memory game</title>
<link>https://block385.com/running-ai-models-is-turning-into-a-memory-game</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/running-ai-models-is-turning-into-a-memory-game</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Running, models, turning, into, memory, game</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Amazon Fire TV’s new interface is now rolling out in the US</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-fire-tvs-new-interface-is-now-rolling-out-in-the-us-2517</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazon-fire-tvs-new-interface-is-now-rolling-out-in-the-us-2517</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fire TV&#039;s new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, Fire, TV’s, new, interface, now, rolling, out, the</media:keywords>
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<title>European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakers’ devices, citing security risks</title>
<link>https://block385.com/european-parliament-blocks-ai-on-lawmakers-devices-citing-security-risks</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/european-parliament-blocks-ai-on-lawmakers-devices-citing-security-risks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ EU lawmakers found their government-issued devices were blocked from using the baked-in AI tools, amid fears that sensitive information could turn up on the U.S. servers of AI companies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>European, Parliament, blocks, lawmakers’, devices, citing, security, risks</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more</title>
<link>https://block385.com/wordpresscom-adds-an-ai-assistant-that-can-edit-adjust-styles-create-images-and-more</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/wordpresscom-adds-an-ai-assistant-that-can-edit-adjust-styles-create-images-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The WordPress AI assistant doesn&#039;t need precisely tailored prompts, either. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WordPress.com, adds, Assistant, that, can, edit, adjust, styles, create, images, and, more</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Amazon Fire TV’s new interface is now rolling out in the U.S.</title>
<link>https://block385.com/amazon-fire-tvs-new-interface-is-now-rolling-out-in-the-us</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/amazon-fire-tvs-new-interface-is-now-rolling-out-in-the-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fire TV&#039;s new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amazon, Fire, TV’s, new, interface, now, rolling, out, the, U.S.</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Here are the 17 US&#45;based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026</title>
<link>https://block385.com/here-are-the17us-based-ai-companies-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2026</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/here-are-the17us-based-ai-companies-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026 with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:00:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Here, are, the 17 US-based, companies, that, have, raised, 100m, more, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>Just 8 months in, India’s vibe&#45;coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M</title>
<link>https://block385.com/just-8-months-in-indias-vibe-coding-startup-emergent-claims-arr-of-over-100m</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/just-8-months-in-indias-vibe-coding-startup-emergent-claims-arr-of-over-100m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it&#039;s generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Just, months, in, India’s, vibe-coding, startup, Emergent, claims, ARR, over, 100M</media:keywords>
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<title>India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028</title>
<link>https://block385.com/india-bids-to-attract-over-200b-in-ai-infrastructure-investment-by-2028</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/india-bids-to-attract-over-200b-in-ai-infrastructure-investment-by-2028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India is ramping up shared AI compute, adding 20,000 GPUs as part of a broader push to attract global AI investment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, bids, attract, over, 200B, infrastructure, investment, 2028</media:keywords>
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<title>Adani pledges $100B to build AI data centers as India seeks bigger role in the global AI race</title>
<link>https://block385.com/adani-pledges-100b-to-build-ai-data-centers-as-india-seeks-bigger-role-in-the-global-ai-race</link>
<guid>https://block385.com/adani-pledges-100b-to-build-ai-data-centers-as-india-seeks-bigger-role-in-the-global-ai-race</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Adani&#039;s plan targets up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, with data centers planned alongside partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Flipkart. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jakovs</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adani, pledges, 100B, build, data, centers, India, seeks, bigger, role, the, global, race</media:keywords>
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<title>As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build ‘enterprise&#45;grade’ AI agents</title>
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<title>Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cohere&#039;s Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:35:03 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:55:04 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months</title>
<link>https://block385.com/how-ricursive-intelligence-raised-335m-at-a-4b-valuation-in-4-months</link>
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<title>Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want to try really radically different things’</title>
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<title>After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel,&quot; one expert told TechCrunch. ]]></description>
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<title>Fractal Analytics’ muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India</title>
<link>https://block385.com/fractal-analytics-muted-ipo-debut-signals-persistent-ai-fears-in-india</link>
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<title>All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit</title>
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<title>As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers. ]]></description>
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<title>Blackstone backs Neysa in up to $1.2B financing as India pushes to build domestic AI infrastructure</title>
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<title>OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI said OpenClaw will live on as an open source project. ]]></description>
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<title>Longtime NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice</title>
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<title>Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage</title>
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<title>India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says</title>
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<title>The enterprise AI land grab is on. Glean is building the layer beneath the interface.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this week&#039;s episode of the Equity podcast, Glean CEO Arvind Jain explains the company&#039;s shift from enterprise search tool to middleware layer for enterprise AI. ]]></description>
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<title>The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:55:02 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee. ]]></description>
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<title>Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:15:02 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. ]]></description>
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<title>India doubles down on state&#45;backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups. ]]></description>
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<title>Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. ]]></description>
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<title>Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada</title>
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<title>Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the U.S. and Canada</title>
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<title>Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI</title>
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<title>OpenAI removes access to sycophancy&#45;prone GPT&#45;4o model</title>
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