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The viral TikTok clip shows an AI avatar start to seethe before she eventually ends the session with a prankster human candidate.

Round Table Pizza, Slim Chickens and Portillo’s are turning the 23-flavor soda into sauces, rubs and shakes.

This is the first time the Alphabet-owned company has turned to debt financing.

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

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Budget cuts aren’t new to higher education, but today’s financial pressures are reshaping academic programs, staffing and student services, raising questions about long-term sustainability.

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

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