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Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, thinks the current AI companions on the market are designed to be exploitative and geared towards isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots.  “It feels like it fuels the loneliness epidemic, instead of making it more fun and giving users the opportunity to make their lives better,” Kamberi told TechCrunch.  The future of AI companions, he says, is about shared experiences that strengthen real-world bonds. Born’s flagship AI product is an app where users can raise, play mini-games with, and co-parent a cute virtual pet named Pengu.…

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A congressional committee has approved a spending bill with an attached report that says researchers should be studying a broader range of marijuana products that better represent “the variety, quality and potency of commonly available cannabis strains” that consumers are actually using. The House Appropriations Committee report approved on Tuesday covering Labor, Health and Human...

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In the wake of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the AI industry is coming to terms with its training data problem. There are as many as 40 other pending cases that seek damages for unlicensed data — including one that takes Midjourney to court for creating images of Superman. Without some kind of licensing system, AI companies could face an avalanche of copyright lawsuits that some worry will set the industry back permanently. Now, a group of technologists and web publishers has launched a system that would enable data licensing at massive scale — provided AI companies take them up…

Bitcoin is once again at a decisive moment after several days of tight consolidation around the $110K level. Bulls are making an effort to defend this critical support, while also eyeing the $113K resistance as the next key barrier. A breakout above it could provide the momentum needed for BTC to retest higher supply zones and reignite bullish sentiment. However, the market remains fragile, with volatility and fear weighing heavily on investor confidence. Related Reading Top analyst Axel Adler provided important context from the derivatives market. According to Adler, the Bitcoin Futures Pressure Score currently stands at 18%, which is…

Together With Confluence Retreats The questions you’re carrying… Doubts often arise before a psilocybin journey: Am I ready? What if I lose control? What if nothing changes? At Confluence, a licensed nonprofit psilocybin retreat in Oregon, these questions are met with care. Every participant is guided through personal preparation—a private 1:1 session, a small-group call,...

Three former Google X scientists aim to give you a second brain virtually — not in the sci-fi or chip-in-your-head sense — but through an AI-powered app that gains context by listening to everything you say in the background. Their startup, TwinMind, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding and released an Android version, along with a new AI speech model. It also has an iPhone version. Co-founded in March 2024 by Daniel George (CEO) and his former Google X colleagues Sunny Tang and Mahi Karim (both CTOs), TwinMind runs in the background, capturing ambient speech (with user permission) to…

Following years of legal battles, PredictIt is finally approved by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Now, the online prediction platform is getting set to go live in the US in October, operating as a designated contract market (DCM) and a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). This way, it’ll be able to expand into broader, more liquid markets with much greater regulatory clarity. With ambitious plans to operate ‘beyond politics,’ it might follow the likes of Polymarket – the largest online prediction platform – and include crypto bets. When considering the US’ current crypto-friendly stance under Trump, this wouldn’t come…

A Missouri campaign has filed a series of 2026 ballot initiatives that aim to unify hemp and marijuana regulations by creating parity between the two cannabis industries with a revised licensing system and legislative mandates to amend current laws. Missourians for a Single Market submitted four versions of the proposal with the secretary of state’s...