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Beware coworkers who produce AI-generated ‘workslop’ Researchers at consulting firm BetterUp Labs, in collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, have coined a new term to describe low-quality, AI-generated work Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/27/beware-coworkers-who-produce-ai-generated-workslop/
AI startup Friend spent more than $1M on all those subway ads If you’ve been on the New York subway recently, you’ve probably seen stark white ads promoting a wearable AI device called Friend. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/27/ai-startup-friend-spent-more-than-1m-on-all-those-subway-ads/
Trump demands Microsoft fire global affairs head Lisa Monaco “It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,” Trump said of a former Biden administration official. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/27/trump-demands-microsoft-fire-global-affairs-head-lisa-monaco/
How South Korea plans to best OpenAI, Google, others with homegrown AI South Korea has launched its most ambitious sovereign AI initiative yet, as the nation’s major tech players like LG and SK Telecom develop their own LLMs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/27/how-south-korea-plans-to-best-openai-google-others-with-homegrown-ai/
Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a new essay, he calls this approach “pure