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Liquid AI, a 2023 MIT spinoff, unveiled LFM2.5-2.6B this week, an open-weight model for agentic tasks that runs on local hardware.

Now, Alan Finkel, a prominent Australian engineer and former Chief Scientist, is reviving an even older remedy—Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics—reimagined for the age of generative AI.

Sam Blackshear, co-founder and CTO of Mysten Labs, is joining Anthropic to work on defensive security research.

Large XRP holders have kept accumulating the token through its decline from roughly $2.40 in January to the current $1.00–$1.20 range, according to onchain data from CryptoQuant.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is offering a limited-time flash sale with an extra $100 off conference passes.