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Ledger builds AI agent toolkit that stops software spending your crypto

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ModelBest valuation hits $2.8bn as China's on-device AI race heats up

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MoonPay buys Glide in all-equity deal to widen crypto deposit reach

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Software bills set to climb in 2027 as AI vendors shift costs onto buyers

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Cloudflare wants AI software to pay websites directly for the data it takes, a fraction of a penny at a time

Anthropic CEO gave $1 million to AI-safety super PAC as industry groups spend millions

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Vlad.fun suspends operations over "internal integrity issue"

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Nvidia partners with Fanuc and Yaskawa to develop AI-enabled robots

xAI names Michael Nicolls to lead Grok after SpaceX merger

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OpenAI sells $230 Codex Micro keyboard with live agent controls

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Amazon to launch satellite internet in South Africa with Herotel

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Ed Zitron warns AI bubble could trigger a Lehman-style collapse

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TSMC $100bn US investment plan catches the eye. But analysts and investors are looking at another crucial number

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Japan to buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips for state-backed robotics AI

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China’s AI export boom lifts profits while deepening structural inequality

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White House leaves open possibility of action on open-source AI models

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The AI bubble may be deflating. Wall Street is having its best quarter of the boom

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Cisco president says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates