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Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)Canva releases its first image generation model
Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work
The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents
Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
Read at TechCrunch AI (opens in a new tab)While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.
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