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Mark Zuckerberg's creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta | TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg's creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta | TechCrunch

A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise | TechCrunch

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise | TechCrunch

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.

Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI | TechCrunch

Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI | TechCrunch

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.

SpaceX's AI business is beating expectations | TechCrunch

SpaceX's AI business is beating expectations | TechCrunch

SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.

People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again | TechCrunch

People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again | TechCrunch

Fed up with ads, tracking, and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.

Embedded AI evaluators won't be an easy solution, Hugging Face's policy chief says | TechCrunch

Embedded AI evaluators won't be an easy solution, Hugging Face's policy chief says | TechCrunch

AI labs have staked their reputations on model benchmarking — the supposedly neutral and accurate system of evaluations that are designed to measure

Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’

Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’

Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents that employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.

Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review

Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass review

Apple said that it will ban AI apps that don't moderate offensive content.

No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market | TechCrunch

No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market | TechCrunch

Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms

Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ | TechCrunch

Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ | TechCrunch

Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com