DoorDash Q4 Earnings Highlight Deliveroo and Agentic AI Push
PYMNTS / pymnts - DoorDash used its fourth-quarter earnings call to make a broader point about where it sees the next leg of competition: not just in meal delivery, but in owning the software and logistics stack that powers local commerce. “We believe these investments are…
- At headquarters: DoorDash pushes agentic AI and global platform (3)
- From the lab: agentic AI hype clashes with enterprise ROI (8)
- On the trading floor: investors react to weak Q4 results (3)
At headquarters: DoorDash pushes agentic AI and global platform
From the lab: agentic AI hype clashes with enterprise ROI
On the trading floor: investors react to weak Q4 results
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Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there’s still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user’s needs. The company today …
- Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals (4)
- Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations (1)
- Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M (3)
- Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption (5)
Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals
Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations
Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M
Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption
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Google launches Lyria 3 music generation model
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Google LLC today introduced an artificial intelligence model called Lyria 3 that consumers can use to generate short tracks. The algorithm is rolling out to the company’s Gemini app and Dream Track, a music generation feature in YouTube’s creator toolkit.…
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Figma stock climbs on 40% revenue growth and surging Figma Make adoption
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Shares in Figma Inc. were up more than 14% in after-hours trading today after the graphic design software provider impressed investors with earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and provided forward guidance ahead of expectations. F…
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iOS 26.4 Beta Adds CarPlay Support for Voice AI Apps Like ChatGPT and Gemini
iclarified - Apple has introduced a new "voice-based conversational apps" category for CarPlay in the first beta of iOS 26.4, adding a dedicated entitlement that allows developers to bring voice-first conversational services to the car. The change paves the way for ap…
- Anthropic policy changes and Claude model updates (2)
- CarPlay gains video streaming and Apple TV interface (2)
- CarPlay opens to third‑party voice AIs like ChatGPT (8)
- OTHER: Carrier VoNR and other iOS 26.4 changes (2)
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Anthropic policy changes and Claude model updates
CarPlay gains video streaming and Apple TV interface
CarPlay opens to third‑party voice AIs like ChatGPT
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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI
ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy
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Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails
msmash / slashdot - Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. From a report: Acc…
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Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability Platform
Clinton / ventureburn - Selector Accelerates Growth With New Capital Selector has raised $32 million to grow its AI observability platform. The round doubles its valuation to $375 million. AVP led the funding. AnsaThe post Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability …
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Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos
digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…
- Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly (8)
- Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks (2)
- Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives (2)
- Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity (2)
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Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly
Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks
Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives
Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity
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Perplexity Abandons AI Advertising Strategy Over Trust Worries
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - AI company Perplexity is stepping away from advertising over concerns that it will erode user trust, despite moves by rivals to introduce ads as an alternative money-making strategy.Perplexity was one of the first AI services to embrace ads in 2024, after…
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Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'
Andre Revilla / engadget - Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any var…
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Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you
digitaltrends - Google locked in I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 and it’s already framing the event around Gemini and AI tooling. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s missing, and how to plan what to watch.The post Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you appeare…
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 Launches With 1M Context Window, Opus-Level Coding Performance
iclarified - Anthropic has officially released Claude Sonnet 4.6, a major update to its AI model that reportedly outperforms its predecessor in coding and agentic tasks. The release brings significant upgrades to computer use capabilities and introduces a massive cont…
- Anthropic faces ethical, defense, and governance scrutiny over Claude (4)
- Community demos, explainers, and user projects around Claude (1)
- Sonnet 4.6: 1M‑token context and upgraded coding (7)
- Sonnet's $3 pricing threatens Opus-class models and competition (3)
Anthropic faces ethical, defense, and governance scrutiny over Claude
Community demos, explainers, and user projects around Claude
Sonnet 4.6: 1M‑token context and upgraded coding
Sonnet's $3 pricing threatens Opus-class models and competition
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