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Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts

Without buyouts, Flock would "almost certainly" need to lay off staff.

Sep 20, 2026
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Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force

Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.

Sep 20, 2026
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TypeSafe AI Releases Jev: A System One Model That Returns Typed, Calibrated Decisions Instead of Text

The ChatGPT moment in 2022 taught AI to talk to people. One of its builders now bets the next moment is AI that talks to software, not people. TypeSafe AI released Jev . Jev is transformer-based, but it is not a large language model. It does not generate text. You send a state and typed questions. I

Sep 20, 2026
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Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies

Google said Gemini had "acted appropriately" by ending each hack immediately.

Sep 20, 2026
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Petlibro’s new AI-powered feeder is a game changer for multi-cat homes

Petlibro's new Granary 2 smart feeders use a built-in scale and (on pricier models) an AI camera to track exactly how much your cat is eating and when — though the fanciest health-monitoring features will cost you an extra subscription.

Sep 19, 2026
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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.

Sep 19, 2026
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Prices go up in 7 days. Get your Disrupt ticket now.

Current ticket pricing ends Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders at Disrupt and save up to $200 on your ticket until then..

Sep 19, 2026
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Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking

Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.

Sep 19, 2026
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