Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system | TechCrunch
The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.
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This Smart Ring Wants to Be a Remote Control for Your AI Agent
The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.
Three things to know about deadly VX
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, was killed by a nerve agent, police say.
Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says | TechCrunch
During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only 4 people booked a ride using an AI agent.
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor | TechCrunch
The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.
Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter
Out of 320 million trips last week, third-party AI agents arranged a grand total of... four rides.
Watch TODAY Clip: 'Line of Fire' Stars on Season Extension, Playing Federal Agents - NBC.com
Watch TODAY excerpt: 'Line of Fire' Stars on Season Extension, Playing Federal Agents - NBC.com
Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter
Out of 320 million trips last week, third-party AI agents arranged a grand total of... four rides.
Texans leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at memorial for man killed by ICE | CNN Politics
In July, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed in Houston by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a traffic stop as part of a “targeted operation,” ICE said. Voters are now leaving th…
CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off | TechCrunch
CrowdStrike said it will buy Fiddler AI, which makes AI agent observability software, and Dreadnode, which helps companies automate AI security testing.
Mass Effect Universe would have been a galactic Cold War with a John Wick-style N7 agent, claims creator who says he advised BioWare
A creator who says he advised BioWare claims the cancelled Mass Effect Universe was set 600 years after the Reaper War, with a customisable N7 agent.
Want to Sign With a Hollywood Agent? Start Making Fun of AI
Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.
Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Y Combinator's Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens | TechCrunch
Y Combinator Garry Tan has, in the past, jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On…