WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.
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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life
Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves
Adaption’s new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.
Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea
There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks…
Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million
Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.
Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino’s second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
OpenAI’s CEO recalls a “particularly hair-raising” conversation with the SpaceX founder.
Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
The company named Open Doors Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Hiive, Forge Global, Sydecar and Upmarket as companies that are not authorized to provide access to buy or…
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on…
Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.