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Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training

Although the Shift app website claims “there is no catch” for the free cleaning, the FAQ notes that booking an appointment requires payment information and warns that clients may be charged if they cancel appointments with less than 24 hours’ notice or are not available to let cleaners in at the appointment time. The Shift app terms of service document also seeks to absolve the platform of responsibility for any property damage, theft, or personal injury that may ensue from the cleaning appointments.

The reason behind the promotion

So why would a tech startup offer free cleaning? The first-person cleaning data is supposedly valuable enough for the company to “offer cleaning services free of charge for a limited time” by covering the cost of the professional cleaners, according to the Shift app website. The Shift app’s privacy policy describes the “core of microagi’s business” as “the collection of data for...

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Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

Trump administration officials concluded talks with Anthropic on Monday without lifting export controls that were imposed last week on the company’s most advanced AI models in response to jailbreaking concerns, according to three people briefed on the matter. The administration continues to believe that there are ways to disable

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I reviewed OneOdio’s new wireless DJ cans and despite the huge caveats, I’ll use them for making music every day — just like their predecessors

The OneOdio Studio Max 2 are too bulky and pricey for general music listeners, and don't sound good enough for professionals. However the wide range of connection options, including a low-latency wireless transmitter, means they'll carve out a special and useful niche for users who need

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Three Xbox studios are trying to buy their way out of Microsoft’s gaming restructuring

TL;DR Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory are negotiating spinoffs from Xbox as Asha Sharma’s restructuring accelerates. Three Xbox-owned studios are in active negotiations to buy themselves back from Microsoft rather than face closure, according to Bloomberg. Compulsion Games in Montreal, Double Fine Productions in San Francisco,

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Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

I reviewed OneOdio’s new wireless DJ cans and despite the huge caveats, I’ll use them for making music every day — just like their predecessors

Three Xbox studios are trying to buy their way out of Microsoft’s gaming restructuring