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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
Instinct, an AI agent that books and pays for you, raises $1B
TechCrunch· 28 SepInstinct, an AI agent that works over text message with no app, raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation, a month after raising $350 million. It books travel, pays bills, cancels subscriptions, orders groceries and has a concierge that phones businesses to make appointments. Expect calls and bookings from agents, not people.
- Make sure your phone line and booking page can cope with an agent calling for a customer.
- Publish prices, hours and availability clearly online. Agents book with businesses they can read.
Source: TechCrunch. This is our short summary of their reporting. The commentary in it and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. Picture from the source, unless it is our own graphic. How we source and credit
TechCrunchElevenLabs v4: a voice clone now needs 10 seconds of audio
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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