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Deloitte goes all in on AI — despite having to issue a hefty refund for use of AI

Deloitte is rolling out Claude to its nearly 500,000 employees after issuing a refund for a report that contained AI hallucinations.

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Lucid Motors sets record as Gravity sales pick up and tax credit expires

The company has seen EV deliveries increase for seven straight quarters, even though it’s still way off the ambitious goals it promoted when it went public in 2021.

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Taylor Swift fans accuse singer of using AI in her Google scavenger hunt videos

Swifties love a puzzle, but some were rubbed the wrong way by a promotional scavenger hunt which appeared to use AI-generated videos.

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Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan

The new deal covers output from four different solar projects. Microsoft has said it will spend $2.9 billion to expand its infrastructure in Japan.

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OpenAI ramps up developer push with more powerful models in its API 

The updates were part of a series of announcements geared towards wooing developers to OpenAI’s ecosystem, including the launch of an agent-building tool and the ability to build apps in ChatGPT. 

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Instagram introduces new ‘Ring’ award for top creators

The move comes as Meta has been scaling back its creator payout programs over the past few years.

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OpenAI launches AgentKit to help developers build and ship AI agents 

“AgentKit is a complete set of building blocks available in the open AI platform designed to help you take agents from prototype to production, it is everything you need to build, deploy and optimize agent workflows with way less friction,” Sam … Continue reading

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Sam Altman says ChatGPT has hit 800M weekly active users 

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday at Dev Day that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, marking an increase of adoption among consumers, developers, enterprises, and governments.  

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OpenAI launches apps inside of ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching a new way for developers to build applications that appear directly inside of ChatGPT’s conversations.

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Okosix will show its biodegradable plastic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Okosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics throughout the industry.

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