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AI News
Oct 08, 2026 15

Google’s AI note-taking app transcribes your meetings completely offline

Google has released an experimental note-taking app that can transcribe meetings and audio files entirely offline, as reported earlier by...

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Oct 08, 2026 13

Hear from Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy execs on where the AI infrastructure boom is creating opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Ambrosia Energy CEO Ben Longmier and Bloom Energy SVP Bill Thayer join the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Register now to sav...

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Oct 08, 2026 12

Google is launching a one-stop Gemini agent for your work tasks

Google is launching a "universal" Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of...

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Oct 08, 2026 6

Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

Of all the things Alexa Plus can do, I never expected it to make me cry. Since my son left for college, the Echo Show in my office has be...

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Oct 08, 2026 9

Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts

At the New York Film Festival premiere of Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[whe...

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Oct 08, 2026 11

Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?

My Decoder guest today is Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, and we’re discussing the new wave of consumer-friendly AI agents....

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Oct 08, 2026 11

Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup

Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes wit...

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Oct 08, 2026 10

5 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass

The global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Get your pass now to save ...

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Oct 08, 2026 12

Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor

Google’s new AI Edge Foresight app takes on Granola with an offline meeting note-taker that can transcribe conversations, generate notes,...

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Oct 08, 2026 14

China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta

Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, a...

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Oct 08, 2026 13

A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist

Sen. Blanche Lincoln wrote law that let US ban sports-event contracts. She lobbies for the other side now.

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Oct 08, 2026 23

AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon

The story is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a non-profit research foundation that creates and supports conte...