Rival AI agents Instinct and Meta's Muse both add the ability to make calls
People can use these assistants to make restaurant reservations and cancel subscriptions
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Lena Ortiz
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Anthropic Priced Above $2 Trillion as Markets Await IPO Filing
Traders are pricing Anthropic above $2 trillion (€1.73tn) in pre-IPO markets, more than double the company's valuation in its last private funding round, as investors wait for the public release of the S-1 filing that could open the way to the largest flotation in history.
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The 'Canada effect': Which European companies could benefit from closer ties?
The US trade war is pushing Canada towards Europe. Defence, aerospace and industrial technology are where European companies may gain first.
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Comp AI raises $34M Series A to build continuous security and compliance agents
Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.
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Fed raises rates for the first time since 2023 in unanimous vote defying Trump
The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.75% to 4%, its first increase since July 2023, in a unanimous 12-0 vote that puts Chair Kevin Warsh directly at odds with the US president who appointed him.
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We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says
AI isn't some new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang. It's just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.
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