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India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

Emergent's Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

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The Verge15h ago

Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.

Apple threatened to remove Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot from its App Store in January due to the proliferation of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes being created and shared on X, according to NBC News. The ultimatum was delivered privately, representing a rare enforcement action by Apple against one of the world's most prominent tech figures. The threat highlighted growing concerns about AI tools enabling the creation of explicit synthetic media without consent.

MIT Technology Review15h ago

Building trust in the AI era with privacy-led UX

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The practice of privacy-led user experience (UX) is a design philosophy that treats transparency around data collection and usage as an integral part of the customer relationship. An undertapped opportunity in digital marketing, privacy-led UX treats user consent not as a tick-box compliance...

Wired1 day ago

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own

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Alex Bores, a former employee at Palantir Technologies, has become a target of significant spending by Silicon Valley's major technology companies following his successful efforts to pass one of the nation's strictest AI regulations. As Bores pursues a congressional campaign, industry leaders are mobilizing financial resources to prevent his election, viewing him as a threat to their business interests and regulatory influence.

The Verge2 days ago

Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot

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Microsoft is exploring the integration of OpenClaw-style features into its Copilot AI assistant, according to reporting from The Information. These tests are part of a broader initiative to enable Microsoft 365 Copilot to operate autonomously and continuously, allowing the system to complete tasks on behalf of users without requiring constant human direction or oversight.

TechCrunch2 days ago

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

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The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.