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OpenAI launches a pair of AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini

OpenAI announced on Thursday the launch of o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and work through questions before responding. The company calls o3 its most advanced reasoning model ever, outperforming the company’s previous models on tests … Continue reading

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OpenAI debuts Codex CLI, an open source coding tool for terminals

In a bid to inject AI into more of the programming process, OpenAI is launching Codex CLI, a coding “agent” designed to run locally from terminal software. Announced on Wednesday alongside OpenAI’s newest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, Codex CLI … Continue reading

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Apple races to surpass rivals in quest to eliminate carbon pollution

Apple reported on Wednesday that is more than halfway to its 2030 goal.

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TechCrunch All Stage: Full agenda revealed

The ultimate founder summit returns — now bigger than ever! Formerly TechCrunch Early Stage, TC All Stage is bringing together founders and VCs from every stage, not just early stage. We’re thrilled to unveil the full breakout session lineup at … Continue reading

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Kia is pitching Americans an affordable EV sedan with EV4 debut

Kia debuted its 2026 EV4 sedan at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, its first global electric sedan and one designed for customers looking for an affordable EV. Whether U.S. customers will gravitate towards a sedan is an … Continue reading

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Subaru debuts Trailseeker, an all-electric SUV coming for Rivian’s outdoorsy EV customer base

Subaru is back with a new EV, and like its predecessor the Solterra, the all-electric Trailseeker SUV includes a bit of Toyota handiwork. Subaru of America revealed the 2026 Trailseeker SUV on Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. … Continue reading

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Lyft to buy taxi app FREENOW for $197M to enter Europe

Ride-hailing giant Lyft said it has agreed to acquire FREENOW, a German multi-mobility app with ride-hail at its core, from BMW and Mercedes-Benz Mobility for about $197 million in cash.  The acquisition opens up the European market to Lyft for … Continue reading

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A dev built a test to see how AI chatbots respond to controversial topics

A pseudonymous developer has created what they’re calling a “free speech eval,” SpeechMap, for the AI models powering chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and X’s Grok. The goal is to compare how different models treat sensitive and controversial subjects, the developer … Continue reading

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A year after Elon Musk’s takeover, UK revenues for X plummeted

X has not been fairing well in the U.K., previously a major source of revenue for the social network prior to Elon Musk’s arrival. Still named Twitter UK Ltd, revenues and profits for X’s UK entity collapsed by over 60% … Continue reading

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Hammerspace, an unstructured data wrangler used by Nvidia, Meta and Tesla, raises $100M at $500M+ valuation

Artificial intelligence services at their heart are massive data plays: you need data — a lot of it — to build the models, and then the models need efficient ways to ingest and output data to work.  A company called … Continue reading

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