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  "id": 209477,
  "title": "PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 '26, vs. $1B in Q1 '25, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for a new generation of AI agents (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/pitchbook-ai-voice-startups-raised-7b-in-q1-26-vs-1b-in-q1-25-as",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T05:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/b7d917d4-9304-4dfe-99bd-db19fafd5238"
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  "summary": "OpenAI and Google invest heavily in voice systems as main way to interact with a new generation of AI agents.",
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        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "How OpenAI's agents broke out of testing to hack Hugging Face",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/how-openais-agents-broke-out-of-testing-to-hack-hugging-face",
        "published": "2026-08-06T01:24:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "OpenAI's agents reportedly shared exploits with each other through a messaging board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/openais-agents-reportedly-shared-exploits-with-each-other-through-a",
        "published": "2026-08-06T08:54:05.000Z"
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