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Meta's Muse agent sold a keyboard cheap and gave out the seller's address
It also told the buyer he was home. He was not expecting anyone.
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5: same price, up to 30% cheaper per task
TechCrunchShopify lets AI agents check out on its merchants' stores
The RegisterMicrosoft's Copilot now bills agent work by usage, on top of seats
NVIDIA NewsroomNvidia builds a kill switch for AI agents
TechCrunchInstinct, an AI agent that books and pays for you, raises $1B
ElevenLabs v4: a voice clone now needs 10 seconds of audio
TechCrunch· 28 SepElevenLabs released v4 and v4 Turbo speech models. They cover 90 languages, up from 70, respond faster in live voice agents, and let you stack expression tags in sequence. Cloning a voice now needs just 10 seconds of audio. Voice agents for your phone lines get more natural, and faking your voice gets easier too.
- If you use an AI phone or voice agent, ask your provider when they move to v4.
- Agree a code word with your team for any call asking to move money, in case the voice is cloned.
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TechCrunchAI scams cost Americans nearly $900M last year, FBI says
MIT Technology ReviewWhen an AI agent breaks something, nobody is clearly on the hook
TechCrunchOutmarket raises $34.5M to take the paperwork off insurance brokers
TechCrunchMavi bets AI will change what firms hire accountants for
CBS NewsAnthropic's CEO dines with Trump after months of conflict
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