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Tencent launches ClawBot, an OpenClaw-based agent integrated with WeChat, allowing its more than 1 billion MAUs to send and receive commands to interact with the AI agent via chat (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 21, 2026

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, is launching its Indus chat app in…

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Apple adds support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving CarPlay users access to apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Julie Clover / MacRumors: Apple is adding support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving…

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A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

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WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that display user roles, text stickers generated from any word and personalized event reminders (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 7, 2026

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: WhatsApp is rolling out new group chat features: member tags displaying user roles, text stickers generated…

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OpenAI faces growing pressure from competitors three years after ChatGPT debut; Similarweb says Gemini users chat longer per visit than Chat usersGPT and Claude (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 30, 2025

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OpenAI merges ChatGPT’s voice mode directly into the default main text chat interface; users can always revert to the original separate voice mode (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 25, 2025

Zac Room / 9to5Mac: OpenAI merges ChatGPT’s voice mode directly into the default main text chat interface; users can always…

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OpenAI is asking a federal judge to overturn an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the New York Times copyright suit, citing privacy concerns (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 12, 2025

Blake Brittain / Reuters: OpenAI asks a federal judge to overturn an order that required it to turn over 20…

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Google deploys Android 16 to Pixel phones, adding group chat to RCS, editing suggestions powered by AI with Google photos, live notifications on the lock screen, and more (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 10, 2025

Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch:: Google deploys Android 16 to Pixel phones, adding group chat to RCS, editing suggestions powered by…

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The Mistral Chat application leads 1m downloads in just 14 days, quickly reaching the best free downloads in the App Store in France; Chatgpt had 500K in just six days (Romain Dillet / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2025

Romain Dillet / Techcrunch:: The Mistral Chat application leads 1m downloads in just 14 days, quickly reaching the best free…

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North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

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Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

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Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Browsing: Chat

Tencent launches ClawBot, an OpenClaw-based agent integrated with WeChat, allowing its more than 1 billion MAUs to send and receive commands to interact with the AI agent via chat (Reuters)

Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Apple adds support for third-party voice chat apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, giving CarPlay users access to apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that display user roles, text stickers generated from any word and personalized event reminders (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

OpenAI faces growing pressure from competitors three years after ChatGPT debut; Similarweb says Gemini users chat longer per visit than Chat usersGPT and Claude (Financial Times)

OpenAI merges ChatGPT’s voice mode directly into the default main text chat interface; users can always revert to the original separate voice mode (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

OpenAI is asking a federal judge to overturn an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the New York Times copyright suit, citing privacy concerns (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Google deploys Android 16 to Pixel phones, adding group chat to RCS, editing suggestions powered by AI with Google photos, live notifications on the lock screen, and more (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

The Mistral Chat application leads 1m downloads in just 14 days, quickly reaching the best free downloads in the App Store in France; Chatgpt had 500K in just six days (Romain Dillet / Techcrunch)