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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you
AI | The Verge
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you've tagged in your Familiar Faces
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Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
AI | The Verge
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial - director Luca Guadagnino's new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder / CEO Sam Altman - for distribution deals. And while Neon and Mubi are still said to b
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Why corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election
AI | The Verge
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers chronicling the misadventures of their favorite tech overlords and Washington swamp creatures. ("Favorite" is, of course, subjective.) Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here, especially if you want the hot scoop on
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Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
AI | The Verge
Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its image generator, made an unusual pivot: medical imaging. The company announced a futuristic ultrasound scanner that would dunk users into a vat of water and, hopefully, produce "something as powerful as MRI" yet "as casual a
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The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
AI | The Verge
Google Health Coach seems to think I'm on the verge of physical collapse. My sleep is not where it needs to be, hence my unimpressive readiness score. My heart rate variability, a measure of how recovered I am, is below baseline. I'm spending too much time in a hot, humid environ
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Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks
AI | The Verge
When Sony announced the Xperia 1 VIII last month, it promoted the phone by sharing some of the worst photos taken on a Sony camera in years. These weren't just any photos, though: they were taken with Sony's new AI Camera Assistant. After a week with the Xperia 1 VIII, I'm here t
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Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
AI | The Verge
For the past three years, "Meta" and "Ray-Ban" have been synonymous in the smart glasses space. Not anymore. Yesterday, I slipped on several pairs of Meta Glasses - no Ray-Bans - in three different styles and seven colors. One style, I was told several times by various enthusiast
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India’s MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.
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Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Anthropic’s new Claude Tag brings an always-on AI teammate to Slack. But beyond productivity, the feature is a strategic play to capture organizational context, institutional knowledge, and enterprise workflows.
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4 days left to save up to $190 on TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Four days left to save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 — the ultimate founder bootcamp — before Early Bird rates end on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register today.
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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs is building a video-first hiring platform that combines AI interview agents with short-form video profiles, creating something that feels like a cross between LinkedIn and TikTok.
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Omio scales travel product development using OpenAI models
AI News
Omio integrates OpenAI models across its engineering operations to accelerate travel product development and launch booking interfaces. The multimodal travel platform coordinates operations with over 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries. Omio explicitly rejects the
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Top spy agencies say AI cyber threats will impact you within months. Here’s why
AI News
The global surge in AI cyber threats is no longer a distant problem for corporate data centres, according to an urgent public warning from the world’s most powerful intelligence alliance. On June 22, 2026, the cybersecurity chiefs of the Five Eyes nations—comprising the US, UK, C
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