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Harvard's $699 startup bootcamp uses AI avatars to coach founders — techcrunch.com
Inherent, a DeepMind-offshoot, claims its small AI agent outpaced frontier rivals at replicating research — techcrunch.com
Amazon hikes Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle prices by up to 60 percent — theverge.com
OpenAI urges California to strengthen its AI safety law — techcrunch.com
Frontier AI labs keep containment plans under wraps, study finds — techcrunch.com
Harvard's $699 startup bootcamp uses AI avatars to coach founders — techcrunch.com
Inherent, a DeepMind-offshoot, claims its small AI agent outpaced frontier rivals at replicating research — techcrunch.com
Amazon hikes Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle prices by up to 60 percent — theverge.com
OpenAI urges California to strengthen its AI safety law — techcrunch.com
Frontier AI labs keep containment plans under wraps, study finds — techcrunch.com

Humanoid sprint

Honor's Lightning humanoid runs 100m in 9.32s, beating Usain Bolt's world record

Chinese electronics maker Honor's self-developed Lightning humanoid clocked 100m in 9.32 seconds during a test ahead of the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, shaving 0.26s off Usain Bolt's 9.58s men's record and peaking at 14.5 m/s. The run underscores how quickly humanoid platforms are approaching — and now exceeding — human athletic performance.

Tools & Startups

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Free Models

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Free means $0 per token today, not unlimited or unconditional: both platforms rate-limit free use and require a free API key, some OpenRouter free endpoints may train on your prompts unless you opt out in account settings, and the roster changes daily. Verified against each provider's own pricing data at generation time — but pricing changes without notice, so confirm it's still free on the provider's own page before you rely on it.

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