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Worried About Spying Voice Assistants? Emerson Smart Is an Attractive Alternative

I really like voice assistants, not just because it's my job to like them, but because they're useful for multitasking. And conversational AI is making them much better. Still, there's a catch: Voice

发布时间:2026-01-07来源:CNET
AMD Speeds Up Its Mobile Processors

Ah, the tween years for chip announcements: Those periods when companies roll out tweaked versions of the big architectural changes we saw over the previous year (or earlier). In AMD's case, some of t

发布时间:2026-01-04来源:CNET
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions | TechCrunch

On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.4, a new foundation model billed as “our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work.” In addition to the standard version, GPT-5.4 is also avail

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls | TechCrunch

How, and if, the Trump administration plans to regulate the export of semiconductors has remained unclear since Donald Trump took office last year. Now, we have an idea of what the administration is t

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk | TechCrunch

The Department of Defense (DOD) has officially notified Anthropic leadership that the company and its products have been designated a supply-chain risk, Bloomberg reports, citing a senior department o

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable | TechCrunch

A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending countless hours meeting with senior executive

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare | TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services announced Thursday the launch of Amazon Connect Health. This AI agent-powered platform is meant to help healthcare organizations automate repetitive administrative tasks, including

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
Samsung to Supercharge 800 Million Devices With AI This Year, Report Says

Samsung is doubling the number of devices it'll deliver with Galaxy AI this year to 800 million units, the company's co-CEO TM Roh told Reuters on Monday. "We will apply AI to all products, all functi

发布时间:2026-01-04来源:CNET
After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil | TechCrunch

Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a similar decision for users in Europe. Earlier this week,

发布时间:2026-03-05来源:TechCrunch
Amazon Launches Alexa.com for More Wide-Ranging AI Interactions

If you've been using Alexa Plus as your sous chef, travel planner or personal assistant via your Echo devices, you now have a new, more widely available way to do so -- reaching the AI helper on your

发布时间:2026-01-04来源:CNET
Anthropic to challenge DOD's supply chain label in court | TechCrunch

Dario Amodei said Thursday that Anthropic plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk in court, a designation he has called “legally unsound.” The

发布时间:2026-03-04来源:TechCrunch
Claude's consumer growth surge continues after Pentagon deal debacle | TechCrunch

Claude’s daily active users are on the rise on mobile devices, as are its new app installs, following the company’s fallout with the Pentagon. After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow the gov

发布时间:2026-03-05来源:TechCrunch
Boston Dynamics' New Atlas Robot Makes Public Debut With Jaunty Human Walk

If there's one name you've heard of in the world of robotics, it's likely to be Boston Dynamics. For years, videos of the company's inventions have inspired intrigue, excitement and sometimes fear in

发布时间:2026-01-04来源:CNET
I Wore Razer's Project Motoko at CES 2026: Like Smart Glasses, but in Headphone Form

I've been down this road before: I look at something in front of me, snap a photo and ask AI services for advice about what I'm looking at. I've done it with Meta's Ray-Ban glasses and countless other

发布时间:2026-01-05来源:CNET
City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A | TechCrunch

City Detect, a company that uses vision AI to help local governments monitor the health of buildings and neighborhoods, announced on Friday a $13 million Series A round led by Prudence Venture Capital

发布时间:2026-03-05来源:TechCrunch