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DuckDB’s Unreleased v2.0 Will Include an “Agent Mode” for AI Coding Agents
DuckDB says the command-line tool in its unreleased v2.0 will print leaner results for AI coding agents. Its own test cut tokens read by 59%, but not total cost or runtime.
Quantum Roundup: A 42-Qubit Molecule Simulation, a Chip That Holds Photons, and Oratomic’s $775 Million
Three labelled quantum items: a 42-qubit molecule simulation (with a classical caveat), a chip photon memory over 1 microsecond, and Oratomic's $775M.
Grok Agents, Part 2: Tools, Connectors and Your Own Data
Part two of our Grok agent guide: tools, connectors and MCP in plain words, a safe read-only first setup, how to limit access and a short safety checklist.
Pine AI Launches Pine Computer, a Sandboxed Cloud Computer for AI Agents, in Private Beta
Pine AI says Pine Computer is a sandboxed cloud computer that developers' products can hand jobs to. Private beta, company-reported: what it is, how the SDK flow works, and why its benchmark shows more progress but fewer finished tasks.
What Grok Bot Connects To, How Connections Work and What It Can Do Inside Each Service
What Grok Bot connects to, how sign-in and custom MCP connections work, what it can do inside Gmail, Drive, Notion and more, and how to limit its access.
micro1 Says It Will Spend $1bn on Company Data to Train AI Agents
micro1 says it will spend $1bn over 12 months buying and licensing company data to train AI agents. What the data is for, what micro1 says about privacy, and which details come only from TNW.
HSBC and Ant Digital Say They Tested AI-Agent Micropayments Settled in Tokenised Deposits
HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies say they completed a technical verification test of AI-agent micropayments using tokenised deposits on a testnet. What the terms mean, and why the companies say it is not a launch.
OpenAI Adds Composer Predictions to Codex for Pro Users, and Lets Dots Hand Work to Codex
OpenAI says Codex can now suggest your next message (beta, Pro), and ChatGPT dots can be created on a phone and start work in Codex. What is confirmed, and what is a staff post.
Arena Raises $200 Million at a $3.1 Billion Valuation to Rank AI Models
Arena, the crowd-sourced AI leaderboard, says it has raised a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation, co-led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures. What the company claims, what TechCrunch reports about how it makes money, and why a "neutral" judge selling to labs matters.
Sabi Raises $50 Million for a Cap That Reads Brain Signals. It Isn’t Out Yet
Sabi has announced a $50 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures for a baseball cap that reads brain signals. What is confirmed (the raise), what is reported (the $600 million valuation), what are the company's own claims, and why the product is unreleased and unproven.
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