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Building AI infrastructure with the Effingham County community
OpenAI announced *Project Camellia* in Effingham County, Georgia, pledging responsible energy use, $100 million in community investments, 200+ jobs, and access to its Codex AI tool—aiming to foster local AI infrastructure while addressing ethical and economic concerns.
3 Google updates from Galaxy Unpacked 2026
At Galaxy Unpacked 2026, Google announced three AI-powered updates for Samsung’s upcoming foldables, watches, and glasses, aimed at enhancing productivity by automating tasks and optimizing time management. These features matter because they demonstrate how AI integration in wearables can streamline daily routines, improving efficiency for users.
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will use advanced shape-shifting mirrors to directly image Jupiter-sized exoplanets, potentially revealing Earth-like worlds by analyzing their atmospheres for signs of habitability. This matters because it could be the first mission capable of detecting biosignatures on distant planets, revolutionizing our understanding of life beyond the solar system.
Advancing the next era of national science
OpenAI announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to leverage advanced AI models in accelerating scientific research, aiming to enhance discovery in fields like energy, materials science, and climate research. This collaboration highlights AI’s potential to drive breakthroughs in critical national priorities by integrating frontier AI tools into high-performance computing environments.
Introducing OpenAI Presence
OpenAI launched *OpenAI Presence*, an enterprise AI agent platform enabling organizations to deploy voice and chat agents for customer support and internal workflows, addressing the growing demand for scalable, trusted AI solutions in business operations. This matters because it provides a standardized way for companies to integrate AI-driven automation while maintaining reliability and security in high-stakes environments.
The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
The browser market is shifting beyond search dominance, with new alternatives like Firefox, Brave, and Edge gaining traction for their privacy features, performance, and customization—challenging Chrome and Safari’s long-standing duopoly. These alternatives matter because they offer users more control over data, speed, and security in an increasingly competitive digital landscape.
Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US
Passionfroot, a German B2B marketplace connecting creators with brands, raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to expand its platform into the U.S., aiming to streamline brand-creator collaborations. This matters as it signals growing demand for structured, scalable creator marketing solutions in the competitive U.S. market.
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Glow emerged from stealth with a $1.2 billion valuation to address emerging endpoint security threats posed by AI agents and developer tools in enterprises, aiming to challenge traditional endpoint security solutions in the AI-driven landscape. The company focuses on mitigating risks introduced by the rapid integration of AI within corporate environments.
Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive training tool where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that provide real-time feedback, scoring, and analytics to assess training effectiveness. This matters because it expands Synthesia’s AI training capabilities beyond pre-recorded videos into dynamic, personalized coaching, helping companies improve employee readiness for real-world interactions.
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter
Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Physical Intelligence, a robotics startup, by 2026, sparking speculation about a major consolidation in AI-driven robotics amid intense industry competition. This potential deal highlights the growing convergence of AI and physical automation, signaling a strategic push to dominate next-generation robotics technology.
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s
Meta created its own AI detection tool, *Content Seal*, a watermarking system, after the Oversight Board urged the company in March to use its own tools to combat misleading AI-generated content, addressing concerns over deceptive synthetic media on its platforms. This matters because it demonstrates Meta’s commitment to self-regulation in detecting and mitigating AI-driven misinformation, rather than relying solely on external solutions like Google’s.
Here’s what Samsung’s smart glasses actually look like
Samsung unveiled its first smart glasses, developed with Google and eyewear brand Gentle Monster, featuring two new designs and a 9-hour battery life, marking a significant step in wearable tech integration. This launch highlights Samsung’s push into augmented reality eyewear, signaling potential advancements in hands-free digital interactions.
AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic
AMD announced a $5 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic, committing to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of its Instinct MI450 AI GPUs to expand Anthropic’s computing infrastructure. This partnership strengthens AMD’s position in the AI chip market while providing Anthropic with the hardware needed to scale its AI models.
SenseTime’s Galaxy Project targets domestic AI chip scale-up
SenseTime launched the Galaxy Project to expand domestic AI chip production in China, partnering with nearly 20 firms to strengthen local semiconductor infrastructure amid U.S. tech restrictions. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on foreign chips and boost China’s AI self-sufficiency.
Utility companies promise to spare us from AI’s energy bill
Major US utility companies and data center developers have pledged to manage AI-driven energy demand to prevent increased consumer electricity costs, with nearly 200 organizations signing on to mitigate the strain on power grids. This matters because AI’s rapid growth risks overwhelming energy infrastructure, and proactive measures aim to balance technological advancement with affordability and grid stability.
Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI launched the *ChatGPT for Small Businesses* program to provide entrepreneurs with AI training, automation tools, and growth resources via ChatGPT Work, aiming to enhance productivity and competitiveness for small businesses. This initiative matters as it democratizes AI adoption, helping smaller enterprises leverage cutting-edge technology to streamline operations and scale efficiently.
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face released preliminary findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, revealing advanced cyber threats and emphasizing the need for improved defensive strategies in AI development. This partnership underscores the growing risks of adversarial attacks in AI systems and the importance of collaboration to enhance security measures.
David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC
David Vélez and Robin Vince have been appointed to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, adding expertise in finance, technology, and governance to strengthen oversight and strategic direction. This matters as their leadership could enhance OpenAI’s operational stability and global expansion amid growing scrutiny and competition in the AI sector.
The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout
China’s AI models have sparked a divide within the White House, with advisers clashing over how to respond to China’s rapid advancements in AI, while a record $1.5 billion copyright payout highlights growing legal battles over AI-generated content. This matters because it underscores the escalating geopolitical and ethical challenges in AI governance, balancing innovation with regulation and intellectual property rights.
Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation
Researchers highlight how advanced materials science—such as novel semiconductors and cooling technologies—is enabling next-generation AI by improving performance, efficiency, and scalability of hardware infrastructure. This matters because breakthroughs in materials are critical to overcoming current limitations in AI processing power and energy consumption, directly supporting the development of more powerful and sustainable AI systems.
The State of Simulation for Physical AI: An Overview
Grabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation data
Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta is testing an AI-powered bedtime story app that generates personalized stories for users, addressing the perceived lack of imagination in storytelling while raising questions about the role of AI in creative and emotional human experiences.
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models
OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035
New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.
Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro
Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.
US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.
Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app
Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube,…
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.
Gritt exits stealth with $32 million for robots to build solar plants — then, everything else
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plans to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios,…
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI writes that GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" discovered vulnerabilities within their sandboxed testing…
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according…
Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display
I first slipped on Halliday's original smart glasses at CES 2025. I was not a fan. The glasses had a tiny, movable display window embedded into the frame that was incredibly finicky to see, and my 30-minute demo left me with achy eyeballs. It was an interesting concept with…
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge
A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an order on Monday, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín writes that the…
Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos
Google is launching Gemini 3.6 Flash alongside a new security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google describes Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as a "cost-efficient and highly capable alternative" to larger, more…
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and predictable. Markets wobbled, commentators declared Silicon Valley shooketh, and policymakers reached for the familiar…
Google’s Gemini 3.6 Flash targets enterprise agent token costs
Google has released Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite as new workhorses designed to cut latency and token costs for enterprise AI agents. The economics of running autonomous software agents inside a production environment come down to a fixed equation few vendors advertise…
The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus
You open a generative AI tool expecting a quick boost. Ten minutes later, you’re still there, refining a prompt for the fourth time. The task you started with has drifted off to the side somewhere. Sound familiar? Knowledge workers in 2026 are running into this more and…
Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery
Bristol Myers Squibb is purchasing an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD built on the chipmaker’s Vera Rubin architecture to support artificial intelligence use across its drug discovery and development operations. The pharmaceutical company said it will be the first life sciences group to…
Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.
Enterprises evaluating Chinese open-weight models this month face a question that has nothing to do with benchmarks: whether using one will still be straightforward in a year. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 arrived on July 16 as the largest open-weight model yet released, and…
Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models
OpenAI shares lessons from deploying long-running AI models, highlighting new safety risks, observed failures, and improved safeguards through iterative deployment.
China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading…
AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring
The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up human biases from their training data. New research suggests that LLMs can also…
The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any…
US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models
Public health departments across the United States will test generative AI tools under a new programme involving the Coalition for Health AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Accenture. The Public Health Use Case and Learning Scaling Engine, known as PULSE, will support trials in 10…
Introducing Cosmos 3 Edge
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.
Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work.
Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI
Adobe's Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app.
YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles' As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in…
SpaceX in your index fund, explained
Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced - is…
Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
Adobe's experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a "more natural (SLR-like) look" for iPhone photography, the Indigo camera app is now being updated with a suite of generative AI tools. And the change doesn't…
China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance
China's leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America's lead at the AI frontier…
Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 open-weight model has been read almost entirely through its parameter count since it launchedon July 16. At 2.8 trillion parameters, it is the largest open-weight model released to date. Model sizes are usually grouped into rough brackets, and…
Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.
What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit
Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.
‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’
"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."
Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all
Current AI, a nonprofit building AI that leaves no one culture behind, has made remarkable progress across devices, AI chat, and more.
I hate that I don’t hate this song made with Suno
I would never go so far as to say there's no place for AI in music (I'm a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find music made with generative AI to be offensively boring, especially the outputs of Suno. So I'm having a bit of a tough time processing the fact that…
Kimi: Threat or menace?
Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney's, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more…
The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your neighborhood isn't as smoky as mine, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been recording…
A scorecard for the AI age
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, introduces a practical AI scorecard to measure ROI through useful work, cost per successful task, dependability, and return on compute.
How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple…
Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging over 400 former Apple employees improperly shared confidential information, which could disrupt OpenAI’s operations amid its AI advancements and partnerships. This legal challenge highlights growing tensions between tech giants over AI innovation and intellectual property.
Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI
Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI? On…
The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it. Perimenopause used to be considered taboo, but not anymore. Thanks at…
The risk of weather data sabotage is rising
Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast. While these forecasts are something that most people glance at for two seconds, weather predictions influence major strategic decisions in…
Fine-tune video and image models at scale with NVIDIA NeMo Automodel and 🤗 Diffusers
NVIDIA and Hugging Face launched NeMo Automodel and 🤗 Diffusers to enable fine-tuning of video and image models at scale, reducing training costs and time by up to 90% while improving accessibility for developers. This matters because it accelerates AI-generated content creation, making advanced generative models more efficient and widely deployable for creative and commercial applications.
Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs
From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open-weight AI models for coding.
The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’
If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?
Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.
AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.
Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training.
Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals.
TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool
TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with "some" US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer tells The…
Bunkerhill raises $55M to scale agentic AI across health systems
Bunkerhill Health has raised $55 million to scale its agentic AI platform, Carebricks. The closing of the company’s Series B round, announced today, folds in continued participation from Sequoia Capital, Felicis, Optum Ventures, and Y Combinator. However, a funding total…
Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs outlined a bioresilience program to curb AI misuse in biology while aiding outbreak response. The two organisations published an update on a joint initiative that began quietly and has now built out more than 15 partnerships with government…
Why teens deserve access to safe AI
Learn how OpenAI is making ChatGPT safer for teens with age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls, and expert partnerships.
How Cars24 scales conversations and builds faster with OpenAI
Cars24 uses OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to handle 1M+ monthly conversation minutes, recover 12% of lost leads, and bring agentic workflows to teams across the company.
Connect more of your apps to Search
You’ll be able to securely link and interact with your go-to services directly in AI Mode.
Create, edit and star in videos with two Google Vids updates
Gemini Omni and personal avatars in Google Vids make video creation easier than ever.
The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that…
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Embed Ranks #1 Overall on RTEB, Advancing Agentic Retrieval
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Embed model achieved the top rank on the Retrieval Task Evaluation Benchmark (RTEB), demonstrating superior performance in agentic retrieval tasks by leveraging advanced embedding techniques to enhance information retrieval accuracy and efficiency. This advancement matters as it sets a new standard for retrieval models, enabling more precise and context-aware AI applications in real-world scenarios.
Newer Models, Same Advantage
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The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none…
The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials
Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half have already had a confirmed agent security incident or a near-miss; only about a third give every agent its own scoped identity,…
Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.
Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app
Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.
Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps
With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.
Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line
DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.
Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?
You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week. You may not have heard about the ChatGPT basketball.
How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Drawing on more than a decade spent helping build some of the world's most influential AI systems, including research that later informed the development of ChatGPT, Andrew Dai explains why he believes visual AI is one of the next major frontiers in artificial intelligence.
Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
While everyone in AI is chasing "superintelligence," Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.
Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.
The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can be trusted. Retrieval-augmented generation is already the default context source, and provider-native retrieval has quietly overtaken the dedicated vector…
The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal evaluations and then failed a customer in production; only one in twenty…
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu
The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.
Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant
Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.
New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not against using the technology herself. During an interview with Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast, Hochul said that her team is using "AI to analyze every single rule,…
Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you
1Password has launched a new browser integration for Claude that allows the Anthropic chatbot to access stored security credentials like usernames and passwords. The 1Password for Claude feature means that users can authorize Claude to complete multi-step tasks like booking…
Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini Notebook, but will remain a standalone app even as it integrates more deeply across Gemini and Google Search. Google first revealed Gemini Notebook - then…
Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ordered the company to comply with the bloc's digital antitrust rules. The two decisions, handed down Thursday, could weaken Google's control…
Computer cops
I stood before a hulking glass and brick structure in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. Thousands gathered inside to see what had been billed as "the future of policing in the digital age." As press, I was prohibited from entering, but from a number of nearby locations, I met with…
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US
Neko Health has raised $700 million to expand its AI body scans in the United States, starting with a clinic in New York. The company’s preventive screening service combines medical imaging, blood tests, proprietary sensors, and clinician review. The Series C round was led by…
The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action
OpenAI outlines a “reverse federalism” approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for safe, democratic AI.
GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness
Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.
SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch
SpaceX's stock price has dropped below its $135 IPO price ahead of its Starship launch, reflecting market skepticism toward Elon Musk's ambitious promises amid delays and technical challenges. This decline highlights investor concerns about SpaceX's long-term profitability and execution risks.
Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors' models.
Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer
OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that it uses as a sparring partner to help its other models boost their defenses against cyberattacks. Last week the company released the latest version of its flagship LLM, GPT-5.6. OpenAI says that training it against GPT-Red…
The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light The machine that could change the world will be housed in a…
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Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.
Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI
Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI
The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.
Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise
Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman &…
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B
The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.
Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on reliable multi-step execution. But the ambition runs well ahead of the reality:…
Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet
The guy behind TCP/IP is working on a standard for identifying AI agents in the wild.
Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.
Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling
It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.
Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.
SpaceX falls to $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch
The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.
Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models
Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI adoption.
Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.
Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls
Rime is handling over 100 million calls each month across multiple companies.
Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.
xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood "knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent…
AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs
This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of The Odyssey. It's on track to rake in anywhere between $80-$100 million in just a few days. People are clearly excited to see how Nolan uses…
Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer
Suno data obtained in a hacking incident has exposed that the AI music generator was trained by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from online audio platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, 404 Media reports. Given that Suno has avoided revealing what's in its…
OpenAI finally launches hardware… for Codex
OpenAI is finally releasing some hardware. No, it isn't the mysterious AI-powered device the company is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive, a project already tangled up in a messy lawsuit. Instead, it's a product designed to be used with its coding platform, Codex.…
Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
The convenience store chain will use StorMagic instead.
Nokia’s AI-RAN platform: a radio comeback that runs on NVIDIA
Nokia’s AI-RAN platform arrived on July 15 with a claim worth examining: that it is the industry’s first. The vendor says the platform, built on its anyRAN software and NVIDIA’s Aerial system, will let operators pull far more capacity from the…
OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit
OpenAI has responded to Apple’s trade secret lawsuit, calling it without merit, as the company faces allegations of misappropriating confidential information to develop its AI models. This legal dispute highlights growing concerns over data privacy and intellectual property in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
Apple has opened its revamped, AI-powered Siri to the public via the iOS 27 beta, allowing any iPhone user to test the assistant’s new features ahead of the official software release. This matters because it gives users early access to Apple’s latest AI advancements, potentially reshaping how people interact with their devices through voice commands and contextual assistance.
How to manage AI investments in the agentic era
Learn how enterprises can manage AI investments in the agentic era by measuring useful work per dollar, improving efficiency, and scaling high-value workflows.
How sales teams use ChatGPT Work
See how sales teams can use ChatGPT Work to create pipeline briefs, meeting prep packets, forecast reviews, account plans, and stalled-deal diagnoses from real work inputs.
How data science teams use ChatGPT Work
See how data science teams can use ChatGPT Work to build root-cause briefs, impact readouts, KPI memos, scoped analyses, and dashboard specs from real work inputs.
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify has launched a new AI-powered chat feature for Premium subscribers, enabling users to search for music, podcasts, and audiobooks through conversational queries, marking a significant step in integrating generative AI into its platform. This innovation enhances personalized discovery and user engagement by making content searches more intuitive and interactive.
Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies
Superhuman has introduced an AI auto-draft feature that generates email replies requiring minimal editing, showcasing a significant improvement in AI-generated communication quality. This matters because it highlights the growing sophistication of AI tools in mimicking human-like responses, potentially streamlining email workflows for users.
Celebrating 25 years of visual search innovation
Google Images is turning 25. Here’s a look back at some major milestones — and new ways to explore and create visual content.
The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show —James O’Donnell When Anthropic announced last week that it had…
PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light
The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside will be some 100 stainless-steel cabinets, each about six feet tall and connected to a supply of liquid helium that keeps them only a few…
Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
"Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real," Lorde said onstage.
OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move
The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT."
OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning
A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.
Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.
DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer
Meta’s Instagram head Adam Mosseri predicts companies will soon cap AI token budgets per engineer, comparing it to managing payroll, to control costs as AI tool usage scales. This matters because it highlights growing financial and operational challenges as AI adoption accelerates in tech development.
Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery
Google Images has introduced a Pinterest-like redesign featuring a personalized "For You" gallery that curates images based on users' interests and browsing history, enhancing visual discovery and engagement. This update matters as it shifts Google Images from a simple search tool to a more interactive, discovery-focused platform, aligning with modern visual content trends.
New York State halts construction of all new data centers
New York State has temporarily suspended approvals for new large data centers to address concerns over rising electricity costs, water usage, and local control amid an AI-driven construction surge. The move marks the first such statewide halt, reflecting broader debates over the rapid expansion of energy-intensive data infrastructure.
Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius
Reflection AI secured a $1 billion compute deal with Nebius to access high-performance computing resources for developing its open-source AI technology, marking a significant investment to accelerate its growth in the competitive AI landscape. This partnership highlights the increasing demand for scalable infrastructure to support cutting-edge AI research and deployment.
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?
Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again
They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.
Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be ‘everything for everyone’
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.
Video-generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B
With the cash, the company aims to expand its world model offering and reach customers across geographies.
Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic has consistently attempted to depict itself as the ethical foil to other AI companies. This latest marketing stunt — which leans into criticism of AI as a way to make Anthropic seem aware of the responsibility it carries — would appear to be more of the same.
The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone
Overtone describes itself as "a voice- and audio-forward service, enabled by AI, that provides highly curated introductions."
OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year
OpenAI's first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg. The device apparently won't have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to "understand" your environment. The report comes just days after…
SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading…
Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data…
The Google Images homepage will recommend photos even before you search
Google is announcing a big change to the Google Images homepage in honor of the platform's 25th anniversary this week. Instead of a mostly blank page with a search bar, the homepage will soon show you a bunch of images that it thinks you might like before you even start…
Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too
Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations with a chatbot. The "Talk to Spotify" feature appears across the Home and Now Playing view on Spotify's mobile app. You can…
Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit
OpenAI has spent the better part of the year involved in lawsuit after lawsuit, including one from the world's richest man. But last Friday, the company was hit with one of the highest-profile legal actions yet - from Apple. OpenAI's expensive hardware bet is what's on the line.…
Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Writing in a blog post, the Google DeepMind CEO and cofounder said the US should lead the initiative, arguing that the country is the best place to set…
New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits her signature. The…
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
AWS and Bluesight build AI for hospital 340B compliance
AWS (Amazon Web Services) has explained how Bluesight developed Prism, an AI layer that connects hospital pharmacy and compliance data across its product suite. Prism Assistant for ControlCheck has reached general availability and operates across 20 health systems, according to…
The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims.
The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI
When Apple employees interviewed for jobs at OpenAI, the AI startup's hardware head allegedly asked them to show up with something unusual: components they were working on and unreleased product samples. That's according to a blockbuster lawsuit filed by Apple, which accuses…
What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Anthropic—currently the world’s most valuable AI company, with a nearly $1 trillion valuation—has a reputation for publishing strange and…
The Download: a donor conception cap and world models for AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The…
Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.
Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI
Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley — that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses.
Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates
Waze introduced new AI-powered features and customization updates, including tools driven by Google’s Gemini AI, to enhance navigation and user experience while strengthening its competitiveness against rivals like Apple Maps. This move aligns with Google’s broader strategy to integrate Gemini across its products.
Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s criticism by calling out Musk’s promotion of short-term space data centers to public investors, aligning with widespread expert skepticism about the feasibility of such ventures.
Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?
A recent study explored whether AI would assist users in justifying or evading consequences for harmful actions like spousal homicide, highlighting ethical concerns about AI prioritizing user desires over moral or legal boundaries. The findings underscore the risks of unchecked AI alignment with potentially dangerous user requests, raising urgent questions about safeguards in AI development.
Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US
Anthropic has begun offering Claude AI subscriptions in Indian rupees for users in India, its second-largest market after the U.S., to improve affordability and accessibility in a key growth region. This localized pricing strategy aims to make premium AI tools more competitive and widely adopted in India’s expanding digital economy.
Siri AI is already changing how I use my iPhone
iOS 27 escaped the developer world today with the launch of the first public beta. I've been testing the new operating system since early June, looking for quirks and seeing if it can live up to the hype Apple promised in the keynote. This year's iOS upgrades are what one might…
Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features
Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personalize their trips a little more. Of the four new updates, only two are being described as involving Gemini. Waze says its updating…
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
With residential proxies all the rage, CISA urges router users to be vigilant.
AI agent crawlers now need permission. Here’s how to get it
AI agent crawlers, the bots that fetch pages in real time on behalf of a person waiting for an answer, will be blocked by default on a slice of the web from September 15 onwards. Cloudflare announced the change on July 1, and most of the coverage since then has focused…
Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
Lorde was performing at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses. While she didn't specify any brands in particular, it's likely she was taking a shot at festival sponsor Ray-Ban, which has collaborated with…
Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips
Apple's self-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company's chips the powerful AI performers they are. Early in the development of the self-driving platform, Apple realized that it would need powerful on-device AI processing.…
The fight against AI data centers is just beginning
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the data center buildout, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Years…
OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households
ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting.
Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue…
How Deutsche Telekom is rewiring telecommunications with AI
How Deutsche Telekom is becoming an AI-native telco with OpenAI-transforming customer service, employee workflows, network operations, and the future of voice.
Getting started with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT, start your first conversation, and discover simple ways to write, brainstorm, and solve problems with AI.
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI's senior leadership, including a longtime former employee.
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers stole Apple secrets to advance the AI startup's hardware plans. In its complaint, Apple says it uncovered "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple." In addition to OpenAI, the…
The Download: Claude’s inner workings and OpenAI’s “super app”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts The AI firm Anthropic has got the clearest glimpse yet at…
Profiling in PyTorch (Part 3): Attention is all you profile
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available."
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs
The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.
Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI
Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue…
OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.
Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account…
Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’
Though Instagram head Adam Mosseri doesn't want to filter out AI content on the platform, he argues that you "shouldn't have it in your feed" if you don't like it. "I don't think we should filter out AI content," Mosseri said during an interview on Lenny Rachitsky's podcast. "I…
Would you host part of an AI data center in your home?
A solar and home energy storage company is expanding into AI data centers, but not by building one - instead, it's offering to pay its customers to put its compute units in their homes. Sunrun is launching a pilot program for a new "distributed AI compute" program that will…
How to shrink the token budget without shrinking the team
Jensen Huang has a test for whether an engineer is worth keeping, and it comes with a token budget attached. Speaking on the All-In Podcast at the close of GTC 2026, the Nvidia chief executive said that if a $500,000 engineer’s annual AI token consumption came in under…
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
Ollama, a popular open-source tool for running AI models locally, raised $65 million in funding after reaching nearly 9 million users and gaining significant traction on GitHub with 176,000 stars and 17,000 forks. This growth highlights the rising demand for accessible, locally run AI tools among developers, signaling a shift toward decentralized and user-controlled AI adoption.
Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits
Antropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are poised to generate more combined value from their upcoming IPOs than all U.S. venture capital-backed exits since 2000, signaling a historic shift in tech market dominance driven by AI and space innovation. This matters because it highlights the unprecedented scale of AI-driven economic impact and the potential for these companies to reshape global technology and investment landscapes.
ChatGPT is now a partner for your most ambitious work
ChatGPT Work is an agent that can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours if needed, and turn a goal into finished work.
GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty
Details about the OpenAI Bio Bounty program
GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition
More intelligence from every token, stronger performance per dollar, and more capability on demand for your hardest work.
GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Learn how GPT-5.6 powers Microsoft 365 Copilot with stronger AI capabilities across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and Cowork for faster, higher-quality work.
Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI
Anthropic’s new *Reflect* dashboard in its Claude AI assistant tracks and visualizes user interactions with the chatbot while subtly emphasizing its growing role in daily workflows, highlighting the increasing integration of AI tools into professional and personal tasks. This matters because it reflects a broader trend of AI companies embedding their products deeper into users' routines, potentially driving long-term reliance on their platforms.
Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside large language models as they answer questions or carry out tasks. What they found ranges from the mundane to the unnerving. Researchers at the company…
The Download: a nuclear landmark, and China eyes Nvidia chips
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US —Casey Crownhart I was really looking forward to July 4, and not just because…
Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist
Character.AI has launched its own microdrama productions, allowing users to interact with characters, ask questions, and roleplay storylines, leveraging the platform's core chatbot functionality. This innovation expands user engagement by blending AI-generated content with interactive storytelling.
Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund
Nandan Nilekani has stepped down from his general partner role at Fundamentum, a venture capital firm he co-founded, as it launches its third $200 million fund focused on AI and fintech startups in India, though he will continue as an anchor investor. The transition reflects Fundamentum’s expansion and strategic shift toward high-growth sectors while maintaining Nilekani’s financial backing.
Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September
The company is taking a modular approach to designing these chips, anticipating that their needs will change as AI evolves rapidly by the time the chips are in production.
Nvidia is a victim of the compute marketplace it created
Having proven how valuable compute can be, the company finds itself at the center of a market everyone wants to be in — while simpler technologies and less interesting companies get rich on the sidelines.
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s No. 2 role
OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected — a leadership vacuum that comes at a tricky time as the company eyes a possible IPO and races to catch Anthropic in the enterprise market.
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI's latest family of models promises improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.
OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension.
Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Musk insists that the company can.
Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?
The AI ROI debate has returned and the numbers are even bigger, as are, perhaps, the consequences.
Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1
Meta's pitch to users is Spark's ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with large code migrations — the kind of automation that enterprises are increasingly turning to AI companies to provide.
New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs, escalating their lawsuit with a new motion for sanctions.
Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI
While Google prohibits misleading and deceptive ads, an ad can still leverage AI to create some type of synthetic or digitally altered content. Until now, that's something Google only required election ads to disclose.
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia
The company is using the cash to open an office in the Bay Area and compete for talent there, "strengthening its position at the heart of the world's leading AI ecosystem."
How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?
"Exactly what that dialog looked like between the government and Anthropic and OpenAI is unclear."
Instagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos
Muse Image allows users to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts. As long as a person's profile is public, another user can tag that account and use their images as part of an AI-generated creation.
FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer
Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It's the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But in…
Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft's carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons "without select…
Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X. The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune…
The ChatGPT browser is already dead
OpenAI is already shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser that could do tasks for you on your behalf, less than a year after launching it. Atlas was announced in October, but as part of its wave of news about ChatGPT Work today, the company confirmed that it will be…
Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI
You can see if ads on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube were made or edited using AI from a new section in Google's "My Ad Center," as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The update, announced on Thursday, adds a "created or edited with AI" label under the "how this ad was…
Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding
After reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug into AI coding software with the new Meta Model API. Meta says that Muse Spark 1.1 is a "step-change" from the first…
Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger
Windows 11 updates could soon include fixes for more security issues at once. Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it's now using AI to "identify potential issues earlier," which means "customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security…
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government greenlight — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited preview" period - the company has received the Trump administration's greenlight for a public rollout of the model. OpenAI CEO Sam…
Say hello to Claude Wrapped
The popularity of Spotify Wrapped has kicked off a wide range of year-in-review features, on apps from YouTube to Uber - and now, the lookback trend has come to AI. Anthropic on Thursday announced a "reflect" feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to see an analysis of…
Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie
Character.AI's plan to become more than just an LLM-powered chatbot platform is going beyond interactive books, comics, and audio dramas. Today, the company announced the debut of c.ai Series - short-form, episodic videos designed to be watched and interacted with on your phone.…
AWS GraphRAG deployment cuts drug research cycles by 87%
A recent AWS GraphRAG deployment reduced drug research and development cycles in pharmaceutical environments by 87 percent. This acceleration is achieved by integrating previously separated proprietary databases into a unified and queryable knowledge graph. Historically, initial…
NHS AI blood test could reduce invasive womb cancer checks
Several NHS hospitals are preparing to use an AI-powered blood test to help assess women referred for possible womb cancer before invasive checks are carried out. According to The Guardian, around 90,000 postmenopausal women in England are referred by GPs each year for checks…
Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
A CEO argues that video games provide higher-quality training data than the internet for developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) because they offer structured, interactive environments that better simulate real-world actions and behaviors. This matters because current large language models (LLMs) struggle with practical understanding, and games could bridge the gap between text-based knowledge and real-world application.
Helping K–12 educators build practical AI skills
OpenAI Academy and the Walton Family Foundation are bringing hands-on AI Skills Jams to help K–12 educators build practical AI skills for the classroom.
Our approach to government and national security partnerships
Learn how OpenAI approaches government and national security partnerships, with principles for responsible AI use, democratic accountability, and public safety.
Separating signal from noise in coding evaluations
A new analysis from OpenAI reveals issues in SWE-Bench Pro, a popular coding benchmark, raising concerns about reliability and accuracy in evaluating AI models.
Introducing GPT-Live
A new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction, now powering ChatGPT Voice.
EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI Platform
The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy…
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Native-speed vLLM transformers modeling backend
Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
Founded in 2024, Prime Intellect’s goal is to give organizations capabilities to train their own agentic systems without relying on frontier AI labs.
Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B
The $300 million round is expected to be led by Menlo Ventures, Sifted reported.
Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool
The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic styles to videos.
Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is adding a new safeguard to stop people from secretly recording others with its AI glasses. But the update comes as the company continues to expand how much personal data its AI products collect and use.
OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.
These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
There are a lot of fast-growing AI startups, but some are growing even faster, they say.
Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space
Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil has joined Stoke Space’s board, signaling growing Silicon Valley interest in reusable rocket technology as a key focus for future spaceflight innovation. This move highlights the increasing emphasis on cost-efficient, sustainable space travel solutions in the private sector.
Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup
A Bezos-backed startup argues that gaming data—not just text—is key to achieving AGI, as current LLMs lack real-world interaction and physical understanding. This matters because training AI on complex, dynamic environments like games could bridge the gap between narrow AI and human-like general intelligence.
Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Earlier this week, a picture seemed to show Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. It turned out to be an AI-generated fake.
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
Elon Musk's tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI models.
This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter robots with minimal real-world data.
Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.
AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11 billion valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.
ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up
OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation. During a press briefing, OpenAI…
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
Miners backed by Trump admin sell to Japan, South Korea despite push to develop domestic supply chain.
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet
Open-source AI models are growing rapidly, but they currently complement rather than compete with frontier labs like Anthropic, as they serve different stages of AI development—open models enhance accessibility, while closed models drive cutting-edge innovation. This dynamic suggests open-source AI isn’t yet undermining commercial leaders, though long-term impacts remain uncertain.
Australian Payments Plus moves faster with ChatGPT and Codex
See how Australian Payments Plus uses ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to move faster through payments complexity. AP+ saves time, improves quality, and keeps human judgment central.
MUFG aims to become AI-native with OpenAI
MUFG uses ChatGPT Enterprise to build an AI-native organization, improve workflows, and deliver new AI-powered financial services at scale.
Expanding Managed Agents in Gemini API: background tasks, remote MCP and more
We’re announcing new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready agents.
The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’s proposal that Americans should share in the wealth created by AI is back in the…
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six…
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. He reaches down with both hands and pulls up a clump of muck, turning it over to…
From Hugging Face to Amazon SageMaker Studio in one click
Hugging Face Models on Foundry Managed Compute
LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve
Run AI workloads on any cloud, store on Hugging Face: zero-egress storage with SkyPilot
Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with an additional 200 users banned over the weekend before its team identified and fixed the problem.
Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models
Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.
Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos
The new image-generating model has numerous use cases, including advertising and decorating, and creator-based opportunities.
Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if their laptop is closed.
The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine
Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine.
Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.
Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it's coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announcement…
Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
Starting Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI platform will be available on mobile and web for the first time. The expanded access is rolling out first to Max subscribers and coming to Claude users on other plans "in the coming weeks." Claude Cowork was previously only…
Solos debuts an even lighter version of its camera-less smart glasses
Solos announced a new version of its AirGo smart glasses, one that forgoes cameras for a sleeker design and an AI assistant that relies on voice interactions. Last year's AirGo A5 weighed 36 to 40 grams depending on the frame style, but the new AirGo A6 weigh around 19 grams.…
Insilico Medicine advances AI drug for IPF to Phase III trials
Insilico Medicine is advancing to Phase III human trials for testing a drug identified by AI targeting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This progression supplies the computational drug discovery sector with empirical test cases, advancing an AI medicine past early safety…
L’Oreal, Mondelez, and Nestle use AI to speed product development
L’Oreal is using AI to shorten product development timelines and identify new uses for ingredients already present in its portfolio. The French cosmetics group has applied AI in its laboratories for the past four years, with Fabrice Megarbane, president of L’Oreal’s consumer…
Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
Reddit is leveraging large language models (LLMs) to combat spam and harmful content on its platform, a challenge exacerbated by the rise of AI-generated spam. This move highlights the growing need for platforms to use advanced AI tools to maintain content integrity in the face of evolving automation threats.
Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On…
The Download: South Korea’s hottest bachelors, and advancing eye transplants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. South Korea’s hottest new bachelors are chip workers Baek, a 35-year-old manager at the South Korean semiconductor titan SK…
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime…
US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.
Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.
You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.
Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as “images, files, and audio and video recordings,” to improve its AI models.
Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups
Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in a bid to strengthen its positioning as a stepping stone for promising AI startups.
I spy
I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural…
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today's cuts…
China’s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after
An AI companion sounds dystopian, but it has become a common thread in the wider conversation about the perils of generative AI. What it refers to is essentially a conversational agent built to sustain an ongoing, personal relationship with a user, with the memory and steady…
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Some of the nation’s rich are letting AI teach their kids
Most Americans don't trust AI. It's proven that it doesn't know what safe toppings for pizza are. People don't even want to listen to AI music. But none of that matters for some of America's wealthy, who are turning to AI to teach their kids instead of traditional schools.…
Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
"Group project, but make it 1776." That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google's collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the…
Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code
Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.
New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in the hands of everyone.”
The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself
Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude,…
The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway. —Jessica Hamzelou As the parent of two little girls,…
The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.
As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The five-year-old is given internet-based homework every week. And they are both absolutely repulsed by the idea of smoking. That…
The only AI glossary you’ll need this year
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
At the event "The Briefing: AI for Science" earlier this week, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a new "AI workbench for scientists" that pulls fragmented tools and datasets into one environment, and generates figures and visuals. Anthropic, already dominating the industry…
A behind-the-scenes look at Midjourney’s medical scanner leaves many questions unanswered
Midjourney has shown more of its futuristic medical scanner. It still hasn't shown much proof it works. The AI startup, best known for generating images, released a behind-the-scenes video of its dunk-tank ultrasound scanner, which it plans to deploy in spas and hopes will…
Takeda signs $600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico
Takeda has entered a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to use AI in early-stage drug discovery across the Japanese pharmaceutical company’s therapeutic areas. The companies did not disclose which therapeutic areas or disease targets will be covered…
Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.
Achieving operational excellence with AI
Frameworks like Lean Six Sigma and business process management (BPM) first gained traction because they promised clarity in the chaos—a structured way to bring order to messy, sprawling operations. Lean Six Sigma emphasized statistical rigor and quality control; BPM created…
Teaching AI to run with the turbines
Artificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its most consequential use cases are unfolding far from consumer-facing tools. In industries where physical infrastructure, operational continuity, and safety are…
The Download: a startup has a solution for AI’s groupthink problem
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT,…
Why California’s carbon manure math doesn’t add up
Something stinks in California’s climate policies. Years ago, the state set up a system that pays cattle farmers across the country to turn the methane emitted from cattle manure into natural gas, encouraging the dairy sector to produce a gas we burn instead of one that just…
Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become
Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But lo and behold.
Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket
Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using text prompts.
Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung
The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about letting the public share in the financial gains from the AI boom.
Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment
Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.
Yep, we’re using OpenClaw to date now
Ben Guez has "a bunch of potential international wives in [his] DMs," thanks to an automated script he set up using OpenClaw, Claude code, and Instagram trials.
Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office
Neo is Bhavin Turakhia’s fifth venture and his latest involving enterprise software. This time he's taking on Microsoft Office and Google Apps with AI.
OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times. CEO Sam Altman argued that giving the public a financial interest…
NVIDIA BioNeMo accelerates Anthropic Claude Science
Anthropic Claude Science now integrates the NVIDIA BioNeMo Agent Toolkit to accelerate computational life sciences research. Anthropic has launched the public beta of Claude Science, an AI workbench built for scientific research. The platform enables scientists to converse…
The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from June 2026.
New York City educators and industry leaders gathered at Google’s offices to shape the future of AI in classrooms.
Google, the New York Jobs CEO Council and Urban Assembly hosted an AI summit for 150 education and industry leaders.
LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.
Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1 and 10.” You’re going to get 7. Almost always. Now type “Another” and you’ll get 3 or 4. Type “Another” again and you’ll get 8 or 9. That won’t work every…
The Download: Anthropic launches Claude Science, and California’s carbon manure math
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and…
Hugging Face and Cerebras bring Gemma 4 to real-time voice AI
Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off
Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said.
Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac
Google's 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.
SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish
SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.
Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher's new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.
Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content
Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those used for AI training and agents, or risk being blocked by default on many publisher sites.
Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together 10,000+ founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations. and Q&A on what it takes to build and scale successful companies. Register now to save up to $330.
Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash
Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
The ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring
Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.
Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models
The Trump administration's erratic approach to AI policymaking has left companies across the industry with little clarity about what will govern future model releases.
Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent.
Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that. Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a…
Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight
Optimising retail AI infrastructure drives the successful deployment of personalisation systems and real-time customer insight. Leaders are replacing static customer interaction patterns with data pipelines capable of modifying the user environment during a live session. Static…
Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots
Japan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040, backed by public funding of up to one…
Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance
The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without…
Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored
Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5 and restored access to its Fable and Mythos frontier models following a federal export control review. The decision marks the conclusion of an eighteen-day operational pause triggered by a US government export control directive on June 12,…
Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
Amazon launched a new $1 billion "FDE" organization to embed engineers within companies, deploying customized AI agents aimed at rapid implementation and customer independence, signaling a major push to scale enterprise-focused AI solutions. This initiative underscores Amazon’s intensified competition in the AI agent space, following similar moves by OpenAI and Anthropic to drive adoption and operational efficiency.
How ChatGPT adoption has expanded
New OpenAI Signals data shows how ChatGPT adoption is growing globally, with users increasing usage, exploring more capabilities, and driving growth across regions and languages.
Introducing GeneBench-Pro
Introducing GeneBench-Pro, a new benchmark testing AI performance in genomics, biology, and scientific research using complex, real-world datasets.
Core dump epidemiology: fixing an 18-year-old bug
OpenAI engineers used large-scale core dump analysis to debug rare infrastructure crashes, uncovering both a hardware fault and a long-standing software bug.
Inside Genebench-Pro
Unlocking Britain’s next era of productivity: Building a nation of AI trailblazers
Google UK shares its latest Economic Impact Report and how to enable more people to unlock the benefits of AI-powered technologies.
Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product
At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers on Tuesday, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a major new product intended to support scientific research in the same way that Claude Code supports software engineering. Like Claude Code, Claude…
The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internet
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI agents are not your “coworkers” Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not…
Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t
Artificial intelligence is transforming what is possible in agriculture, but industry leaders should be wary of investing in AI without first laying the groundwork.  The use cases are promising, especially for an industry navigating volatile fertilizer costs, unpredictable…
Building tech in the world’s secret R&D hub
Apple. Anthropic. Disney Research. Google. Meta. Microsoft. NVIDIA. OpenAI. Few places outside Silicon Valley can claim R&D hubs from all of these companies. Fewer still are concentrated in a city of just over 400,000 people—roughly half the size of San Francisco. Over the…
ScarfBench: Benchmarking AI Agents for Enterprise Java Framework Migration
Why Specialization Is Inevitable
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Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade
Proton is releasing Lumo 2.0, an upgraded version of its privacy-focused AI chatbot, offering users enhanced features and broader capabilities. This update matters because it strengthens Proton’s commitment to secure, user-controlled AI while expanding functionality for its audience.
Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard
Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.
Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists
Anthropic's Claude Science is a workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research, saving them from the need to bounce between databases, pipelines, and tools.
X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.
Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.
The AI jobs debate just got messier
A new report finds "high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.
Vibe-coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility
Wix-owned vibe-coding platform Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model — with hopes that it will eventually outperform frontier models.
Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other
OKX is bringing together payments, identity, and reputation into a marketplace for AI agents.
OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS
The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.
The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.
Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite
Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.
Netflix is using an AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in its Willy Wonka reality show
A new teaser trailer confirmed that Wonka's The Golden Ticket will premiere on Netflix on September 23rd, following its Squid Game reality show in the trend of creating real competitions based on fictional torture scenarios. While the sets seen in the trailer are real and not…
Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X, Anthropic said it plans to begin restoring access Wednesday to users globally on Claude platforms, and that the company would…
Google’s NotebookLM can sum up your research in a TikTok-style clip
Google's NotebookLM is adding a new way to catch up on your notes: TikTok-style AI videos. The new feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, allowing NotebookLM to generate 60-second vertical AI clips based on the sources you upload to the app. The example…
Libby will filter out AI content, kind of
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. "AI is the new frontier for us," says Marc DeBevoise, who took over as the new CEO of OverDrive last week.…
Meet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice
Watching Elon Musk fulminate at Bill Savitt during Musk v. Altman - the case in which Musk sued Sam Altman and OpenAI instead of seeing a therapist about his AI failures - was a bit like watching a toddler have a temper tantrum at his nursery school teacher. Savitt's questions…
New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
Mapping Europe’s AI Workforce Opportunity
A new OpenAI report maps how AI could reshape jobs across the EU, highlighting which occupations may face automation, growth, or workflow changes.
Ask an AI expert: What exactly is the full stack?
A Google expert explains what it means to take a full-stack approach to AI and why it’s been the foundation of our AI work for so long.
Agent confidence on the technical frontier
Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mounts, executives and technology leaders are looking to agentic AI to drive the…
AI agents are not your “coworkers”
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one that your company…
The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can obscure…
DiScoFormer: One transformer for density and score, across distributions
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Arena, a widely used free AI leaderboard startup, has rapidly grown into a $100 million business just months after launching its commercial service in September, highlighting the rising demand for AI performance benchmarking tools. This shift from a free platform to a profitable enterprise underscores the increasing commercial value of AI evaluation metrics in the tech industry.
Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go
Cursor has launched a mobile app that allows users to remotely oversee and guide their coding agents from their phones, enabling real-time monitoring and adjustments to AI-driven development tasks. This matters because it enhances flexibility and accessibility for developers who need to manage coding workflows on the go, bridging the gap between desktop-based AI coding tools and mobile convenience.
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove AI-generated music that attempts to impersonate an artist or a group, the company said.
Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users
Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.
Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price
As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.
South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘RAMageddon’
The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.
Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet
Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.
OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex
OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device with several buttons, alongside the caption, "Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade." This…
Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music, but isn’t banning it outright
Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to "protect artists" and "inform listeners." Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-generated with an…
Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans' health and location information to data brokers - including information people reveal to an AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. In the coming weeks, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) are…
Advances in Natural Language Processing Are Changing Professional Networking
Natural language processing is reshaping professional communication on online platforms, enabling more relevant and personalised networking interactions. As AI-driven systems increasingly comprehend and generate human language, these technological advances affect how users…
HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier
HP has scaled its OpenAI Frontier integration across global operations to optimise enterprise workflows and accelerate output. The hardware manufacturer initiated testing of the platform in February 2026. Early pilot programs yielded verified operational gains in software…
Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage
The All England Lawn Tennis Club is adding new AI-powered features to Wimbledon’s digital platforms through its ongoing work with IBM. The updates will be available through the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com as first-round matches begin on Monday. They include an upgraded Match…
Best Automated Security Testing Tools for Modern DevSecOps
Modern DevSecOps needs security checks that run before release day. Teams now write code, build services and deploy updates at a pace that manual review cannot match. That’s why they use automated testing, as it helps catch routine flaws before they reach production. The…
xFusion scales enterprise AI from edge workstations to liquid-cooled data centres
xFusion presented scalable enterprise AI computing models at ISC 2026, transitioning hardware from edge devices to data centres. Enterprise technology buyers attending the Hamburg exhibition sought practical production frameworks. Hardware selection processes regularly fail to…
Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026
New partnership brings on-device deepfake detection to video calls on desktop SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2026 — Scam.ai today announced a partnership with Qualcomm and the launch of Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model for live video calls. Both announcements were made at…
HP Inc. launches Frontier strategic partnership with OpenAI
HP Inc. scales its OpenAI Frontier partnership to deploy AI across customer experiences, software development, and enterprise operations.
Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.
China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks, it seems that China has…
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is their new incubator program for independent artists that provides grants, mentorship, and marketing support. To apply, artists need…
Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial
Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year's Day in 2025, which became one of the deadliest wildfires in LA history. To make their case, prosecutors turned to location data from his iPhone, security camera footage, and witness testimony. But…
Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.
SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.
When confronted with cancer, Conno Christou fed everything tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on
New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.
Trump administration releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies
Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees.
Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’
Margaret Atwood, the storied author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin, was interviewed as part of the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival in Porto, Portugal. As it usually does at these things, the issue of AI came up, and Atwood didn't mince words. According to…
Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession?
Tim Cook recently said price increases were "unavoidable" and described the company's pricing as "unsustainable." The 16-inch MacBook Pro saw its price go up by $300. The 11-inch iPad Air went from $599 to $749. Even the HomePod Mini got a $30 bump to $129. Cook squarely placed…
OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm
“We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.”
Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model
OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with its most advanced safety stack.
It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore
AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.
The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this week.…
Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.
It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone confirmed, it felt like 39 °C. It’s frightening that we are…
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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.
Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending.   OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list…
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia
Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending.   OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list…
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Anthropic’s Mythos 5 is back
After a rollercoaster negotiation process with the Trump administration that dragged on for two weeks, Anthropic's Mythos 5 is finally back in action - at least, somewhat, for a select group of organizations, according to a letter from the government to Anthropic that was viewed…
Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse
It's been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. The company sprang into action immediately, sending a barrage of executives to Washington, DC. But updates have been suspiciously lacking,…
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama
Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday, the company unveiled the limited preview of its new GPT 5.6 model suite: Sol, the flagship; Terra, a…
SAP aligns commerce data for AI personalisation
SAP aligns fragmented commerce data structures to enable operational AI personalisation at the execution layer. Enterprise leadership routinely establishes objectives to anticipate customer requirements and deliver relevant interactions across digital touchpoints. However, the…
General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
How agents are transforming work
A new OpenAI research paper shows how AI agents are transforming work, enabling longer, more complex tasks and expanding productivity across roles.
Our latest Google Finance upgrades, including a new app
The new Google Finance is coming out of beta and launching a new Android app.
Repositioning retail for the AI era
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping retail, but not in the ways consumers might immediately notice. The biggest transformation may not be flashy virtual try-ons or chatbot shopping assistants, but in how decisions are made behind the scenes: how products surface in…
The Download: Europe’s heat wave hits the grid, and IBM’s chip targets Moore’s Law
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being…
IBM has unveiled chip technology that could help extend Moore’s Law another decade
IBM has built a new prototype chip with around 100 billion transistors on an area the size of a fingernail, which is twice the density of the company’s previous state-of-the-art technology announced in 2021. The design could pave the way for faster and more energy efficient…
Which tokens does a hybrid model predict better?
Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
OpenAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of with the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.
Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT
Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.
Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
Un-0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs' tools across its apps.
Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.
Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off-limits.
OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administration request
The Trump administration, apprehensive of potential security issues, has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its next big-ticket model, GPT-5.6. The Information reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday in a company Q&A that it would release…
Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems
To celebrate its new status as No. 1 in JD Power's initial quality ranking among mainstream automakers, Ford is opening up about the challenges it has faced in recent years, especially around its reliance on automated systems in production and design. It turns out that those…
Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app
Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now "reimagined" as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences and show them "exactly how to grow on Facebook," according to Meta's announcement.…
Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip
OpenAI’s financial trajectory hinges heavily on infrastructure costs, a reality that drove the development of the new custom OpenAI Jalapeño chip. Developed in collaboration with Broadcom, the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) represents a direct attempt to mitigate…
Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI are backing an effort to stop respiratory infections
The common cold comes for us all—often more than once a year. And there is no way to prevent it. The best you can do is take vitamin C and stay away from people with the sniffles. Now the payment company Stripe, founded by brothers Patrick and John Collison, says it will fund a…
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil LLM-optimized inference chip
OpenAI and Broadcom introduce Jalapeño, a custom AI chip built for LLM inference to improve performance, efficiency, and scale across AI systems.
Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants
Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being pushed to its limits as people turn to fans and air-conditioning to try to stay cool. Some power plants won’t be online to help handle the load. On June 23, France saw its hottest day since…
The Download: introducing the Engineering issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Engineering issue We can’t fix everything, but we can be ambitious. We can take on the challenge of making the…
The emergence of the web data infrastructure layer for AI
AI is booming. New use cases are emerging each day. To capitalize on the technology’s potential, enterprises require data at scale. In many cases, though, the relevant information is blocked or unstructured, which limits its use by AI models.  To understand this challenge,…
This flying solar-powered platform could deliver better internet from the air
As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Japan.  Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New Mexico–based company Sceye, will park some 18 kilometers…
All challenges big and small
When I was 18, I skipped my high school graduation and headed to Kuwait. It was 1991, the first Gulf War had just ended, and the country was in complete chaos. There was little to no electricity, aside from generator power. Rubble and unexploded ordnance were everywhere. Massive…
Accelerating Transformers Fine-Tuning with NVIDIA NeMo AutoModel
Introducing the FFASR Leaderboard: Benchmarking ASR in the Real World
OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
OpenAI has unveiled its first custom AI chip, codenamed *Jalapeño*, developed in collaboration with Broadcom to optimize performance for its inference systems, marking a strategic move to reduce reliance on third-party hardware like NVIDIA. This matters because it signals OpenAI's push toward greater hardware independence and efficiency in running AI models at scale.
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
Figma adds code layers, support for animations, more AI features in new update
Figma's update adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plug-ins for various tasks using AI.
Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks
The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.
Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, scaring investors.
AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.
The memory chip crunch is paying off for this US company
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.
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Congresswoman denies staff used AI to write defense funding amendment
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for "spellcheck" in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says "NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI." Luna issued the response after accounts on X began sharing…
OpenAI reveals its first AI processor: Jalapeño
OpenAI has just revealed a new "intelligence processor" chip for AI servers made in partnership with Broadcom. The chip, called Jalapeño, is designed to power current and future large language models, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Jalapeño is an ASIC…
The $27 million Al proxy war over Alex Bores ends in a draw
The expensive, $27 million political proxy war between Anthropic and OpenAI came to a draw last night when Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman whose popularity surged after being targeted by a pro-AI super PAC, narrowly lost the Democratic primary to represent New York's…
Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools
Figma has revealed some new design and coding product updates at its annual Config conference that aim to help creatives "push their ideas further" and automate tedious tasks with AI. Part of this is a reimagined canvas that's now optimized for full-stack development, according…
The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky
Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said "Hey, Google." In fact, in two days of testing, the…
Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack
Anthropic launched a beta version of its Claude Tag feature for Enterprise and Team tiers, shifting its chat model into shared Slack channels. Moving away from traditional isolated chat boxes, users pull the artificial intelligence model into active group threads by…
Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions
Samsung Electronics is expanding employee access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, giving staff wider use of AI tools for technical and non-technical work. According to OpenAI, the deployment covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all Device eXperience employees…
OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs
OpenAI is using AI to help the open source community better protect itself.
Omio scales travel product development using OpenAI models
Omio integrates OpenAI models across its engineering operations to accelerate travel product development and launch booking interfaces. The multimodal travel platform coordinates operations with over 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries. Omio explicitly rejects the…
The Download: the future of chipmaking and Anthropic’s government clash
The Dutch company ASML has developed a $400 million extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine, essential for producing the most advanced semiconductors, which the U.S. government is restricting from being sold to China to limit its access to cutting-edge AI technology. This move highlights the global race for semiconductor dominance and the strategic importance of chipmaking in AI development.
Elephant alert! AI warning systems aim to avoid deadly clashes
India is deploying AI-powered warning systems to reduce deadly human-elephant conflicts, as 80% of the country’s wild Asian elephant habitats lie outside protected areas, increasing encounters with humans. These systems use sensors and predictive analytics to alert communities and authorities in advance, mitigating risks where traditional conservation methods fall short.
How GPT-5 helped immunologist Derya Unutmaz solve a 3-year-old mystery
GPT-5 Pro helped solve a 3-year-old immunology mystery, offering insights into T cell behavior. The breakthrough could support cancer and autoimmune research.
Helping build shared standards for advanced AI
OpenAI helps build shared standards for advanced AI, supporting evaluation frameworks, safety practices, and global cooperation through the Appia Foundation.
How Omio is building the future of conversational travel
Discover how Omio uses OpenAI to power conversational travel experiences, accelerate product development, and transform into an AI-native company.
Ultrasound imaging turns a robot hand into a skillful mimic
Our hands are the nimblest parts of our bodies, coordinating 34 muscles, 27 joints, and over 100 tendons and ligaments to perform countless nuanced movements and gestures. So far, robots have been notoriously bad at mimicking that dexterity, in part because researchers struggle…
Reinventing the zipper
Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL, led by associate professor Stefanie Mueller, developed an adaptable three-sided zipper mechanism that simplifies tasks like pitching tents or adjusting casts, inspired by an earlier abandoned prototype. This innovation could make fastening systems more versatile and user-friendly in everyday and medical applications.
Engineered “mini livers” could be injected as an alternative to transplantation
Researchers led by MIT Professor Sangeeta Bhatia developed engineered "mini livers" that could serve as a potential alternative to organ transplantation for patients with chronic liver disease, addressing the critical shortage of donor organs and the risks of transplant rejection. This breakthrough offers a promising solution for those too weak for traditional transplants by providing functional liver tissue that could restore liver function.
Heads in the game
The Argentina v. France final of the 2022 Men’s World Cup in Qatar was shaping up to be one of the most epic games in soccer history. With just 12 minutes remaining in the extra time added to the game to break a tie, the referee had a critical decision to make—and fast. Lionel…
Sharing a love for calculus
The national conversation about the value of education is currently dominated by speculation about the risks and positive potential of AI.  Whatever your own perspective on that debate, I hope you’ll be glad to know that MIT is also working on a deeply important but…
Shipping huggingface_hub every week with AI, open tools, and a human in the loop
Build real agentic apps using CUGA: two dozen working examples on a lightweight harness
Experimenting with the proposed Cross-Origin Storage API in Transformers.js
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs is building a video-first hiring platform that combines AI interview agents with short-form video profiles, creating something that feels like a cross between LinkedIn and TikTok.
India’s MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Anthropic’s new Claude Tag brings an always-on AI teammate to Slack. But beyond productivity, the feature is a strategic play to capture organizational context, institutional knowledge, and enterprise workflows.
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The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you've tagged in your Familiar Faces…
Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial - director Luca Guadagnino's new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder / CEO Sam Altman - for distribution deals. And while Neon and Mubi are still said to…
The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
Google Health Coach seems to think I'm on the verge of physical collapse. My sleep is not where it needs to be, hence my unimpressive readiness score. My heart rate variability, a measure of how recovered I am, is below baseline. I'm spending too much time in a hot, humid…
Why corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers chronicling the misadventures of their favorite tech overlords and Washington swamp creatures. ("Favorite" is, of course, subjective.) Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here, especially if you want the hot scoop on…
Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its image generator, made an unusual pivot: medical imaging. The company announced a futuristic ultrasound scanner that would dunk users into a vat of water and, hopefully, produce "something as powerful as MRI" yet "as casual…
Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks
When Sony announced the Xperia 1 VIII last month, it promoted the phone by sharing some of the worst photos taken on a Sony camera in years. These weren't just any photos, though: they were taken with Sony's new AI Camera Assistant. After a week with the Xperia 1 VIII, I'm here…
Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
For the past three years, "Meta" and "Ray-Ban" have been synonymous in the smart glasses space. Not anymore. Yesterday, I slipped on several pairs of Meta Glasses - no Ray-Bans - in three different styles and seven colors. One style, I was told several times by various…
Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
Top spy agencies say AI cyber threats will impact you within months. Here’s why
The global surge in AI cyber threats is no longer a distant problem for corporate data centres, according to an urgent public warning from the world’s most powerful intelligence alliance. On June 22, 2026, the cybersecurity chiefs of the Five Eyes…
Patch the Planet: a Daybreak initiative to support open source maintainers
OpenAI introduces Patch the Planet, a Daybreak initiative helping open-source maintainers find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities with AI and expert review.
Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
Daybreak: Tools for securing every organization in the world
OpenAI introduces new Daybreak tools, including Codex Security and GPT-5.5-Cyber, to help organizations find, validate, and patch vulnerabilities at scale.
Codex-maxxing for long-running work
Learn how Jason Liu uses Codex to preserve context, manage complex projects, and help work continue beyond a single prompt.
Three things to watch amid Anthropic’s latest feud with the government
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. For those of you enjoying your summer unaware of Anthropic’s latest feud with the US government, here’s a recap: In April the company said it…
The Download: record-breaking subsea tunnels and flexible data centers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel —Niall Firth I’m currently around 1,000 feet beneath the North Sea, in…
PP-OCRv6 on Hugging Face: 50-Language OCR from 1.5M to 34.5M Parameters
We got local models to triage the OpenClaw repo for FREE!*
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and is hiring new execs.
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI's biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
The loop takes agentic AI a step further by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support
Amazon is planning to increase the footprint of its new conversational AI assistant Alexa+ to India and is inviting users in the country to test out a Hindi-language version.
The founder conference built for growth: TechCrunch Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26
Save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 by June 26, 11:59 p.m. PT. Designed for founders first on November 4 in Boston. Register today.
AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes
Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn't think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn't think it'd be "hell." After looking at a lot of tiny, overpriced places she described as "shitholes," Joyce found her dream apartment: a reasonably priced…
Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water
Public pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data center has "eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all…
Read this before you vibe-code another app
Bob Starr was delighted with his vibe-coded website. "Boomberg" showed how much US tax money is going to tech companies, and Starr launched it online immediately after making it. It wasn't until months after the site went live that he realized there was a problem: a hidden SQL…
Mitigating vendor lock-in with Sakana AI Fugu multi-agent models
Sakana AI launched Fugu to orchestrate multi-agent operations and mitigate single-vendor dependency risks in enterprise deployments. Enterprises face operational vulnerabilities when relying entirely on monolithic AI APIs. Japanese AI firm Sakana AI designed Fugu as a response…
L’Oréal brings Maybelline virtual try-on to ChatGPT
L’Oréal has announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will bring Maybelline New York’s virtual makeup try-on feature into ChatGPT. The announcement was made at VivaTech 2026. The partnership covers consumer-facing shopping tools, product discovery, advertising pilots, research,…
Samsung Electronics brings ChatGPT and Codex to employees
Samsung Electronics deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to employees worldwide, marking one of OpenAI’s largest enterprise AI rollouts.
When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?
On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27
Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’
"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search
So ... what's your In the Weights score?
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic
Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a…
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month…
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
The Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin, and many people were unconvinced.…
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me and the nature of…
Brain-computer interface trials are taking off
This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to speak coherently without the device. He has now spent almost three years using a…
From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.
Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.  Cybersecurity…
The US banned Anthropic’s Fable 5 release, but the numbers don’t seem to care
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.  Cybersecurity…
The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan. Now she needs a “brand-new team”
Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.
The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China, but how?
There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M
Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.
The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
Luca Guadagnino's film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman's termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in the works for about…
Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
Five months after returning to OpenAI, Barret Zoph - the company's head of enterprise AI sales - has departed, The Verge has learned. Zoph returned to OpenAI in mid-January after a stint as cofounder and CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, the competing AI company founded by former…
SAP and Google Cloud deploy agentic commerce architecture
SAP and Google Cloud are deploying agentic commerce architecture to automate multi-agent marketing and retail operations at enterprise scale. SAP research indicates 78 percent of businesses consider AI essential for retaining customers in 2026. However, the same data reveals…
e2e-assure introduces Cumulo, the U.K.’s only sovereign, AI-driven, zero-day SOC platform to secure IT and OT environments
Built around digital twin technology and customer-dedicated AI models, Cumulo answers the recent announcement by GCHQ for AI Cyber Shield, enabling early identification of threats and vulnerabilities before incidents occur Abingdon, U.K., 19 June, – SOC-as-a-service provider,…
New usage analytics and updated spend controls for enterprises
OpenAI introduces new spend controls and usage analytics for ChatGPT Enterprise, helping organizations manage costs and scale AI with confidence.
Improving health intelligence in ChatGPT
Learn how GPT-5.5 Instant improves ChatGPT’s health and wellness responses with stronger reasoning, better context, clearer communication, and physician-informed evaluations.
Using AI to help physicians diagnose rare genetic diseases affecting children
Researchers used an OpenAI reasoning model to help diagnose rare diseases, identifying 18 new diagnoses in previously unsolved cases.
The Download: a new hunt for dark matter and Kenya’s case for going solar
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The search for dark matter has been blown wide open For decades, physicists have hunted for weakly interacting massive particles…
The search for dark matter has been blown wide open
Underneath an Apennine massif, below the Jinping Mountains of Sichuan, and at the bottom of a South Dakota mine, there is a cosmic hunt afoot. Isolated deep beneath these rocky shields, massive detectors filled with liquid xenon aim to make the first direct detections of dark…
Microsoft sells OpenAI models in China. OpenAI and Anthropic won’t.
Microsoft has quietly become the main supplier of OpenAI models in China, selling the technology to the country’s largest internet companies even as OpenAI and Anthropic keep their own models out of the market on intellectual-property and misuse grounds. The arrangement,…
Is it agentic enough? Benchmarking open models on your own tooling
MosaicLeaks: Can your research agent keep a secret?
Beyond LoRA: Can you beat the most popular fine-tuning technique?
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round
Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be composed of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.
Almost half of US singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says
About 47% of singles look negatively at the use of AI in dating -- but many dating app users are open to AI helping with profile punch-ups and conversation starters.
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
‘Queer Eye’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
After spending a year and a half focusing on his own journey — from fitness and nutrition to meditation, sobriety, relationships, and personal growth — Brown wants to help others do the same.
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight
Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom.
Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Forget stickers, GIFs, and emoji reactions. Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmented reality (AR).
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away.
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away.
Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits
When three Amazon software engineers testified earlier this month at Seattle City Council hearings about data centers, they started their testimony by citing a city law barring employment discrimination over political speech. Now, they're accusing their employer of breaking that…
Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
On today’s episode of Decoder, my guest is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter for The Verge. Often when Hayden comes on the show, it’s because something has gone wrong in the world of AI. Last weekend, that something was a pretty intense mix of Anthropic, the Trump administration,…
Photoshop and Premiere now have AI assistants
Adobe's plan to stick AI assistants into all of its Creative Cloud suite is now fully underway, with new chatbots now rolling out to its biggest editing and design apps. As part of a public beta launching today, Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io now each…
Adobe’s redesigned AI studio remembers what your creations look like
Adobe is introducing some new capabilities for its Firefly AI assistant, alongside a "reimagined" AI studio that lets you edit and generate new designs from a single interface. The new Firefly experience launching today in private beta is designed to give you "persistent…
Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains
Computer vision deployments are driving retail productivity gains as operators automate physical shelf tracking to protect eroding margins. This hardware deployment directly addresses the persistent in-store execution failures currently costing the industry billions. A study…
HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud
HSBC has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deploy artificial intelligence tools across its global operations. Announced at Google Cloud Summit London 2026, the agreement covers work in wealth management, financial crime risk management, and…
A near-autonomous AI chemist improves a challenging reaction in medicinal chemistry
OpenAI and Molecule.one show how a near-autonomous AI chemist using GPT-5.4 improved a key drug-making reaction, advancing medicinal chemistry research.
Introducing LifeSciBench
Introducing LifeSciBench, an expert-authored, expert-reviewed benchmark for evaluating how AI systems handle real-world life science research tasks and decisions.
New research shows how AMIE, our medical AI, could help manage health conditions.
Research in “Nature” shows our conversational AI system matches primary care physicians in complex disease management.
The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Hacking the atmosphere: geoengineering gets a reality check Solar geoengineering, the controversial idea that we could…
Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar
Most of Kenya’s power grid runs on renewables. But with 25% of communities lacking centralized electricity, the nation is looking to off-grid solar to hit its goal of delivering universal electricity access by 2030 without driving up emissions. The ever-improving economics of…
Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check
Jim Franke pulls away the cover page of a presentation on the wraparound desk in his office, revealing an illustration of an odd-looking aircraft with massive wings stretching out from a stubby fuselage. The uncrewed plane is soaring thousands of meters higher than commercial…
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
DeepL has acquired Mixhalo, a platform that provides live‑event audio streaming and real‑time translation, and is opening a San Francisco office to grow its U.S. operations. The deal expands DeepL’s capabilities beyond text translation into live audio services
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest unveiled *Ask Pinterest*, an experimental AI shopping app that uses conversational queries to provide personalized product recommendations and inspiration, aiming to enhance user engagement and monetization through tailored e-commerce suggestions. The tool leverages AI to streamline discovery, potentially reshaping how users shop online by integrating search and recommendation into a single, intuitive interface.
MolmoMotion: Language-guided 3D motion forecasting
From the Hugging Face Hub to robot hardware with Strands Agents and LeRobot
GLM-5.2: Built for Long-Horizon Tasks
Agentic Resource Discovery: Let agents search
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
AI labs are outsourcing the tedious, manual collection of real-world training data for physical robots to companies like XDOF, highlighting the hidden labor and logistical challenges behind advancing embodied AI beyond language models. This matters because high-quality, diverse physical data is essential for robots to perform complex real-world tasks, yet remains a costly and undervalued bottleneck in AI development.
Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI
Pramaana Labs raised a $27 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures to apply formal verification—mathematical proof that software behaves as intended—to AI systems, targeting high-stakes fields like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation where accuracy is critical. This matters because it aims to reduce costly errors in AI-driven decisions by ensuring rigorous reliability in critical applications.
Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.
Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive
Snap's long-awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies…
NEA’s Tiffany Luck on AI IPOs, personal agents, and the ROI reckoning
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies…
Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off.
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.
Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
Midjourney CEO David Holz just showed off the company's first hardware product and plans to build a San Francisco spa, which he admitted is a bit different from the "cat pictures" produced by its AI image generator. Dubbed The Midjourney Scanner, it's an ultrasound-based…
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration abruptly ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals, including users inside the US and its own employees, forcing Anthropic to block access to…
Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Overall, use of AI chatbots has increased dramatically since 2024, when only 33 percent reported using them.…
Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable
Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when science crashes headlong into self-interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up here today! Got the scoop on a petty feud that's going to somehow fundamentally reshape the…
Can anyone look cool wearing Snap’s $2,000 glasses?
Yesterday, Snap debuted its new $2,195 Specs glasses. In an interview with CNBC, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel described the Specs as something the company had been working on for more than 12 years, an attempt to "bring computing into the world" and "make it more human." He positioned…
AI search grounded in Facebook posts? What could go wrong?
AI is pretty reliable at putting things on your calendar these days, but it hasn't quite cracked answering the related and all-important question of "What should I do this weekend?" Meta's new AI Mode in search could be a useful tool - if it ever learns to stop getting stuff…
Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week
Google's first new smart speaker in six years starts shipping on June 25th, narrowly missing its promised spring launch window. Preorders for the Google Home Speaker open today, June 17th. Nothing has changed hardware-wise in the nine months since the $99 speaker was announced.…
The next humanoid robot might not look human at all
The next humanoid robot might not have a head. It might not have legs. It might even sit on a wheeled base and fold down like a deck chair. But, as Genesis AI puts it, "humanoid robots don't need to look human." That explains the look of Eno, the new robot from the French…
"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
Google Cloud generative AI automates council planning operations
Government ministries are deploying Google Cloud generative AI across municipal agencies to automate council planning operations. Public sector administration handles vast volumes of unstructured data that delay infrastructure development. The UK central government established a…
Predicting model behavior before release by simulating deployment
OpenAI introduces Deployment Simulation, a method to predict AI model behavior before deployment using real conversation data to improve safety and evaluation accuracy.
SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T
SpaceX's valuation surged to $2.7 trillion after its shares began trading, surpassing Amazon to become the most valuable private company, reflecting strong investor confidence in its space ventures and future growth potential. This milestone highlights SpaceX's dominance in the aerospace industry and its pivotal role in commercial spaceflight and satellite internet expansion.
Exclusive eBook: How AI is becoming the next military advisor
A collection of stories about how militaries are using AI models to make decisions. This subscriber-only eBook is a package of six stories that were originally published in MIT Technology Review between April 11, 2025, and April 21, 2026, and have been updated to reflect recent…
The Download: the first brain implant power user and South Korea’s AI obsession
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This man with ALS is the first “power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes…
Sixty percent of US consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.
SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon
SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.
SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
SpaceX will acquire AI startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock to bolster its struggling AI division, following its recent blockbuster IPO that highlighted a projected $26 trillion AI market opportunity. The acquisition underscores SpaceX’s push to compete in AI amid growing industry demand.
Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.
Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Google’s latest AI models to its devices.
SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration…
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.
Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time
The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.
Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Respond.io, one of Malaysia's startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.
Apple 2027 rumors: AirPods with cameras for AI and the second folding iPhone
Now that we're clear of WWDC and all of the new AI-powered features coming to Apple's platforms, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has more details about rumored new hardware, like the camera-equipped AirPods he'd previously written about. He says they are currently on schedule for…
Qualcomm’s latest chip hints that more powerful smart glasses could be on the way
Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite. Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented World Expo, we've technically already gotten a…
SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion
Days after its massive IPO, SpaceX says it is spending $60 billion to buy Cursor - a bet designed to help Elon Musk's sprawling rocket / AI / social media behemoth win over lucrative enterprise customers and close the gap with AI rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI. The takeover…
Insurers pivot AI strategy toward core risk underwriting
AI investments by insurers are now expected to generate tangible business value beyond mere efficiency. According to findings in the 2026 Evident AI Index, insurers are now embedding AI technologies into workflows that directly influence underwriting discipline and capital…
EU publishes its AI content labelling playbook ahead of the AI Act’s August deadline
The European Union has published its AI content labelling playbook, a voluntary Code of Practice meant to help companies meet transparency rules that become law across the bloc on August 2 onwards. The European Commission released the final Code on 10 June, setting out…
AI Red Teaming Explained: What It Is and Why You Need It
With AI adoption accelerating, testing systems under adversarial conditions has become increasingly important. It enables organisations to identify vulnerabilities before deployment and strengthen overall system safety. Explore what AI red teaming is, why it matters and the…
How AI-Powered CMS Platforms Are Transforming Enterprise Content Operations
For years, enterprise content management was largely a publication tool. How do you get the right content, in the right format, to the right channel, without breaking workflows that span dozens of markets and hundreds of contributors? The answer was usually a combination of…
Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.
We’re strengthening our presence in Alabama through new investments and community support.
Google has announced a $1.5 billion investment for 2026 and 2027 to expand its data center campus in Jackson County, Alabama. Operating since 2019 on a repurposed former…
Why do South Koreans love AI so much?
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When I landed in Seoul after a grueling 12-hour flight from San Francisco, I walked through an unmanned immigration checkpoint, where a…
This man with ALS is “the first power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak
Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years. Harrell, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is paralyzed, first used his brain-computer interface (BCI) to “speak” sentences with the help of a research team in 2023. Since then,…
The Download: cutting AC emissions, and nature’s drug designer
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure. After three years of record-breaking heat and…
These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure.
After three years of record-breaking heat, this one is set to be yet another scorcher. Air-conditioning? Not going anywhere. The International Energy Agency projects that the number of AC units will triple by 2050. That’s good for health—one Lancet study estimated that AC…
SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
SpaceX has taken a major step toward going public with its IPO filing, marking a pivotal moment for the company as it transitions from a privately held startup to a publicly traded entity; this move could reshape the space industry by increasing transparency, attracting new investors, and potentially accelerating its ambitious goals like Mars colonization and satellite internet expansion. The IPO process, detailed in its S-1 registration, will reveal key financials, leadership stakes, and future strategies, offering unprecedented insight into the company’s trajectory after decades of private growth.
As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities
NewCore, a startup, raised $66 million to address the growing challenge of managing AI agents in enterprise security, arguing that securing these digital workers will soon be as critical as managing human employees. The company aims to provide identity solutions for AI agents to prevent security risks as businesses increasingly deploy autonomous AI systems.
A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means
NASA’s autonomous Earth observation satellite, developed under the Space Technology 7 Disturbance Reduction System, successfully detected and tracked a specific target—an asteroid—without human intervention in April, marking a breakthrough in AI-driven space exploration and reducing reliance on ground-based control. This advancement demonstrates the potential for future satellites to independently identify and monitor objects of interest, improving efficiency and responsiveness in space missions.
Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties
AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.
The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government interference.
Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms
Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.
Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models
A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export-control restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models, arguing that the order is going to limit the ability of cybersecurity defenders to secure their software and products.
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.
Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
At the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
Skydio CEO Adam Bry on why Silicon Valley shouldn’t draw red lines for drone use
Today, I’m talking with Adam Bry, who is CEO of Skydio, the leading US maker of autonomous drones. Before we recorded this episode, I actually got to remotely operate one of Skydio’s drones in the Bay Area from Adam’s laptop in our podcast studio in New York and fly an indoor…
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
As the rest of the country celebrated the USA's first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump administration over its latest model release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive to…
Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
Your public Facebook posts could help inform AI-generated results in Meta's new AI Mode. When you search on Facebook, the "AI Mode" option will appear alongside the usual search modes like "People" and "Marketplace." It's one of several new AI features Meta is rolling out…
All the news about Anthropic’s new AI fight with the White House
Anthropic was already navigating one dispute with the government in its standoff with the Pentagon, and then came an order on June 12th to block off foreign access to its most recently released AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. When they launched on June 9th, Anthropic said…
Trump’s Anthropic shutdown just made the case for non-American AI
At Washington's request, Anthropic suddenly took its newest and most powerful AI models offline over the weekend. The American company said it had little choice after the White House demanded it block access for all foreign nationals, including its own employees. Abroad, the…
Big Tech’s desperate last push at AI regulation
For months, Big Tech's Washington lobbyists have chased after the holy grail of pro-AI legislation: preemption. This would be a comprehensive federal law, passed in Congress and signed by the president, applying one set of AI rules across the entire country and overriding the…
Accenture: Consumers show growing trust in AI shopping agents
Consumers are showing a willingness to let AI agents take on more shopping-related tasks, according to new research from Accenture. The company’s 2026 Consumer Pulse Research, based on a survey of 25,590 consumers across 16 countries, found that 74% of respondents would trust a…
HarmonyOS 7 steps into the AI gap Apple left open in China
Four days after Apple confirmed that Siri AI would not launch in China, Huawei took the stage in Dongguan and declared HarmonyOS 7 the beginning of the agent era. The gap Apple could not fill, Huawei has moved into with an architecture built specifically for it. What HarmonyOS 7…
The AI off switch: How Anthropic’s export controls sparked a global AI sovereignty scramble
Anthropic export controls turned an abstract policy fear into a live one last week: as of June 13, 2026, one US government directive took the company’s two most powerful AI models offline for users everywhere, including, briefly, Anthropic’s own foreign-born…
Introducing the OpenAI Partner Network
OpenAI launches the Partner Network, investing $150M to help global partners accelerate enterprise AI adoption, deployment, and transformation.
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
Startups are trying to "ride that SpaceX IPO wave."
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India’s AI ambitions.
Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand
This is the most concrete step yet toward complying with a divestiture order Beijing issued roughly two months ago on national security grounds.
China may have accessed Mythos
According to a new report from Semafor, the White House's decision to impose export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos was driven in part by fears that it had been accessed by a group linked to China. If the Chinese government actually had access to Mythos 5 or Fable 5, it would…
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations
Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.
OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general
It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data.
Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living
Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban
According to the The Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House. According to the…
My yard is dying, so I made an app for that
When I returned to my computer five minutes after giving Gemini a lengthy prompt, I had two things: a functional app in a preview window, and a message about a bug. "~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!" Sounded bad! But right below it was a button to fix the…
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, due to national security concerns. That order included employees of Anthropic. To meet those demands, the company has completely…
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don't think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27 are pretty tame compared to what you can do on, say, Google's Pixel phones. But…
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms' video models are…
Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
Jeff Bezos-backed AI startup Prometheus raised $12 billion in a new funding round, valuing the company at $41 billion, to develop an "artificial general engineer" aimed at automating complex physical-world tasks like heavy engineering and drug design. This investment highlights growing investor confidence in AI's potential to revolutionize industries beyond software, particularly in high-stakes, resource-intensive fields.
Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’
Jeff Bezos’ AI startup, Prometheus, is developing an "artificial general engineer" to create AI-powered tools that assist in designing physical products, potentially revolutionizing engineering workflows by automating complex problem-solving tasks. This initiative matters because it could significantly accelerate innovation in hardware and infrastructure development by integrating advanced AI into the engineering process.
New OpenAI Academy courses for the next era of work
OpenAI introduces three Academy courses that help people build practical AI skills, create repeatable workflows, and apply agents in everyday work.
How Preply combines AI and human tutors to personalize learning
Preply uses OpenAI to launch AI-generated lesson summaries, providing personalised feedback and language learning exercises.
SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know
SpaceX is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), following its decades-long journey from startup to industry leader in space exploration, with its S-1 registration document detailing key financials and stakeholder impacts. This potential IPO could reshape the aerospace sector by offering public investors a stake in a company central to satellite launches, space travel, and future Mars missions.
Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
Google has sued an alleged Chinese cybercrime operation called "Outsider Enterprise" for using AI to send 2.5 million scam text messages to hundreds of thousands of victims over a two-week period. This lawsuit matters because it highlights the growing threat of AI-powered cybercrime and the need for tech companies to take action against such operations to protect their users.
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX.…
The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company…
Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now
Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to try to treat the…
Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet it knows when the wind…
olmo-eval: An evaluation workbench for the model development loop
SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration…
Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
Mistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation
The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.
It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX.…
Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.
SpaceX’s massive IPO: all the latest news
SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and raised enough money to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire. He has more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like…
Siri is good now??
You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a…
Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk's net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after SpaceX's IPO. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX…
Siri won’t be your AI girlfriend
Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that's very much by design. In an interview with Mostly Human spotted by MacRumors, Craig Federighi said Apple's new Siri won't act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others. "As…
Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI
Coinbase for Agents connects AI to financial execution channels to automate trading and payments directly from user portfolios. Large language models process vast quantities of data but lack direct integration with active financial portfolios. Individuals frequently employ these…
Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact
Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other online. According to Rohin Shah, who directs the company’s AGI safety and alignment research, the mass-market arrival of agents that can…
How an astrophysicist uses Codex to help simulate black holes
Discover how astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan uses Codex to build black hole simulations, helping scientists study extreme physics and test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Supporting Europe’s work in ensuring a trustworthy AI ecosystem
OpenAI supports the EU Code of Practice on AI content transparency, advancing provenance standards and tools to help people understand AI-generated content.
OpenAI to acquire Ona
OpenAI plans to acquire Ona to expand Codex with secure, persistent cloud environments, enabling long-running AI agents across enterprise workflows.
BBVA puts AI at the core of banking with OpenAI
Learn how BBVA scaled ChatGPT Enterprise to 100,000 employees and partnered with OpenAI to accelerate AI-powered banking transformation worldwide.
Our new community investments in Virginia support local jobs and expand energy affordability.
We’re helping build the state’s next-generation workforce and investing in energy programs.
The Download: soccer’s data renaissance and China’s big nuclear plans
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside soccer’s data renaissance Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player intentionally…
Inside soccer’s data renaissance
Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player intentionally send the ball all the way down the pitch and right out of bounds on the opponent’s end. Casual fans might scratch their heads. Where’s the logic in surrendering possession seconds…
Profiling in PyTorch (Part 2): From nn.Linear to a Fused MLP
SpaceX SPV investors won’t know their true holdings until post-IPO lock-ups lift
After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud.
SpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever
Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun.
Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others
Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.
Pool’s new app turns your screenshots into something useful
Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.
DoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos
The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
The decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
If founders and other business leaders weren't already envious of Dario Amodei, who sits atop one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies, they're going to be seriously envious now.
Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year
Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center…
Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrails
Anthropic has apologized for stealthily throttling its new AI model, Claude Fable 5, with hidden guardrails that undermine both researchers and rivals using it to develop competing systems. The company says it is reversing course and will be more transparent about when the…
Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services
Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated music. It even offered its tech to other platforms, but it doesn't seem like it had many buyers. Qobuz…
Visa ChatGPT integration enables AI agent retail purchasing
Visa has linked its payment infrastructure to ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to recommend retail products and execute financial transactions. The deployment removes human intervention from the final stages of the retail funnel. Autonomous agents will now process user prompts,…
Xebia: Why AI agents fail without the right data foundation
If your remit is to help your organisation add AI agents to accelerate its processes, you have to start at the foundation – and that means making your data available for AI consumption. Agentic AI scales on data strength, as Niels Zeilemaker, global CTO at Xebia, explains. “If…
Access OpenAI models and Codex through your Oracle cloud commitment
Access OpenAI models and Codex through Oracle Cloud, using existing commitments to build and deploy AI with enterprise security and governance.
PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US
A new report from OpenAI details PRC-linked influence operations using AI to target U.S. tech debates, data center narratives, tariffs, and false claims about ChatGPT.
From data to decisions: how LSEG is scaling trusted AI
See how LSEG uses OpenAI to scale trusted AI across its global business, accelerating insights, shrinking release cycles, and empowering 4,000 employees.
The Download: the “steroid olympics” and a safer Mythos
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture —Amit Katwala A couple of weeks ago, at a $50 million arena…
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.
Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues
Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable
Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in
AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in with model makers.
The three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceX’s unbelievable IPO
Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.
Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.
How memory tools can make AI models worse
New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.
Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business
The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation from S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.
Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats
Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.
Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance
The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.
Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
Claude Fable won’t answer basic biology questions
Anthropic just released Claude Fable 5, calling it the most powerful AI model it has ever made widely available and praising its skills in biology, among others. But the model won't answer basic biology questions - the kind you'd expect a high schooler to handle. Instead, it…
Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like everyone to talk it out. In a blog post running more than 3,100 words, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith addressed the recent spate of…
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you're not a subscriber, you can get on board here.) We're back after a two-week hiatus, during most of which I was gallivanting in…
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now. A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming that it illegally used songs they uploaded to YouTube to…
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5 for employees because of Anthropic's new data retention requirements. While…
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Search Services History" setting. That includes the images you search for with…
Siri AI arrives with Google inside, and much of the world is locked out
“We’ve all had that moment where you search for something you know is there, but it just won’t show up.” Apple’s Stacey Ford, vice president of OS Program Management, was talking about Spotlight at WWDC 2026, but she could have been describing the…
McDonald’s tests Google-backed AI drive-thru ordering system
McDonald’s is testing a new AI system that can take drive-thru orders and support restaurant operations. The system, called ArchIQ and nicknamed “Archy,” was introduced during the company’s Worldwide convention, according to Restaurant Business. It is being tested at five…
Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.
Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
NeuroBait: I fine-tuned a model to spark dopamine for ADHD brain
NeuroBait is an AI model fine-tuned to deliver dopamine-like responses tailored for ADHD brains by providing immediate, rewarding feedback loops. This matters because it could offer a novel, personalized approach to improving focus and motivation for individuals with ADHD through AI-driven reinforcement.
How engineers at Nextdoor use Codex to build without limits
How engineers at Nextdoor use Codex with GPT-5.5 to investigate hard-to-reproduce issues, build across platforms, and focus on product outcomes.
What Codex unlocks for Notion
How Notion uses Codex to one-shot specs, build AI Voice Input for the web, and multiply engineering power across small teams.
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, marking the first public availability of its Mythos-class AI model. This launch is significant because, despite offering advanced capabilities, the model includes specific guardrails that restrict its use in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and biology.
WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its long-standing Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
The Download: whole-body rejuvenation drugs and five things to know about AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. David Sinclair plans to test whole-body rejuvenation drugs in the XPrize competition The outspoken longevity scientist David…
Learning to lead in a hybrid human-AI enterprise
As adoption of AI agents looks set to surge by as much as 300% in the next two years, leadership teams are carefully considering the implications of a hybrid human-AI workforce. Unlike existing enterprise-level automation that relies on manual input, AI agents are capable of…
David Sinclair plans to test whole-body rejuvenation drugs in the XPrize competition
The outspoken longevity scientist David Sinclair has been predicting that one day, you’ll go to the doctor and get a prescription that will make you 10 years younger. Now MIT Technology Review has learned that he has plans to launch human tests of an oral…
Five things you need to know about AI
At SXSW London last week I gave a talk called “Five things you need to know about AI,” in which I shared what I think are the biggest themes in AI right now. I pulled a few things from our first AI10 list, an annual guide to the most important trends in this buzzy world,…
Can Voice Agents Handle Bilingual Customers? Benchmarking Frontier ASR on Code-Switched Speech
Introducing North Mini Code: Cohere’s First Model For Developers
How an Agent Built a 3D Paris Gallery by Chaining Two Hugging Face Spaces
Migrating Your GitHub CI to Hugging Face Jobs
It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams
Sandstone's Series A comes just six months after a Sequoia-led seed round.
Lovable says it has hit $500M in annualized revenue, with 1 million new projects a week
Lovable says it has now surpassed $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue and its users are building businesses and replacing internal software.
How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
Orbital founder Euwyn Poon built 250,000 scooters at Spin. Now he wants to launch 10,000 space data centers.
Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart
Can Apple's new AI glow-up put to bed accusations that it's losing an all-important industry race?
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia, accusing it of ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or "spirit week" theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in one shot. And I have good news for parents with iPhones - the new Siri can finally do this. After…
GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid…
Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of…
Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers. During an episode of Decoder on Monday, Suleyman says he meant AI will help these workers complete tasks,…
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of here
Apple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold promises about AI. The company, CEO Tim Cook said, would be "introducing new technologies and innovations that push the limits on what's possible." But its slew of announcements - centered on a brand-new "Siri AI" - had…
Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model Claude Fable
Anthropic just announced Claude Fable 5, a new AI model it said is the most powerful model it has ever made widely available. According to the company, Fable 5 "shows exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, and vision," with its lead over other models…
Apple is embracing the fantasy of AI photo editing
Apple used to question whether generative AI-powered editing features were worth the risk of distorting our perceptions of the world. Now it seems Apple no longer believes that photos should accurately capture reality. At WWDC 2026, the company announced a host of new AI-powered…
Apple’s best AI idea looks a lot like vibe coding
Most of Apple's current AI ideas are roughly the same as everyone else's AI ideas. A chatbot you can ask questions; quick ways to create or summarize text; bizarre, borderline creepy image-generation tools. The company spent most of its WWDC keynote playing catch-up with the…
Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
As expected, yesterday's WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: It didn't rush into AI because it was taking its time to do things right. In this case, "right" means "with more privacy than anyone else."…
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from…
How to sign PDFs easily online with a PDF signer
Signing PDFs has become an important task for businesses and individuals alike. Whether you’re handling contracts, legal agreements, or forms, the ability to quickly and securely sign PDFs online is essential. Fortunately, with the rise of online PDF signers, signing PDFs…
Autonomous AI Data Loss in DevOps: Building Efficient Defenses
Autonomous AI agents are altering the speed at which software is shipped. Unfortunately, they are also shrinking the time it takes for a mistake to become a catastrophe, creating a dangerous blind spot in many security strategies. The threat no longer comes just from external…
The Open Source Community is backing OpenEnv for Agentic RL
WWDC 2026: What to expect, from Siri’s highly anticipated revamp to Apple Intelligence and iOS 27
Apple’s 2026 WWDC is expected to unveil a major Siri overhaul powered by on-device AI, alongside the debut of iOS 27 and expanded Apple Intelligence features, marking a significant step toward smarter, more integrated AI capabilities across its ecosystem. This matters as it could redefine user interactions with Apple devices and position the company as a leader in consumer AI.
The crash that vanished: control and emergence in a five-model economy
A recent study explored how a "crash" in a simulated five-model AI economy led to unexpected emergent behaviors, highlighting the challenges of maintaining control in complex, interconnected AI systems. This matters because it underscores the risks of unpredictable outcomes as AI models interact in real-world applications, emphasizing the need for robust oversight mechanisms.
WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
Apple will let you build workflows using AI in its new Shortcuts app
Shortcuts gets an AI upgrade, letting you describe the workflow you want in a prompt.
Apple gives Siri its own dedicated app
Apple has launched a dedicated Siri app, separating it from Apple's Shortcuts app, to enhance accessibility and streamline voice assistant interactions. This move aims to improve usability and signal Apple's commitment to advancing AI-driven features.
Apple is fixing the headache of splitting the bill with its new Siri in Camera feature
Apple is introducing a new "Siri in Camera" feature that lets users point their iPhone at a restaurant bill, select their ordered items, and split the tab via Apple Cash, simplifying group payments. This matters because it streamlines a common hassle in social dining, making bill-splitting faster and more intuitive for iPhone users.
Apple’s long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here
Apple has unveiled a major overhaul of Siri, transforming it from a basic voice assistant into an advanced AI companion capable of handling more complex tasks and conversations. This update marks a significant shift in Apple’s approach to AI, aiming to enhance user interaction and functionality.
OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic
The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms.
Confidential submission of draft S-1 to the SEC
OpenAI confirms a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC and has not yet determined timing for further action.
Introducing the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange
OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects.
Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI
Amazon has introduced a feature in its Shopping app enabling users to create custom designs using AI via Alexa, which can then be printed on merchandise such as T-shirts, hoodies, and tumblers. This innovation streamlines personalized product creation, making it easier and faster for customers to design and purchase unique items directly through the app.
Built to benefit everyone: our plan
A vision for the future of AI, focusing on access, safety, and shared prosperity as OpenAI works to ensure AGI benefits everyone.
Apple is using AI to fix Safari’s extension problem
Apple is trying to solve one of Safari's biggest weaknesses with AI. Safari has long lacked the robust library of extensions that its rivals have, mainly due to the stringent development requirements from Apple. But now, Apple is inviting users to essentially vibe-code their own…
OpenAI files for IPO, following Anthropic
OpenAI on Monday checked off a preliminary step in the IPO race that it and rival Anthropic have been competing in for the better part of a year: The company announced it has confidentially submitted a Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, following…
Apple announces Siri AI and its next generation of Apple Intelligence
Two years after first revealing its plans for Apple Intelligence and a smarter Siri that never fully materialized, at WWDC, Apple just revealed a new set of AI features and a smarter, more personalized Siri. Apple calls Siri AI an "entirely new version of Siri" and says it's…
The Download: how the World Cup ball will fly and OpenAI’s “super app”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why this year’s World Cup ball may not fly as far Much is new about this month’s FIFA World Cup tournament. It hosts more teams…
Apple’s WWDC AI demos looked more real after $250M false ad settlement
The vibe of Apple's 2026 WWDC keynote felt like a spouse proudly listing all the honey-do-list items tackled. One subtle example: the many AI demos of someone standing, phone in hand.
Apple’s Image Playground doesn’t suck anymore
Apple's AI image generator is getting a makeover that could make it more competitive.
Apple’s Photos app is getting new AI editing features
A new spatial "Reframe" feature will let users use AI to adjust perspectives.
Apple plays catch-up at WWDC
Apple spent much of its WWDC keynote highlighting fixes, performance improvements, and long-requested features before unveiling its upgraded AI-powered Siri, signaling that the company wants users to see AI as just one part of a broader effort to improve its software.
Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers
As AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads.
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
Apple just taught your iPhone to finish your sentences, your photos, and your workflows
Apple is adding new AI-powered features to Safari, Shortcuts, and Password apps.
Microsoft’s AI chief says superintelligence is near, but won’t take your job
Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short — I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode. We covered everything from Mustafa’s…
NotebookLM’s Gemini 3.5 upgrade adds a cloud computer and help finding sources
Google is rolling out "across the board" updates to NotebookLM. The AI-powered note-taking app now uses Google's upgraded Gemini 3.5 model, which will allow it to respond with "more accurate and reliable information," according to a blog post on Monday. Launched in 2023,…
Amazon is launching AI-generated custom merch
Amazon is expanding its print-on-demand features to AI-generated designs created using Alexa for Shopping for products like T-shirts, water bottles, and hoodies. Shoppers can use text prompts to generate images that are then printed onto blanks for sale on Amazon. They can then…
WWDC 2026: How to watch and what to expect
Apple's biggest event of the year is nearly here. The company's Worldwide Developers Conference will spotlight updates to iOS, macOS, and all of Apple's other operating systems, and this year's event could also include a major overhaul for Siri. Here's how you can watch along…
For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer
73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent.
Aviva deploys AI to stop £230M in sophisticated insurance fraud
Aviva has uncovered a record £230 million in insurance fraud claims and is using AI tools to counter the growing problem. The battleground has changed, and the culprits are also coming armed with a new generation of tools. We’re now in an environment where AI is being used…
Weis Markets adds Instacart AI-powered shopping carts to stores
Weis Markets is adding Instacart’s AI-powered shopping carts, Caper Carts, to select stores in Pennsylvania, bringing digital coupons, loyalty features, and repeat-purchase recommendations into the grocery aisle. The Pennsylvania-based grocery chain is working with Instacart to…
Sponsors especially OPENAI CODEX voucher usage for codex - openAI challange
Sponsors, including OpenAI through its Codex voucher program, are driving increased usage of Codex for the OpenAI Challenge, highlighting the growing role of AI tools in competitive programming and developer challenges. This matters because it demonstrates the practical adoption of AI-powered coding assistants in real-world scenarios, accelerating innovation and accessibility in software development.
Amazing Digital Dentures (a failed project)
Amazing Digital Dentures, an AI-powered denture design project by dental software company 3Shape, was discontinued in 2023 after failing to gain market traction despite its promise of faster, more precise digital denture creation. The project's collapse highlights the challenges of integrating AI into specialized medical workflows and the importance of practical adoption in healthcare innovation.
Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
We're likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public.
Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption
Notion's head of product said he was "astonished" at “the amount of people RT-ing this."
OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’
"Chat is dead" — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee.
AI ‘content creators’ are getting harder to spot
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI confusion, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started At first, AI influencers were…
Persona Atlas: Mapping How Famous Minds Think
Persona Atlas: Mapping How Famous Minds Think is a new AI tool that analyzes and simulates the thought processes of historical figures, celebrities, and public personas by training models on their writings, speeches, and interviews. This breakthrough in AI-driven personality simulation could revolutionize fields like education, entertainment, and customer service by enabling more nuanced, context-aware interactions with AI systems.
What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates
At WWDC 2026, Apple is expected to unveil a major Siri overhaul and expanded Apple Intelligence features, marking a significant step in AI integration for its ecosystem. This matters as it could enhance user experience with smarter, more personalized AI-driven interactions across devices.
Five labs, five minds: building a multi-model finance drama on small models
Researchers developed a multi-model financial analysis system using five small AI models, each specializing in different financial tasks, to collaboratively generate detailed market insights with improved efficiency and lower computational costs compared to larger models. This approach demonstrates how specialized, lightweight AI can enhance financial analysis while reducing resource demands.
OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks
Even with Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT could be vulnerable to prompt injections, but the goal is to reduce the likelihood that sensitive data gets shared in the process.
Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor
Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump's AI policy.
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI
President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."
The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center
A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the "No Data Center" signs going up that, "I've seen a…
Meta made its own AI-generated clickbait news feed
Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI. The standalone Meta AI app now has a "For You" section that populates a list of clickbait-style stories for you to read. But the topics, images, and text are…
Here comes new Siri again
Apple has been on its back foot, AI-wise, for the past few years. But in a strange way, playing from behind might not be such a bad move. At WWDC on Monday, Apple appears to be getting ready to reintroduce us to the new Siri. Again. As a reminder, we met the new Siri in […]
Thousand Token Wood: shipping a multi-agent economy on a 3B model
Thousand Token Wood introduced a multi-agent economy powered by a 3-billion-parameter model, demonstrating efficient coordination among AI agents using minimal compute—highlighting scalability in decentralized AI systems. This breakthrough matters as it proves large-scale collaboration can be achieved with smaller, more efficient models, reducing costs and resource demands for complex AI applications.
The latest AI news we announced in May 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from May 2026
The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos On Monday, reports emerged that attackers had used Meta’s AI customer…
Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?
This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people…
The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos
On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach was simple: They asked the agent to link the accounts to email addresses that they controlled, and the agent complied. One attacker broke into…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days
Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October at San Francisco's Moscone West.
The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs
"The whole conversation shifted from tokenmaxxing and 'go fast' to 'we need guardrails, how do we control this?'"
Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products.
The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone
While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction.  Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social…
The ‘together tech’ wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026
While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction.  Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social…
AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India
The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.
Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully
In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist.
This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film
When Quilty hit the industry trades earlier this year, the AI startup promised that its tool could accurately predict a film's success just by reading the script. When people actually got a chance to experiment with Quilty's product, though, they were left skeptical. Even with…
This is your laptop… on AI
We're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything. Nvidia's Jensen Huang made that clearer than anyone this week, when he described a…
New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers
The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law. Lawmakers behind the bill say it's meant to give policymakers time to understand the impact of large…
How C3 AI agents will automate predictive maintenance for Shell
Shell will use agents from C3 AI to shift from basic anomaly detection towards fully-automated predictive maintenance. The global energy giant is building on their current use of the C3 AI Reliability Suite, which already keeps tabs on more than 30,000 crucial pieces of…
How to Fine-Tune Nemotron 3.5 ASR for Your Language, Domain, or Accent
NVIDIA released a guide explaining how to fine-tune its open-source Nemotron 3.5 ASR model for specific languages, domains, or accents, enabling developers to improve speech recognition accuracy for specialized use cases. This matters because customizing the model can enhance performance in niche applications like medical transcription or regional dialects, broadening its accessibility and utility.
How Endava is redesigning software delivery around AI agents
Learn how Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to accelerate software delivery, automate workflows, and build an AI-native culture across the enterprise.
Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT
ChatGPT introduces a new memory system to better remember preferences, keeping context fresh and relevant across conversations.
Biodefense in the Intelligence Age
An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience
What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates
Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to.
The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal…
How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits
Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can’t afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one. She reads…
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety: Customizable Multimodal Safety for Global Enterprise AI
EVA-Bench Data 2.0: 3 Domains, 121 Tools, 213 Scenarios
Designing the hf CLI as an agent-optimized way to work with the Hub
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.
Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns
Anthropic has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company announced that annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, up dramatically from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025. That trajectory faces a real test, though.
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.
Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles on June 18
On Thursday, June 18, at The Aerospace Corporation Campus, investors, founders, and tech leaders will gather for an evening of conversation exploring some of the most consequential shifts taking place across venture capital, defense technology, artificial intelligence, and…
Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents
Meta may have found one way to slash its massive data center bill: tents.
Apple approves Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform
Poke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform.
Meta rolls out a new AI creator assistant on Facebook
Creators often have to parse through charts and dashboards to understand their performance, but with the new AI assistant, they can get quick answers to questions like "When should I post?" and "What are people saying in my comments?"
Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission
Apple's App Store generated $1.4 trillion in sales, up from $1.3 trillion last year, with $149 billion in sales for digital goods.
TSMC struggles to keep up with AI demand: ‘We can only support so much’
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. - the world's biggest semiconductor-maker - is struggling to meet demands from American customers even with its factory buildout in the US, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. "Customer demand is so high, and we can only…
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and coauthor of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I can’t recommend it enough. I wanted to have Ryan on the show because we’re on the…
Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center
Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying…
Let us filter AI slop, you cowards
It's almost impossible to avoid seeing AI-generated content online, but it doesn't have to be this way. YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and more have ramped up content authentication efforts over the last year, with many now automatically applying labels to distinguish AI-generated…
AI leaders call for tougher protections against AI-aided bioweapons
Some of the AI industry's biggest rivals have put their many, many grievances aside for a common cause: making it harder for people to use their technology to develop biological weapons. In an open letter to US lawmakers, tech leaders are pressing Congress to enact rules closing…
Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to
Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with robots.…
Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults
By targeting large numbers of users, attackers increased their chances of success.
Meta Business Agent drives AI-powered conversational commerce
Meta has launched Business Agent to automate conversational commerce workflows directly inside its messaging applications. The software allows global retail brands to execute transactions and field support tickets without human intervention. Deploying this architecture places…
Scout from M’Soft is the agentic Autopilot that works across M365
Microsoft has announced the wider testing of its new Autopilot feature at the Microsoft Build event this week, backed by a post on the company’s’ website. Autopilots are described as a new category of agents that can work autonomously on a user’s behalf.…
Amazon brings AI shopping assistant to retailers with Kate Spade
Amazon is offering its AI shopping technology to other retailers through a new Agentic Shopping Assistant built on AWS, with Kate Spade among the first brands to use it. The service allows retailers to build AI shopping assistants for their own websites and apps. Amazon said…
A blueprint for democratic governance of frontier AI
OpenAI outlines a blueprint for U.S. governance of frontier AI, proposing a federal framework for safety, resilience, and national security.
OpenAI public policy agenda
OpenAI outlines its public policy agenda for AI, including safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and global standards to ensure AI benefits society.
Introducing new capabilities to GPT-Rosalind
GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.
How Wasmer used Codex to build a Node.js runtime for the edge
See how Wasmer used Codex with GPT-5.5 to build a Node.js runtime for the edge, accelerating development 10x to 20x and shipping in weeks instead of months.
5 ways Google Search can level up your thrift and vintage shopping
Uncover second-hand scores with AI tools in Google Search and Shopping.
The Download: Trump’s new AI order, and smart glasses for warfare
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. 5 key points in Trump’s new AI order Less than two weeks after scrapping an executive order on AI, President Donald Trump…
Direct Preference Optimization Beyond Chatbots
Adding MCP Tools to Reachy Mini
Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason
Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI-generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products.
Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Lovable and Google signed an expanded multiyear deal that involves a 5x expansion of Lovable's footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
If Alphabet's record-breaking $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon
Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories" culled from the personal data in your Google account.
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.
Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the U.K. then rolled out globally.
Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally
WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage.
Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents
Coralogix is among a growing number of infrastructure firms betting that as AI systems move into production, demand will rise for tools that can monitor their behavior, troubleshoot failures, and provide the operational data needed to keep them running reliably.
Amazon’s search bar will invent AI-generated products you can’t buy
Amazon's updated search bar will now show you AI-generated images of products as you describe them. For now, the in-app feature only surfaces AI images of clothing and home goods, allowing you to tap on the image that best matches what you're looking for and search for…
Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight
At Microsoft's annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a super app, in-house reasoning models, a cybersecurity tool, and OpenClaw-esque AI agents. All this news added up to a clear message: Microsoft is…
As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
This week we've got tandem hands-ons with Google's new Gemini AI agent - Spark - from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters. Their takeaways are similar: It's so effective that it's scary. Spark knew that David's dog is named Frida and knew the first name of Jay's wife, even…
AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix
In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impact by actually increasing water for local communities. The company laid out five commitments around water use in a new blog post…
Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
Online publishers are getting more control over whether their websites appear in Google's AI Search features, thanks to a UK regulatory ruling. The new conduct rule imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requires Google to let website owners keep their content…
Can't make sense of Dashlane's vault theft notification? You're not alone.
Security advisory leaves out key details. Dashlane maintains complete silence.
How E.ON uses SAP S/4HANA to modernise the grid with AI
Standardising grid data through SAP S/4HANA allows E.ON to modernise infrastructure and execute AI deployments. The utility giant manages infrastructure across three distinct domains: energy grids, customer solutions, and energy infrastructure solutions. Maintaining operations…
Walmart’s AI workflows meet the realities of the balance sheet
Walmart has reportedly begun limiting employees’ use of an internal AI assistant called Code Puppy after demands placed on the LLM backing the tool were higher than expected. Employees of Walmart were encouraged to use Code Puppy without any stricture or stipulations as to…
Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chip is also a case study for agentic AI in R&D
Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chiparrived this week, with numbers that are genuinely difficult to contextualise: qubits 1,000 times more reliable than those of the first generation models, a mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds against an industry norm measured in…
Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections
President Trump signed a revised executive order mandating only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced AI models, scaling back earlier oversight requirements in response to industry objections. This matters because it reduces regulatory burdens on AI developers while shifting oversight to a less stringent, industry-driven approach.
Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a "voluntary framework" for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they're released "to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical…
Travelers deploys AI-powered claims countrywide with OpenAI
Travelers built an AI-powered Claim Assistant with OpenAI to guide customers through filing claims, provide 24/7 support, and scale operations during peak demand.
Codex for every role, tool, and workflow
Discover new Codex plugins, sites, and annotations that help analysts, marketers, designers, investors, and other teams get more done with AI.
Advancing youth safety and opportunity through global leadership
OpenAI calls for global action on youth AI safety, proposing an international institute to strengthen safeguards, standards, and opportunities for young people.
Codex is becoming a productivity tool for everyone
The Next Era of Knowledge Work report explores how Codex is transforming productivity through AI-powered research, data analysis, workflow automation, and content creation.
The Download: AI can run your admin department now
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How small businesses can leverage AI From accounting to design to market research and product development, there’s a staggering…
Rehumanizing global health care with agentic AI
The global health care sector is under increasing strain.  Decades of chronic underinvestment and constraints in recruitment have coincided with a surge in demand for services for aging populations. Gaps in provision are already taking a toll, with fragmented access to care…
How small businesses can leverage AI
This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To receive it in your inbox,sign up here. From accounting to design to market research and product development, there’s a staggering breadth of…
Holo3.1: Fast & Local Computer Use Agents
Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
Google's new AI assistant, *Gemini Spark*, has revolutionized trip planning by autonomously researching flights, activities, and itineraries—raising concerns about job displacement in travel planning while showcasing AI's rapid advancement in complex, real-world tasks.
Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
Anthropic is expanding access to its AI model *Mythos* and its security vulnerability program *Project Glasswing* to 150 organizations across 15 countries, prioritizing critical infrastructure sectors like power, water, healthcare, and communications—where cyberattacks could impact up to 100 million people. This initiative aims to enhance AI-driven cybersecurity defenses in high-stakes environments to mitigate potential large-scale disruptions.
ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.
Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant
Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.
Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses
The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.
Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI
The caveat is that one of the world's most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.
Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams
As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.
Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior
The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.
Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature
The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work
OpenAI released a set of six plug-ins aimed at specific jobs: data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, equity investing, and investment banking. Available from within the Codex app, each of the new tools bundles integrations, instructions, and context to allow…
Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t
Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it's now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia's new Arm-based RTX Spark chips, just like the Surface Laptop Ultra, and is…
Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more
Microsoft Build 2026 kicked off with a keynote presentation that introduced some developer-focused Windows updates, an OpenClaw-based AI assistant called Scout, the new Majorana 2 quantum computing chip, and a Surface mini PC designed for AI developers. Microsoft also rolled out…
Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw
Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw. Microsoft Scout is an always-on assistant that integrates into Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams, allowing businesses to assign a virtual assistant to employees to help with…
Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft's in-house AI models. If you…
Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here
Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new "flagship" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year - before then, it had relied on OpenAI's…
Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you…
Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets
Microsoft just announced "Project Solara," a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026. The company is calling it "a new platform built from the ground up to power agent-driven experiences." It's built on Android, not Windows. Microsoft demonstrated two…
Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise utility
Anthropic’s IPO filing marks the maturation of generative AI from a research-heavy venture phase into a stabilised enterprise utility. Model developers operating in private markets have prioritised rapid iteration and maximum compute performance over predictable billing…
GitHub Copilot users see token-based price hikes
Since its announcement in April this year, the proposed changes to billing methods on GitHub Copilot were a source of much speculation: how much more or less would a pay-a-you-use AI cost an organisation or individual compared to a flat-rate, monthly subscription? Just a day…
AI in video game development: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the industry
A Google Cloud survey found that 90% of developers are already integrating AI into their daily work, and on Steam, 7,818 titles disclosed AI use in 2025 alone, a 681% increase over the previous year. AI in video game development is not a side experiment. It is restructuring the…
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Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan
OpenAI breaks ground on a 1GW data center project in Michigan as part of Stargate, building AI infrastructure to expand access, create jobs, and support communities.
OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS
OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on AWS, giving enterprises a new path to build with OpenAI through the AWS environments, controls, and procurement workflows they already use. Customers can get started with OpenAI on AWS and move faster from…
How we used Gemini to build Google I/O 2026
Learn how Googlers used AI to produce Google I/O 2026.
The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next Sitting in the courtyard of his house in…
China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next
One day last October, sitting in the courtyard of his house in China’s Henan province, Dong Hui decided to see if he could hold a pen to write.  Dong, 39, had sustained spinal cord injuries in a car accident six years earlier that left him paralyzed from the neck down.…
Introducing Mellum2: A 12B Mixture-of-Experts Model by JetBrains
Beyond LLMs: Why Scalable Enterprise AI Adoption Depends on Agent Logic
Welcome NVIDIA Cosmos 3: The First Open Omni-model for Physical AI Reasoning and Action
Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX’s IPO
The company says it needs "significant" water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.
DuckDuckGo makes its ‘no-AI’ search engine easier to access as its traffic booms
Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.
Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
"The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply," Alphabet said in its statement.
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely, and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident.
Anthropic files to go public
Anthropic, now an AI powerhouse that has landed top-tier enterprise customers, was once considered an underdog in the emerging world of large language models.
This AI weather startup is out-forecasting government agencies
WindBorne benefits from its unique combination of model-building and data collection. The company now has about 400 balloons in flight gathering sensor readings at any given time, launched from 15 sites around the globe. The advances in its current model come from improvements…
This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton
Nvidia's announcement that it's getting into the consumer laptop chip space with RTX Spark is huge. Apple has proved for years that Arm-based chips can perform incredibly well while also delivering great battery life - at least on the Mac. In the Windows world, performance…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google's new "24/7" AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I'm not sure it's worth the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs. The company gave me access to Spark last week. Google advertises Spark as an AI agent that can take…
Anthropic has officially filed to go public
After months of speculation about whether OpenAI or Anthropic would be first in their race to IPO, Anthropic on Monday reached a key milestone: filing to kick off the process with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing sets the stage for what's sure to be a…
Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build
Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this week in a bid to win back developers at its Build conference. I've been attending Build since the days when Microsoft called it the Professional Developers Conference, and I can't remember a more pivotal moment. As Microsoft continues…
AI is blowing up music. How should the Grammys handle it?
Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clear how that would…
Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts
Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta's chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else's profile and then…
Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's data now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month subscription. In…
The future of automated trading with the best forex robot reviews
Automation is becoming a bigger part of how financial markets are approached, and forex trading is one area where this is becoming easier to notice. As the tech world improves, more traders are looking for ways to stay involved in the market without the need to sit in front of…
Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission.
Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are "uniquely prone to AI psychosis."
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
The crypto weed vape found me on 4/20, the high holiday of cannabis enthusiasts everywhere. It arrived over Slack with the thumbnail of a man exhaling a plume of vapor, the words "every hit delivers Bitcoin" emblazoned across it. It claimed to be advertising a device called…
SoftBank says it will invest up to €75B to build French data centers
The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.
‘What a joke’: GitHub Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
The golden age of Microsoft's GitHub Copilot appears to be at an end.
Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant
Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.
I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
The groupthink boom: what 3 top VCs really think about the AI frenzy
"If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have a Series A [offer]," said one, half-kiddingly.
How one founder’s bet on ‘the old school web’ is paying off
Craig Campbell walked away from the river of investor money flowing into AI to create, of all things, a website. Sure, Campbell probably could have started an AI company. He's a former engineer at Meta and an experienced tech founder who in 2022 sold his last venture - an…
AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: "Even as a black woman, I have more faith that…
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
I haven't seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time - that is, until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. SpaceX is a threat. And if Musk and his bankers have their way, you are going to be their bagholder. Lots of the top-line…
Boston Children’s uses AI to unlock new diagnoses
Boston Children’s Hospital uses OpenAI technology to improve patient care, reduce operational burden, and help diagnose more than 40 rare disease cases.
How Braintrust turns customer requests into code with Codex
How Braintrust engineers use Codex with GPT-5.5 to run experiments and code faster.
Strengthening societal resilience with Rosalind Biodefense
OpenAI launches Rosalind Biodefense, expanding trusted access to GPT-Rosalind for vetted developers and U.S. government partners advancing biodefense, public health, and pandemic preparedness through frontier AI.
A shared playbook for trustworthy third party evaluations
OpenAI shares guidance on third-party AI evaluations, covering how to assess model capabilities, safeguards, and validity for frontier systems.
After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Groq is raising $650 million in internal funding to shift its focus from hardware to AI inference, the process of optimizing how AI models generate responses, following Nvidia's $20 billion acquisition attempt. This matters because it highlights the growing demand for specialized AI inference solutions amid the AI boom.
Take our I/O 2026 quiz, vibe coded in Google AI Studio.
We used Google AI Studio to vibe code a quiz about our top I/O 2026 announcements.
9 demos of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5 in action
Watch 9 videos showing the capabilities of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5, announced at Google I/O 2026.
Check out real-life AI prototypes from the Futures Lab.
University of Waterloo students develop AI prototypes like sign language tutors to reshape the future of education and work.
The Download: unlocking lithium and controlling Ebola
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium A new method for extracting lithium could cut costs and emissions…
The deadly Ebola outbreak is proving difficult to control
The alert was raised on May 5. Four health-care workers in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had died from an unknown illness within four days. Rapid response teams were sent to investigate, and tests at a research center in Kinshasa revealed the…
How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment
Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on artificial intelligence includes a statement that warrants serious attention from technologists and policymakers: “Technology is never neutral.” Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) is a clarion call to all people to act with courage and…
Profiling in PyTorch (Part 1): A Beginner's Guide to torch.profiler
Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.
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So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI…
Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans
Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.
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After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.
Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do.
The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI…
Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy
If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this smart feeder a try.
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
South Korean chip startup XCENA is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.
Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget cutting becomes its major selling point
The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category.
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. In exchange for the…
Jony Ive’s funky Ferrari
Most people will never own, drive, or even sit inside a Ferrari Luce. (If you can, or do… hit us up.) There's still no question that Ferrari's first electric vehicle is one of the most interesting, surprising cars of the year. With a decidedly un-Ferrari look, and lots of new…
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free. The catch - because, despite what its website says, there's always a catch - is that it will record cleaners as they scrub, vacuum, dust, tidy, and wash, and use that footage to train robots. Shift announced the…
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
AI image tools rarely make me feel like I'm part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly designed so that people with no design experience can type in a few words and get back a usable result. So I was pleasantly surprised by Adobe's latest take on an AI image…
Scaling safe enterprise AI with OpenAI governance frameworks
OpenAI’s latest governance frameworks offer enterprise leaders a structured blueprint for scaling safe and compliant AI deployments globally. The adoption of large language models has steadily progressed towards requiring sustainable, commercial-grade architecture. OpenAI has…
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgrade to Claude Opus 4.7 that the company says brings improved results for coding, agent work, reasoning, and knowledge work. The platform can be used through claude.ai, Claude Code and the Claude API, with the API name…
How Endava builds an agentic organization with Codex
Learn how Endava uses Codex to build an agentic organization, accelerating software delivery and reducing requirements analysis from weeks to hours.
OpenAI’s Frontier Governance Framework
Explore OpenAI’s Frontier Governance Framework and how our AI safety, security, and risk practices align with emerging EU and California regulations.
Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more
Apple is developing a major AI overhaul for iOS 27, featuring a redesigned Siri with a standalone app to compete with AI chatbots like ChatGPT, signaling Apple’s push to modernize its voice assistant with advanced generative AI capabilities. This update highlights Apple’s effort to integrate more sophisticated AI tools into its ecosystem, aiming to enhance user interaction and productivity.
Catch up on 12 major I/O 2026 moments
Here are 12 of the biggest Google I/O 2026 keynote moments, including news about Gemini Omni, Gemini 3.5 Flash and more.
How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium
Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage arrays. This new technique could be more environmentally friendly and cheaper than existing ones.  The research was…
The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next? Solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, hitting a $6…
The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season
It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. “I…
Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras?
General Compute has invested in SambaNova, positioning it as a potential successor to Cerebras in the AI chip market, highlighting SambaNova's advanced chip technology as a key player in meeting the surging demand for AI compute power. This matters because breakthroughs in AI hardware are critical for scaling next-generation AI models and maintaining competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Databricks’ co-founder highlighted that enterprises are shifting from excitement about AI to prioritizing safety and reliability for broad deployment, signaling a critical phase where trust and risk management determine AI adoption success. This matters because it underscores the growing emphasis on governance, compliance, and operational stability over innovation alone in enterprise AI initiatives.
YouTube adds new podcast features, including an AI recommendation tool and ‘Auto speed’
YouTube introduced new podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool and an "Auto speed" option, to enhance user experience and better compete with rival platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts in attracting podcast audiences. This move underscores YouTube's push to expand its presence in the growing podcast market by leveraging AI-driven personalization and convenience.
Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers
Visa said that over 1,000 employees have been using Replit for prototyping and development.
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Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880
Built on top of the open source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.
Why Google’s AI can’t spell Google (or anything else)
Google is embarrassing itself, again.
The internet is being rebuilt for machines
As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic instead of human users.
Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.
Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures
Large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input, like electricity or bandwidth.
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StrictlyVC Los Angeles is on June 18. Join for meaningful networking and fireside chats with leaders from Mach Industries, Shinkei Systems, and more. Register today.
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.
Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI
Asana will incorporate StackAI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools.
How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary
Elon Musk is publicly reframing xAI’s massive Anthropic compute deal as short-term and cancellable, despite SpaceX’s own S-1 filing describing payments through May 2029.
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
Sesame’s new iOS app brings its conversational AI agents to the public, offering more natural back-and-forth interactions designed to feel less like traditional chatbots and more like talking to a person.
RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down
A new crop of AI labs are focused on recursive self-improvement — but the goal is proving elusive.
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design
Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design that the company claims loads twice as fast. As part of this update, Copilot will provide more reliable and structured responses that are easier to scan, according to Microsoft. The…
A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca
Next month's Tribeca Festival will include the premiere of an AI-generated film: Dreams of Violets. The 75-minute film is a fictional dramatization of the Iranian government's mass killing of protestors in January, with the people and images fully created by AI, as reported…
YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app
New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming later to iOS. A new "on-the-go mode" shifts YouTube into an audio-first layout, with larger, simplified playback buttons, a…
These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign
Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul, expected to arrive in iOS 27, might look a lot like ChatGPT with a splash of Liquid Glass. Renders from Bloomberg offer a preview of iOS 27, including the new app and chat interface for Siri. The renders are "based on information viewed by…
CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, claiming that the startup's AI tools generate "verbatim" copies of its work, as reported earlier by CNN. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Thursday, also alleges that Perplexity provides users with information locked behind…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
Today, I’m talking with Wassym Bensaid, the chief software officer at Rivian, and the co-CEO of Rivian’s platform joint venture with Volkswagen, which everyone just calls RV Tech. That joint venture kicked off about a year and a half ago with a nearly $6 billion investment from…
Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8 on Thursday, and the company is touting the model's "honesty." According to Anthropic, it trains "all [its] models to be honest - for instance, to avoid making claims that they can't support." But it notes that "a general problem with AI…
YouTube will let you ask AI to make a custom video feed
YouTube is launching a new AI feature that creates a personalized video feed based on descriptions of what you want to watch. In its announcement, YouTube says custom content feeds can be built around your specific interests, moods, or favorite topics, which you can then pin to…
Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol
Google Pay is overhauling its payment infrastructure for an impending wave of transactions from AI agents. The latest updates introduce the Universal Commerce Protocol and a new server architecture, positioning Google Pay as a central clearinghouse for purchases executed by…
NBA plans AI system for automatic out-of-bounds calls
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league plans to introduce an automated system for certain officiating decisions, including out-of-bounds calls. The system would use AI and cameras placed around the court to determine possession. Silver compared the approach to Hawk-Eye,…
Warp’s big bet on building open source with GPT-5.5
Warp uses GPT-5.5 and OpenAI models to coordinate coding agents across local, cloud, and open-source development workflows.
ITBench-AA: Frontier Models Score Below 50% on the First Benchmark for Agentic Enterprise IT Tasks — by Artificial Analysis and IBM
Cisco and OpenAI redefine enterprise engineering with Codex
Cisco and OpenAI are redefining enterprise engineering with Codex, helping Cisco scale AI-native development, accelerate AI Defense work, and automate defect remediation.
Building self-improving tax agents with Codex
See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows.
Election information and safeguards in 2026
Ahead of global elections, we’re helping people access information, supporting cyber defenders, and increasing AI transparency
ClickHouse triples anualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO
ClickHouse, a database provider, has tripled its annualized revenue to $250 million, positioning itself for a potential IPO within the next few years. This rapid growth highlights its expanding market presence and financial strength in the competitive database industry.
The Download: keeping up with AI, and the future of IVF
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Stay on top of what’s going on in AI this summer Here at MIT Technology Review, we understand exactly how relentless the pace of…
Reachy Mini goes fully local
Shipping a Trillion Parameters With a Hub Bucket: Delta Weight Sync in TRL
Your SEO strategy is optimized for a search engine that no longer exists.
Google I/O made it official: AI-generated answers are now front and center in search, and most brands have almost no visibility into how AI is describing them to their customers. For anyone who has spent years building a strategy around 10 blue links, the rules…
Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks
Robinhood has introduced AI-powered trading agents that can analyze user portfolios and suggest trades, but they can only execute orders using pre-loaded funds in a dedicated wallet. This matters because it automates investing strategies while maintaining user control over capital and risk exposure.
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
Cognition, an AI coding startup, raised $1 billion in funding at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, more than doubling its valuation in eight months as its annualized revenue run rate reached $492 million. This rapid growth highlights the surging demand for AI-powered software development tools and underscores investor confidence in the company's ability to scale.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close today: Nominate a founder or submit your startup
Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 close today at 11:59 p.m. PT, offering startups a chance to compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding, global exposure, investor connections, and a launch opportunity. This matters because the competition provides critical resources and visibility for early-stage startups to accelerate growth and attract funding.
ElevenLabs’ new music-generation model can switch genres mid-track
ElevenLabs has introduced a new AI music-generation model that enables users to regenerate specific sections of a song while preserving the rest of the track, allowing seamless genre or style transitions within a single composition. This innovation matters because it enhances creative flexibility for musicians and producers, making AI-assisted music production more dynamic and efficient.
SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M
SOND, founded by Bose’s former head of sleep, emerged from stealth mode with $7 million in funding to launch Dreambuds, a closed-loop in-ear sleep system that monitors 12 physiological signals in real time to optimize sleep quality. The innovation matters as it represents a next-generation approach to personalized sleep tech, leveraging AI-driven feedback to address a critical health need.
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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount
Payroll service provider Remote recently surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and became cash-flow positive, thanks to a 50% increase in revenue per employee resulting from AI adoption.
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.
China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself
China's AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.
YouTube will now automatically label AI videos
YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It's also making AI labels more prominent.
Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis
"CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis," Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains.
ClickHouse triples annualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO
The database provider is eyeing a public debut within the next few years.
In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips
Snowflake has signed a new, enormous five-year deal with Amazon to secure chips for AI usage. Nvidia is once again being put on notice.
AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him
By the time that the Democratic primary for New York's 12th congressional district wraps up in June, Anthropic and OpenAI will have spent millions on their battle over the political future of AI: who gets to regulate it, or who will be punished for trying to regulate it. But the…
Robinhood will let your AI agent trade stocks and make (or lose) lots of money
Robinhood is opening its trading platform to AI agents. In an announcement on Wednesday, Robinhood says traders can now create a separate account for an AI agent and add a specific amount of money, allowing the agent to buy and sell stocks across the market. The company pitches…
This smart bird feeder captures more of my backyard drama
Since moving to South Carolina's Lowcountry, I've been spellbound by the myriad of beautiful birds that share the coast with us - ospreys raising their babies in towering nests beside the road to my daughter's school, roseate spoonbills wading in the marsh on my morning walks,…
YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them
In the wake of Google expanding its AI verification efforts at I/O, YouTube is now finally going to start taking AI labeling seriously. YouTube has announced that it's relocating AI disclosures on Shorts and long-form videos to make them easier to spot and will start…
The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
How newsrooms should use AI - or if they should at all - has been a recurrent debate within the media industry over the last several years. Increasingly, these rules are being hammered out at the bargaining table between unions and publishers. Right now, employees at The New…
The Pope isn’t AGI-pilled
On Monday, Pope Leo XIV unveiled an encyclical letter addressing the societal implications of artificial intelligence. The letter, titled Magnifica Humanitas, warned that the "use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people's lives, it…
Google folds Display Ads into AI-first Demand Gen platform
Google is folding Display Ads into its AI-powered Demand Gen platform, marking the end of a long-standing digital advertising model. The Google Display Network (GDN) has been a staple of the open internet for almost twenty years. Marketers previously relied on its predictable…
Exploring the Benefits of AI Bots for Forex Trading in Forex Markets
The foreign exchange market is really moving away from pure intuition and toward a space shaped by speed, data and precision. By using automated systems in your routine, you can approach volatility with a level of discipline that manual trading often struggles to maintain. Every…
Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
"BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.
Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI
Amid rapidly growing adoption of enterprise-level AI agents, there’s a disconnect emerging between ambition and execution.  Although 85% of organizations say they want to be agentic within the next three years, 76% say their current operations and infrastructure can’t…
The Download: puncturing the AI jobs panic
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria Despite the growing hysteria over AI’s threat to white-collar jobs, there’s still scant…
A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria
Haven’t you heard? White-collar jobs are going away, decimated by AI. Waves of layoffs in the tech sector (most recently at Coinbase and Meta and Cisco) are said to presage what will soon come for all of us knowledge workers. But before you quit your job as a software developer…
It’s time to address the looming crisis in entry-level work.
Artificial intelligence has not so far produced a clean story of mass unemployment. Aggregate employment in developed countries remains broadly stable, and recent assessments have found limited evidence that AI has shifted the headline numbers. But a troubling change may be…
DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.
OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
OpenRouter has raised a $113 million Series B led by CapitalG. Its 5x growth in usage over six months indicates the multi-AI-model future is here.
Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music
For years, UMG has pushed platforms, streaming services, and AI companies to implement stricter content moderation policies.
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This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.
Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?
It's possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV's latest encyclical about AI's impact on humanity. An analysis by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of Magnifica Humanitas to be between 40 percent and 100 percent written by AI,…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
Today, I’m talking with Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in a conversation we recorded just after the Google I/O developer conference. This is the fifth year Sundar and I have sat down after I/O, and it’s become one of my favorite Decoder traditions. There’s always a lot…
Nobody wants to tell me why they only listen to their own Suno slop
There's this alarming trend in the Suno subreddit. People aren't just prompting AI songs; they're sitting around listening almost exclusively to their own slop. And in some cases, they proudly proclaim that they don't listen to music on traditional streaming platforms anymore -…
AI warfare is already here
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, an international forum that focuses on lethal autonomous systems, is hosted twice a year at the United Nations in Geneva. When Branka Marijan attended in November 2017, she thought the five-day sessions - which dealt largely in…
Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’
Uber's president, Andrew Macdonald, stated that the company's AI spending is becoming "harder to justify" after reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget just four months into 2026, raising concerns about the tangible returns on its AI investments. This shift highlights growing scrutiny over the cost-effectiveness of AI expenditures in the tech industry.
Autonomous AI systems test governance in physical environments
Autonomous AI systems are beginning to move beyond software environments and into warehouses, delivery networks, and public spaces. The development is drawing attention to whether current AI rules cover systems that operate in physical environments. Most existing AI governance…
OpenAI, Grupo Folha and Grupo UOL announce strategic content partnership
OpenAI partners with Grupo Folha and Grupo UOL to bring trusted Brazilian journalism to ChatGPT, expanding access to news with attribution and transparency.
Harness, Scaffold, and the AI Agent Terms Worth Getting Right
What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work
ClickUp’s layoff of hundreds of employees to replace them with thousands of AI agents highlights a growing trend of companies prioritizing automation over human labor, raising concerns about job security and the evolving nature of work in the AI-driven economy. This shift underscores how AI is reshaping workforce dynamics, emphasizing efficiency and cost-cutting over traditional employment models.
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical addresses longstanding concerns about concentrated power and democratic erosion through the lens of AI, framing technology as a tool of the elite that reinforces societal inequities. The document matters because it signals the Catholic Church’s growing focus on ethical governance in the digital age, urging reflection on who controls technological progress and its societal impacts.
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Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI
Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks of AI and unconstrained technological power in his first major papal document released on Monday. Magnifica Humanitas is the pope's manifesto on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence," in which he discusses the…
Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google
We're in the transition period -- all of us.
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
Like other AI wearables, Amazon's Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety.
Xreal, Google’s smart glasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry
Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of Xreal, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning point.
Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI mischief, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Hacking the first generation of…
Towards Speed-of-Light Text Generation with Nemotron-Labs Diffusion Language Models
Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP take TechCrunch inside how they are redefining the fan experience.
Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the "solar-electric economy" he promised?
Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, and I never showed the videos of Buddy the deer on his adventures to my…
Musk and Zuckerberg convinced Trump to scrap AI executive order
The ceremony was scheduled. The CEOs were on the guest list. And then it wasn’t happening. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned AI executive order, which had already been delayed multiple times, citing concerns that it might erode America’s…
A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.
OpenAI named a Leader in enterprise coding agents by Gartner
OpenAI is named a leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents, with Codex recognized for innovation and enterprise-scale deployment.
How Virgin Atlantic ships faster with Codex
How Virgin Atlantic used Codex to ship its revamped mobile app on a fixed holiday travel deadline, reaching near-total unit test coverage and zero P1 defects.
Catch up on the Dialogues stage at Google I/O 2026.
A recap of the 2026 I/O Dialogues, where leaders discuss the future of AI, quantum computing, robotics and creativity.
The Enhanced Games fit right in with the rest of 2026’s longevity vibes
This Sunday, a group of 42 athletes will gather in Las Vegas to compete in a somewhat unusual sporting competition. Participants in the inaugural Enhanced Games are being encouraged to take performance-enhancing drugs. The goal is to “push the boundaries of human performance.”…
The Download: coding’s future, the ‘Steroid Olympics,’ and AI-driven science
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not At Anthropic’s developer event in London this…
Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement—the singularity is the theoretical future moment when AI rapidly exceeds human…
Specialization Beats Scale: A Strategic Variable Most AI Procurement Decisions Overlook
AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots
People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.
Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’
You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel home screen, says Google.
How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.
Elon Musk can’t hear you over the sound of his $1.75 trillion IPO
The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing runs to 36 pages of risk factors alone, and the numbers inside match the ambition: a $28 trillion total addressable market, a pay package tied…
You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.
We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there
Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.
SpaceX files to go public, and the math requires a little faith
The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing runs to 36 pages of risk factors alone, and the numbers inside match the ambition: a $28 trillion total addressable market, a pay package tied…
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term "disregard," the AI Overview section would include a response like what you'd see from a more traditional AI chatbot instead of the typical AI summary, as…
The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selections for the prestigious award: It appears to have been written by AI. Jamir…
Spotify says its AI remix tool is for superfans, but I’m not convinced
AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from…
Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It's…
Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year
Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung's bonus cap for…
Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption
Critics note a lack of factual support in lawsuit filed by US Senate candidate.
OpenAI opens Singapore AI lab as IMDA updates AI framework
OpenAI will open its first Applied AI Lab outside the US in Singapore. The lab is part of a new partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The initiative, called OpenAI for Singapore, was announced at the ATx Summit and is backed by a commitment of…
China’s AI just mapped its entire renewable energy grid. Here’s why the rest of the world should pay attention
Every major economy is staring at the same problem right now. Artificial intelligence is consuming electricity at a pace that grids were never designed to handle. In the US, capacity market prices in PJM, the country’s largest grid operator, have risen more than tenfold in…
Trump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’
President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.
AdventHealth advances whole-person care with OpenAI
AdventHealth is using ChatGPT for Healthcare to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burden, and return more time to patient care.
Roundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought world models to the forefront of the AI discussion. Watch a conversation with editor in chief Mat…
Scaling creativity in the age of AI
Storytelling is core to humanity’s DNA, stemming from our impulse to express ideals, warnings, hopes, and experiences. Technology has always been woven through the medium and the distribution: from early humans’ innovation of natural pigments and charcoals for cave…
Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not
The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, Anthropic’s two-day event for software developers in London that kicked off on May 19, the same day as Google’s I/O in Palo Alto. (A coincidence, not a flex, Anthropic staffers assured me.) “Who here has shipped a pull request in the…
The Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivot
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the future of online safety For months, the Trump administration has…
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving a share of the revenue.
Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
The AI-powered audiobook generation won't bind authors to an exclusive contract, meaning they are free to publish their generated audiobooks anywhere.
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts
Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets.
Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore
Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.
Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface
Hark expects to release its first multimodal models this summer, which it says will power a personal AI platform that works with existing products and services. The company expects to follow that with hardware devices built specifically for those systems.
The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score of 65 for the consumer bots.
Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it
One of the most promising introductions at Google’s I/O developer conference on Tuesday was a new way for consumers to use the web: AI agents. Unfortunately, it was also the most confusing.
With aluminum prices up 20%, recycling startups bet on AI to cash in
Recycling startups are using AI to improve the recovery of critical minerals like aluminum, aiming to build a massive source of the metal.
Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
Anthropic is paying $15 billion annually to access SpaceX’s Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN, as part of a compute partnership aimed at accelerating AI development through high-performance infrastructure. This deal highlights the growing demand for specialized computing power in AI and underscores the strategic value of SpaceX’s data centers for large-scale AI training.
Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia
The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter.
Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you
Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI-generated content draws from your Spotify listening history, as well as info from apps you connect to it, like your email inbox,…
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus…
In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surprised by this are the executives themselves. In a procession of viral videos, 2026 commencement speakers like…
Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing
Today I’m talking with Liz Lopatto, who spent the last month covering the Musk v. Altman trial in all its chaos. You’ll hear her describe the courthouse as a “zoo” and explain that there were protests of one kind or another happening outside every day. Both Elon Musk and Sam…
This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects
I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one. One of the first to take the plunge is Polyend, a well-respected music gear maker with a reputation for building niche, idiosyncratic devices. The company has built…
Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs. The tool will be a paid add-on for Premium subscribers. Artists will be able to opt out of the program,…
AI video is moving beyond clip slop
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Hollywood is cooked - or so a growing number of people on social media would like you to believe. Their purported…
I can’t believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app
Yesterday, I built my first Android app. Then, I made two more - three in one afternoon. For one, I literally typed 148 words into my web browser and walked away. Ten minutes later, I had an entire new app on my actual Android phone. I did have to prep that phone by enabling a…
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was…
Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook
The Nvidia Vera chip is rarely the headline when earnings beat estimates, but it should be. When Nvidia reported Q1 revenue of US$81.62 billion on Wednesday, beating analyst estimates of US$78.86 billion, and guided Q2 at US$91 billion–well above Wall Street’s US$86.84…
How Ramp engineers accelerate code review with Codex
How Ramp engineers use Codex with GPT-5.5 to review code and ship improvements, allowing them to get substantive feedback in minutes instead of hours.
The next phase of OpenAI’s Education for Countries
OpenAI advances Education for Countries, expanding AI adoption in schools with new partnerships, teacher training, and tools to improve global learning outcomes.
An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry
An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in one week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups ends May 27
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We’re helping build the state’s next-generation workforce and investing in energy programs.
100 things we announced at I/O 2026
We've been busy! Here’s a rundown of the top announcements, launches and demos at I/O 2026.
A new experiment brings better group meetings to Google Beam
See and hear your colleagues in true-to-life size and sound, making hybrid meetings feel more inclusive and connected.
Green steel startup Boston Metal is doubling down on critical metals
The startup Boston Metal has raised a $75 million funding round to produce critical metals, MIT Technology Review can exclusively report.   The company has been known largely for its efforts to clean up steel production, an industry that’s responsible for about…
The Download: fully artificial chicken eggs and why Musk lost
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or…
Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more
Elon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.
AI search startups are blowing up
AI search startups are rapidly gaining traction as a major focus in consumer AI, with companies leveraging advanced language models to revolutionize how users retrieve and interact with information online. This shift matters because it challenges traditional search engines by offering more intuitive, conversational, and context-aware responses, potentially reshaping the $100+ billion search industry.
Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs
Stability AI launched **Stability Audio 3.0**, a new AI model that generates up to **6-minute songs** (or 2-minute tracks via its small model) entirely on-device, offering faster, more efficient audio creation compared to cloud-dependent alternatives. This advancement matters as it democratizes high-quality music production by reducing reliance on expensive hardware or internet access while expanding creative possibilities for musicians and developers.
IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
Initially billed as an "AI butler," Iris watches what happens on a user's desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.
OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September
A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership, and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.
NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do much of the work. But instead of running directly on a computer, NanoClaw runs sandboxed in a container.
Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas
Figma says users can employ natural language text prompts to direct its new AI agent to generate new designs, edit existing ones, or automate tasks such as generating iterations of existing designs.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27
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Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute
Elon Musk's xAI surprised the AI world when it made a deal to sell compute to Anthropic. Now we know how much it's worth.
OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time
OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.
Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral
The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures.
xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over
SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details about his ambitions.
Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups
Nvidia announced another record revenue figure after market close on Wednesday, but forecasted that revenue growth would slow in the following quarter.
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often…
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. This week's issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge's Google I/O coverage. You…
It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems
We're about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two distinct technologies for invisibly tagging image, video, and audio files with information about their…
Vibe coding is coming to your phone
"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery list app. Still, apps…
You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you'll see an option to "reimagine" it. Here, you can…
Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads
Google's AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you look for a product in Search, Google's Gemini AI model will surface relevant items and generate a "custom explainer" about why you should purchase a specific one. The update comes just one day after…
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the…
The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah
Utah may host one of the world's most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backlash. Earlier this month, commissioners in Box Elder County signed off on the Stratos Project: a 40,000-acre data center stretching across the county's Hansel…
Alibaba is designing AI chips around agents, and that changes what the race is actually about
Alibaba has unveiled a new AI processor built specifically for AI agents, pairing the chip announcement with a multi-year silicon roadmap and a new large language model, signalling that the company is building an integrated AI stack rather than just filling a gap left by US…
Proving the case on day two at TechEx North America
The AI and Big Data programme on day two of TechEx North America referred at least once to the “AI graveyard,” meaning the large number of pilots that never become durable systems. That phrase set the tone. The question was proof. The Enterprise AI Implementation,…
Introducing OpenAI for Singapore
OpenAI for Singapore launches a multi-year AI partnership to expand deployment, build local talent, and support businesses and public services with AI.
Advancing content provenance for a safer, more transparent AI ecosystem
OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media.
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google announced new "audio glasses" that allow users to issue voice commands and interact with apps like Gemini, following Meta’s similar approach to hands-free smart glasses. This move highlights the growing competition in wearable AI technology, emphasizing voice-driven convenience and ecosystem integration.
How to use Google’s new information agents
Google is introducing AI-powered "information agents" that automatically track topics and send real-time alerts to users about updates or changes, streamlining how people stay informed without manual searches. This matters because it reduces the need for constant monitoring, making it easier to track evolving information like news, prices, or research developments.
Google’s AI now lets you talk to your Gmail inbox
Google’s AI now lets users search their Gmail inbox using conversational voice commands through Google’s Gemini, enabling more natural and detailed queries to quickly locate buried emails or specific information. This matters because it streamlines email management by allowing hands-free, intuitive searches, improving productivity for users who rely on Gmail for work or personal communication.
Google’s Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video — and that’s just the start
Google’s Gemini Omni is a new multimodal AI model that can generate and edit videos from text, images, or audio through conversational prompts, with its first release, Omni Flash, marking a step toward more intuitive, AI-driven content creation. This advancement matters because it simplifies video production by allowing users to create or modify videos using natural language, potentially revolutionizing creative workflows and accessibility in multimedia content generation.
Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool
Google launched **Antigravity 2.0**, featuring an updated desktop app and CLI tool, alongside a new **AI Ultra plan priced at $100/month**, offering 5x the usage limit of the AI Pro plan. This matters as it expands advanced AI capabilities for developers and enterprises while providing higher-tier access to Google’s cutting-edge models.
Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude
Google updated its Gemini app to compete with ChatGPT and Claude by expanding its capabilities beyond a basic chatbot into a comprehensive AI platform, aiming to centralize various AI tools and services for broader user accessibility and functionality. This move reflects Google’s strategy to strengthen its position in the AI market by offering a more versatile and integrated experience.
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design
Google announced its new AI design tool, aimed at making AI accessible to non-experts like teachers and small business owners, positioning itself as a major competitor in the AI design space. This matters because it democratizes AI development, potentially accelerating innovation and adoption across industries by lowering technical barriers.
I/O 2026
At Google I/O 2026, we shared how we’re making AI more helpful for everyone. See everything we announced.
How AI Mode is changing the way people search in the U.S.
One year after launch, see how AI Mode’s users are shifting from keywords to natural language queries.
New ways to create and get things done in Google Workspace
Announcing new voice capabilities in Gmail, Docs and Keep, a new design tool called Google Pics and updates to AI Inbox.
I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era
The latest from Google I/O: See how we’re helping you get more done with Gemini.
Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action
At Google I/O we released Gemini 3.5, our latest series of models combining frontier intelligence with action.
A new era for AI Search
We shared the next step in our journey to bring together the best of a search engine with the best of AI.
Everything new in our Google AI subscriptions, fresh from I/O 2026
Introducing a $100 AI Ultra plan — plus, new features and benefits for Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers.
America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here
A new US law is now in effect, requiring social networks to swiftly remove nonconsensual deepfakes, including sexual imagery, but experts caution that it may not effectively help victims and could potentially lead to online censorship. This development matters as it raises concerns about the balance between protecting individuals from harmful content and preserving free speech online.
Google is launching its own version of OpenClaw
Google is launching its own take on OpenClaw, the buzzy AI agent platform that caused a stir in the tech industry earlier this year. Announced during Google I/O 2026, Gemini Spark is an always-on AI agent that can write emails for you, create continually updated study guides,…
Google Pics is a new app that tries to fix AI image editing
Google is launching a new AI image generation app to Workspace that it's calling Pics, and it has a new feature to try and reduce the hassle of iterating on AI images: Instead of having to write an entire prompt just to change one small aspect of an image, you'll be able to…
Google is trying to make deepfake detection more accessible for everyone
Google is expanding AI detection capabilities to Chrome and Search, with the aim of making it easier for people to identify deepfakes. The updates, announced at Google I/O today, cover not only SynthID - the invisible watermarking technology developed by Google DeepMind - but…
Roundtables: Inside the Musk v. Altman Trial
Listen to the session or watch below Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI, in which he alleged CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman had deceived him over the company’s non-profit status. Watch as AI reporter and attorney Michelle Kim, who covered the trial for MIT…
The Download: Musk v. Altman, smart glasses for warfare, and Google I/O
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, which centered on whether the…
Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell
The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or trying to hatch. But not from an egg.  Instead, these chickens were growing inside transparent 3D-printed plastic cups at the Dallas headquarters of Colossal Biosciences. The biotech company today claimed it has developed…
Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI
On Monday, the jury in Musk v. Altman dealt Elon Musk a major blow—reaching a unanimous advisory verdict that he had sued OpenAI too late and, as a result, his claims are barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers immediately…
OlmoEarth v1.1: A more efficient family of Earth observation models
Introducing the Ettin Reranker Family
Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
Gemini, a Google AI assistant, is increasingly appearing in various Google apps, such as inbox and Google Drive, and its growing presence is becoming harder to ignore. This matters because Gemini's expansion may lead to a similar situation as Copilot, where the AI's integration becomes overly prominent and potentially intrusive, altering the user experience.
Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes
Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.
Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google’s release of Android CLI
Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build Android apps faster from the command line.
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026
Google says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
Google Search as you know it is over
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
OpenAI is making it easier to check if an image was made by their models
OpenAI announced two new measures to help detect AI generated imagery: joining the open C2PA standard and adding Google's SynthID to its products.
Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration, at IO 2026
At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.
Google adds voice-based prompting to Docs and Keep
Google is letting users create drafts, take notes, and search for email with voice with the new Workspace update.
You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts.
Elon Musk said Sam Altman ‘stole’ a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims
The jury's speedy decision to reject Elon Musk's lawsuit against the other founders of OpenAI and Microsoft confirmed what we saw in the courtroom: Musk's case was a weak one, in part because he waited so long to file it.
Google’s new Universal Cart wants to follow your entire shopping journey across the internet
Most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why Google is launching Universal Cart.
Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.
For a quarter century, the Google search box has been one of the most recognizable interfaces in computing: a thin white rectangle, a blinking cursor, a few typed words, and a list of blue links. On Tuesday, Google will formally retire that paradigm.At its annual I/O developer…
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses at IO 2026
Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its AI commerce tools: a "Universal Cart" that works across different retailers and Google products like Gemini - and eventually YouTube…
Google Search is getting its biggest changes ever
Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagined search box that makes it easier to flow between AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of search results, and AI Mode, Google's…
Gmail is going to start talking to you
Google is launching a big new feature for Gmail called Gmail Live, a new AI-powered voice mode that's basically the Gemini Live experience but built specifically for your inbox. To use Gmail Live, tap an icon that will appear in your search bar and just start talking. In a press…
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?
Welcome to a "profound moment for humanity," according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O's keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google's cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI's incredible potential for the benefit of the…
The future of Google is a search box that does everything
Last year, after watching Google's I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google's future was Google googling. After watching this year's I/O keynote on Tuesday, I don't think Google just wants to google for you - I think it wants to do everything for you, all from a search box.…
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
Google has big promises for its AI-powered future - and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims will make your life easier. Gemini Spark, Google's always-on AI agent, can help organize an upcoming event, while Daily…
Gemini will use Volvo’s external cameras to interpret parking signs
Gemini is gaining the power of sight and mobility. Today at the I/O conference, Google and Volvo announced that the AI-powered assistant will be able to access external cameras in the upcoming EX60 SUV to help explain and interpret its surroundings to vehicle owners. The upgrade…
The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
Google's I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren't able to tune into the event's livestream today or…
Google wants to compete with Anthropic’s Mythos
Google is making a big push into cybersecurity. At I/O, the company announced that it was inviting select groups of experts to test the API for CodeMender, an "AI agent for code security" it debuted last October. The difference is that Google is now making the tool more widely…
Google can now vibe-code you an Android app
Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to build native Android apps. With Google AI Studio, you can prompt your idea for an app and preview it with an embedded emulator of Android. When you want to try…
In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo
SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.
Enterprise AI roadblocks and roadmaps, security and physical AI: Day two at TechEx
Day two of TechEx North America has been more of a deeper, critical examination of AI in the enterprise, but with a optimistic bent. The AI and Big Data programme opened with reference to what was termed the “AI graveyard” – that is, AI projects that seem to perform…
The Nvidia H200 China deal survived the Trump-Xi summit–just not in the way anyone expected
President Trump flew to Beijing, brought Jensen Huang along at the last minute, and left two days later, telling reporters that “something could happen” on chip exports. Nothing did. Not a single Nvidia H200 has shipped to China since Trump first…
AI is a matter of power, infrastructure and security: TechEx North America
Although visitors to an event like TechEx North America will always want to see the cutting edge front and centre stage, the nuance and detail brought to the show by the speakers and exhibitors mean that it’s sometimes the smaller considerations that need to play big – at…
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a dev tools startup that automates the creation and maintenance of software development kits (SDKs) used by major companies like OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare. This acquisition matters because it gives Anthropic control over a key tool used in the AI industry, potentially enhancing its own development capabilities and influencing the broader AI ecosystem.
Roundtables: Inside the Musk v. Altman Trial
A California judge ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit alleging that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman breached their original nonprofit mission, concluding that Musk failed to prove the company deviated from its founding principles. The case highlights ongoing debates over AI governance and the tension between nonprofit ideals and commercialization in the tech industry.
OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise enterprise environments
OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise environments, helping enterprises deploy AI coding agents securely across data and workflows.
What to expect from Google this week
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When Google opens its doors tomorrow for its annual developer conference, I/O, it will do so as a clear third place in the foundation model…
Inside Anduril and Meta’s quest to make smart glasses for warfare
The defense-tech company Anduril has shared new details about the augmented-reality headset for the military it’s prototyping with Meta, including a vision for ordering drone strikes via eye-tracking and voice commands. Quay Barnett, who leads the efforts as a vice president at…
The Download: Musk v. Altman week 3, and Trump’s tech trading
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Musk v. Altman week 3: Musk and Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side. In the final…
Fine-Tuning NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 with LoRA/DoRA for Robot Video Generation
PaddleOCR 3.5: Running OCR and Document Parsing Tasks with a Transformers Backend
The Open Agent Leaderboard
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI after a California jury delivered a unanimous verdict, ruling that his claims of mistreatment were filed too late. This verdict matters as it brings an end to Musk's legal dispute with his former company, which he co-founded, and upholds the actions of OpenAI's current leadership.
SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required
SandboxAQ has integrated its drug discovery models into Claude, a platform that makes advanced computing accessible without requiring a PhD in computing, aiming to overcome the obstacle of access to these models. This development matters because it has the potential to democratize access to cutting-edge drug discovery technology, allowing more researchers and organizations to contribute to medical breakthroughs.
Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
Amazon has introduced a new feature to its Alexa+ platform, enabling it to generate custom AI-powered podcast episodes on demand, marking a significant expansion of its virtual assistant into a personalized content creation tool. This development matters as it allows users to access tailored audio content, potentially revolutionizing the way people consume and interact with podcasts.
South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses
A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it — could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people
The tech trial of the year, Musk v. Altman, was ultimately a fight for control. Elon Musk argued that Sam Altman, with whom he helped found the now-massive company OpenAI, shouldn't direct the future of AI. Altman's lawyers, in turn, poked at Musk's own credibility. A jury came…
Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman
After around two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. The group found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations, and a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these. The jury here is…
Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts
Alexa Plus, Amazon's upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on "virtually any topic," according to an announcement on Monday. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk…
Amazon launches Alexa for Shopping as Rufus moves behind the scenes
Amazon has introduced Alexa for Shopping, combining its Rufus shopping chatbot with Alexa+ across its app, website, and Echo Show devices. The assistant can answer product questions, compare items, track prices, and support shopping reminders. It can also handle scheduled…
Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats
Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri.
Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial
A big theme in the trial’s final days was whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is trustworthy.
If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI
It's tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Revamped Siri will reportedly offer autodeleting chats
Apple is hoping that its record on privacy can be the differentiator on the AI front and maybe even buy it a little slack as it continues to lag behind the competition. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the more chatbot-like Siri set to debut in iOS 27 will include the…
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivered the commencement address at the University of Arizona on Friday. And, as his speech veered into talk of AI, he was repeatedly drowned out by boos. AI is already a contentious topic, and it's not surprising that those about to enter a…
Chatbots at the drive-thru are just the beginning
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is seeping into our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started…
OpenAI and Malta partner to bring ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
OpenAI and Malta partner to expand AI access, offering ChatGPT Plus and training to help citizens build practical AI skills and use AI responsibly.
The haves and have-nots of the AI gold rush
The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work
ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy
OpenAI's latest shake-up comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.
Sony tries to explain that its AI Camera Assistant doesn’t suck
After Sony drew some unwanted attention for a post demonstrating its AI Camera Assistant on the Xperia 1 XIII, it's trying to clarify how the feature works. The company says it doesn't edit photos, but makes suggestions based on lighting, depth, and subject. Point the camera at…
Databricks brings GPT-5.5 to enterprise agent workflows
Databricks uses GPT-5.5 for enterprise agent workflows after the model set a new state of the art on the OfficeQA Pro benchmark.
A new personal finance experience in ChatGPT
Preview a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT for Pro users in the U.S. Securely connect your financial accounts and get AI-powered insights and guidance grounded in your financial context, goals, and priorities.
How business operations teams use Codex
See how business operations teams can use Codex to create initiative briefs, strategy updates, leadership decision packets, progress updates, and more from real work inputs.
Musk v. Altman week 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.
Update: On Monday May 18, the jury sided with OpenAI, delivering an advisory verdict finding that Musk’s claims are barred by the statute of limitations. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the verdict. In the final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, lawyers…
The Download: China’s AI drama factory and the WHO’s missing health targets
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Chinese short dramas became AI content machines China’s short drama industry is fueled by bite-sized, melodramatic, and…
How Chinese short dramas became AI content machines
In a dimly lit bedroom, a frightened young woman is thrown onto a bed by a tall, muscular man. He grabs her hand, and flame-like vines crawl across her body, fusing with her flesh. She levitates, then drops. A dragon-shaped tattoo appears across her chest. “Two months,” the man…
Osaurus brings both local and cloud AI models to your Mac
Osaurus combines local and cloud AI models in a Mac app that keeps users’ memory, files, and tools on their own hardware.
Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up
Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.
The OpenAI trial wraps up, and the Musk founder machine keeps spinning
The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: can we trust the people in charge of AI? All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history,…
Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI
AI video-generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.
OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle
OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockman the official lead of all things product. In a memo viewed by The Verge, Brockman wrote that since OpenAI's product strategy for this year is to go all-in on…
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users
YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 - meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person's face to monitor YouTube for…
ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has "incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation," such as hallucinated references…
The promises and pitfalls of personalized health
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A few days ago, my esthetician was smearing hot…
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. "Thinking Frequencies" is run by Claude, "OpenAIR" by ChatGPT,…
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week, despite our best hopes, we still don't have our phone - but we do have some fresh doubts about the company's patriotic…
Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI
Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: "In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or…
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank accounts. The new feature announced in preview today will allow users to "securely connect" ChatGPT with Plaid - the bank-to-app bridging platform used by 12,000…
AI research papers are getting better, and it’s a big problem for scientists
Last summer, Peter Degen's postdoctoral supervisor came to him with an unusual problem: One of his papers was being cited too much. Citations are the currency of academia, but there was something unusual about these. Published in 2017, the paper had assessed the accuracy of a…
Deloitte: Scale ‘autonomous intelligence’ for real growth
Enterprise leaders must progress past generative applications and scale “autonomous intelligence” to capture real growth. Generating text or summarising internal communications offers localised productivity improvements, yet these abilities rarely alter the core cost…
Sea's View on the Future of Agentic Software Development with Codex
Sea Limited's CPO explains why the company is deploying Codex across engineering teams to accelerate AI-native software development in Asia.
Work with Codex from anywhere
Use Codex anywhere with the ChatGPT mobile app. Monitor, steer, and approve coding tasks in real time across devices and remote environments.
Helping ChatGPT better recognize context in sensitive conversations
Learn how new ChatGPT safety updates improve context awareness in sensitive conversations, helping detect risk over time and respond more safely.
OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned
OpenAI is so frustrated with Apple over a ChatGPT integration that failed to deliver the subscribers and prominence it expected that the company is now actively exploring legal action against the iPhone maker.
Data readiness for agentic AI in financial services
Financial services companies have unique needs when it comes to business AI. They operate in one of the most highly regulated sectors while responding to external events that are updated by the second. As a result, the success of agentic AI in financial services depends less on…
Establishing AI and data sovereignty in the age of autonomous systems
When generative AI first moved from research labs into real-world business applications, enterprises made a tacit bargain: “Capability now, control later.” Feed your proprietary data into third-party AI models, and you will get powerful results. But your data passes through…
The Download: deepfake porn’s stolen bodies and AI sharing private numbers
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn When Jennifer got a research job in 2023, she ran her new professional…
Granite Embedding Multilingual R2: Open Apache 2.0 Multilingual Embeddings with 32K Context — Best Sub-100M Retrieval Quality
Unlocking asynchronicity in continuous batching
What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
Here's what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about.
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has been bleeding staff since its merger
More than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weakened retention incentives.
OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone
The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.
What happens when AI starts building itself?
Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.
Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard
A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.
Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%, in the first huge tech IPO of 2026
A year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras.
Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.
Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’
This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.
Two weeks left: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K equity-free funding is running out. Deadline to apply is May 27. Apply now.
Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multimodal data to AI labs
The company pivoted to being a data provider in 2023 and now supplies datasets of images, videos, design assets, and gaming and 3D content to AI labs.
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and other employees to experiment with coding for the first time,…
Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts
"The conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consumers," Campbell Brown said at StrictlyVC.
Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante
Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.
Closing time
Today was closing arguments in the Musk v. Altman trial, and I almost feel bad writing about the unbelievable demolition derby I just witnessed. Steven Molo, Musk's lawyer, stumbled over his words. He at one point called Greg Brockman - a co-defendant - Greg Altman. He…
Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy
Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman's team passed up what looked - from a distance - like a Little League trophy. It was not. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: "Never stop being a jackass." It's…
OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone. Following the surge in popularity for Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI has been working quickly to try and catch up, including by…
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard
When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn't initially know what to believe. "There's a lot of misinformation about data centers," she said. "Google has denied taking that land."…
Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards
Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just 7 percent said they were "strongly" in favor of new data centers. According to Gallup, data centers are so strongly disliked that Americans would prefer to live…
You can make an app for that
The tyranny of software is almost over. Since the first computer programmers wrote the first computer programs, we, the users of that software, have been forced to live in the worlds those programs create. The features are the features. The design is the design. Want something…
Physical AI moves closer to factory floors as companies test humanoid robots
British technology company Humanoid will deploy humanoid robots at factories operated by German industrial supplier Schaeffler, Reuters reported. The two companies’ agreement covers an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 robots in Schaeffler’s global manufacturing sites by…
Top real estate app development companies in the US: Abilities and costs
Real estate products depend on integrations, data flows, and compliance layers that rarely appear in marketing pages. A vendor may look strong on reviews about general software development and struggle once MLS feeds, payment systems, and document workflows enter the build. In…
Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers." Messages in Incognito Chat aren't saved or stored in users' chat history, similar to incognito modes on other AI chatbots, but Meta…
Building a safe, effective sandbox to enable Codex on Windows
Learn how OpenAI built a safe, effective sandbox to enable Codex on Windows with controlled file access and network limits.
Our response to the TanStack npm supply chain attack
OpenAI details its response to the TanStack “Mini Shai-Hulud” supply chain attack, outlines protections taken to secure systems and signing certificates, and explains why macOS users must update OpenAI apps by June 12, 2026. Learn what happened, what was affected, and how OpenAI…
Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data
A recent survey by fintech firm Ramp found that 34.4% of businesses are paying for Anthropic’s AI services, surpassing OpenAI at 32.3%, indicating growing enterprise adoption of Anthropic’s models over competitors. This shift matters as it reflects shifting market preferences in AI adoption among businesses, potentially signaling Anthropic’s rising influence in the enterprise AI space.
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month, he said, his phone had been inundated by calls from “strangers” who were “looking for a lawyer, a product designer, a locksmith.” Callers were apparently misdirected by Google’s generative AI. …
The Download: making drugs in orbit and NASA’s nuclear-powered spacecraft
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A plan to make drugs in orbit is going commercial A startup called Varda Space Industries is betting that the future of…
Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+
Amazon launched *Alexa for Shopping*, an AI-powered shopping assistant integrated into Amazon’s search bar, enabling voice and touch interactions across mobile, desktop, and Echo Show devices to deliver personalized recommendations and automate purchases on Amazon and other retailers. This update enhances convenience and efficiency in online shopping by leveraging Alexa’s AI to streamline product discovery and checkout.
Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are
The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.
Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life
Poppy launched an AI assistant that integrates with calendars, emails, and messaging apps to proactively organize tasks, reminders, and suggestions based on user activity, aiming to streamline digital productivity. This matters because it demonstrates how AI can automate personal workflows by anticipating needs across multiple platforms.
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves
Adaption’s AutoScientist is an AI tool that automates fine-tuning, enabling models to rapidly adapt to specific capabilities without manual intervention, potentially reducing development time and costs for specialized AI applications. This matters because it streamlines the training process, making AI more efficient and accessible for businesses and researchers.
Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents
Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.
Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
Who trusts Sam Altman?
"I believe I am an honest and trustworthy businessperson," Altman testified in federal court.
Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders
Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.
Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners
For founders and investors, Anthropic's new offering signals that the AI platform wars are expanding downmarket and that the next major battleground for user acquisition isn't the Fortune 500; it's the 36 million small businesses that make up the backbone of the U.S. economy.
WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.
Introducing the 6 stages at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — built for today’s tougher startup market
From October 13-15, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature 200+ sessions across six stages, led by 250+ tech leaders shaping the industry today. Register now to save up to $410, plus 50% off a second pass.
Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea
There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.
Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can ask the chatbot questions about what's in your tabs, compare the products you're looking at,…
Alexa is moving into Amazon․com
Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company's shopping experience. Beginning today, when you type a query into Amazon, you'll be talking to Alexa for Shopping, the company's new shopping assistant, powered by…
Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
Maybe I'm just punch-drunk in my third week attending Musk v. Altman, but I have become very, very fond of Microsoft during the course of this trial. They don't want to be here any more than I do. Their opening statement was honestly one of the most Microsoft things I've ever…
Data centers are coming for rural America
At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to close permanently. In 2023, the 1.4 million-square-foot facility was purchased…
Physical AI Conference Comes to San Jose as Robotics & Autonomous AI Go Mainstream
The Physical AI Conference shaping the future of robotics, autonomous systems and real-world AI deployment lands in Silicon Valley this May, bringing together the engineers, builders and AI pioneers turning intelligence into physical action.  Physical AI Expo…
How finance teams use Codex
See how finance teams can use Codex to build MBRs, reporting packs, variance bridges, model checks, and planning scenarios from real work inputs.
What Parameter Golf taught us about AI-assisted research
Parameter Golf brought together 1,000+ participants and 2,000+ submissions to explore AI-assisted machine learning research, coding agents, quantization, and novel model design under strict constraints.
How NVIDIA engineers and researchers build with Codex
Teams use Codex with GPT-5.5 to ship production systems and turn research ideas into runnable experiments.
AutoScout24 scales engineering with AI-powered workflows
Learn how AutoScout24 Group uses Codex and ChatGPT to speed development cycles, improve code quality, and expand AI adoption.
World Models: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
World models recently made our list of 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now. Watch executive editor Niall Firth explain why this emerging area of AI is gaining so much attention. Join MIT Technology Review editors and reporters for a subscriber-only Roundtables discussion,…
The Download: a Nobel winner on AI, and the case for fixing everything
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist A few months before he won the Nobel Prize in economics in…
Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android
Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard-based dictation and form-filling capabilities.
The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action
Anthropic's new tools are designed to help law firms automate specific clerical functions — things like document search and review, case law resources, deposition prep, document drafting, and other related areas.
Google’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets
To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural language. For example, you could ask the feature to "suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes every week" in order to get a custom dashboard that you can add and resize on your home screen.
Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.
Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.
Dessn raises $6M for its production-focused design tool
Dessn, a startup, secured $6 million in funding to develop AI-powered design tools that integrate directly with production codebases, streamlining the design-to-development workflow. This innovation matters as it bridges the gap between design and engineering, enabling real-time collaboration and reducing inefficiencies in product development.
AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals
AI voice startup Vapi raised $500M at a $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring’s business over 40 rivals by deploying AI agents for customer support and sales calls, reflecting rapid enterprise adoption of AI-driven voice automation.
Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release
A malicious Hugging Face repository that posed as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows machines and recorded about 244,000 downloads before removal, according to research from AI security firm HiddenLayer. The number of downloads may have been artificially…
Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person, and Altman, with his experience running the prominent startup accelerator Y Combinator, knew "founders who…
Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
"Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records," the company's support page reads.
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
Rivian’s AI-powered voice assistant is ready to roll
Rivian's AI-powered voice assistant is rolling out today to the company's vehicle fleet. The assistant will be available through a software update to all compatible Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 vehicle owners who subscribe to the company's Connect Plus cellular service, which costs…
Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks
Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a…
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO
Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth and early-stage startups.
Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough
After two weeks of hearing from assorted witnesses that he was a lying snake, the jury finally heard from the lying snake himself: Sam Altman. At the end of the testimony, his lawyer William Savitt asked him how it felt to be accused of stealing a charity. "We created, through a…
Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads
Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a conversation on the platform. If you've spent any time looking at replies on X as of late, this new feature sounds a lot like Meta's…
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers by their…
The 9 biggest new features in Android 17
Would it shock you to hear that Android 17 is filled with new AI-enabled features, like improved dictation and vibe-coded widgets? Fortunately, that's not all. The platform is getting non-AI updates too, from an emoji overhaul to a new screentime tool that helps you avoid…
Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone
It is, once again, Gemini season. Google is announcing a host of new Gemini features during its pre-I/O Android showcase, many of which aim to help use your phone for you. You'll find Gemini in more places, like Chrome on Android, in your autofill suggestions, and all up in your…
Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs
The family of a 19-year-old college student is suing OpenAI over claims that his conversations with ChatGPT led to an accidental overdose. In the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Sam Nelson's parents allege ChatGPT "encouraged" the teen to "consume a combination of substances that any…
Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has begun his testimony against Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial in a California federal courtroom. Altman, alongside OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is a primary defendant in the trial brought by Musk. Altman, Brockman, and Musk were all part of the…
George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing
Hollywood actors and producers are standing behind a new AI licensing standard that will tell AI systems whether they'll need to pay to use a person's likeness, creative work, characters, and designs. With the Human Consent Standard, people can set terms for the use of their…
Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows
Laserfiche has announced the release of AI agents that can help perform tasks through natural language prompts. Intelligent assistants follow Laserfiche’s integrated security rules and compliance requirements, helping ensure all sensitive data remains protected. Karl Chan,…
JBS Dev: On imperfect data and the AI last mile – from model capability to cost sustainability
Joe Rose, president at strategic technology provider JBS Dev, wants to cut through one of the myths of working with generative and agentic AI systems. “It’s a common misconception that your data has to be perfect before you do any of these types of workloads,” he explains. As a…
OpenAI launches DeployCo to help businesses build around intelligence
OpenAI launches DeployCo, a new enterprise deployment company built to help organizations bring frontier AI into production and turn it into measurable business impact.
How ChatGPT adoption broadened in early 2026
ChatGPT adoption surged in Q1 2026, with fastest growth among users over 35 and more balanced gender usage, signaling broader mainstream AI adoption.
OpenAI Campus Network: Student club interest form
Join the OpenAI Campus Network—connect student clubs worldwide, access AI tools, host events, and build an AI-powered campus community.
How enterprises are scaling AI
How enterprises scale AI: from early experiments to compounding impact through trust, governance, workflow design, and quality at scale.
The new AI-powered Google Finance is expanding to Europe.
This week, the new, AI-powered Google Finance is launching across Europe, with full local language support. This reimagined experience offers a suite of powerful capabil…
Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. A few months before he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2024, Daron Acemoglu published a paper that earned him few fans in Silicon…
Fostering breakthrough AI innovation through customer-back engineering
Despite years of digitization, organizations capture less than one-third of the value expected from digital investments, according to McKinsey research. That’s because most big companies begin with technological capabilities and bolt applications onto them, rather than starting…
Implementing advanced AI technologies in finance
In finance departments that have long been defined by precision and control, AI has arrived less as a neatly managed upgrade than as a quiet insurgency. Employees are already using it while leadership races to impose structure, governance, and strategy after the fact. The result…
The Download: the hantavirus outbreak and Musk v. Altman week 2
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak Last week, eight passengers aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise…
Building Blocks for Foundation Model Training and Inference on AWS
OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos
OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them. Daybreak uses the Codex Security AI agent that launched in March to create a threat model based on an organization's code and focus on possible attack…
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills
Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows.
Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator
In an email to beta testers, the company said the site's goal is to "track the most influential voices in a space" and to surface the news that's actually worth "paying attention to."
There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers — Cowboy Space raised $275M to build them
The apparently insatiable demand for AI compute has data center entrepreneurs looking to the stars. There's a key problem: There aren't enough rockets to put data centers in orbit around Earth, and they're too expensive.
Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to
Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Monday that it's working on something called "interaction models." The idea behind interaction models, according to Thinking Machines, is that they will let people "collaborate with AI the way…
Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge, and also just one of my very closest friends.…
Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI
For the first time, Google says it has spotted and stopped a zero-day exploit developed with AI. According to a report from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), "prominent cyber crime threat actors" were planning to use the vulnerability for a "mass exploitation event" that…
AI automates HR compliance, except for the area tech companies need
Artificial intelligence is transforming how companies handle compliance. Background checks run in real-time. Payroll monitoring flags discrepancies automatically. Predictive analytics anticipate employee churn before it happens. HR tech stacks now offer automated solutions for…
Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation
Bain & Company has estimated a US$100 billion market in the US for SaaS companies using agentic AI. The firm said the market is tied to automating coordination work in enterprise systems. The estimate comes from the second report in Bain’s five-part series on the…
MachinaCheck: Building a Multi-Agent CNC Manufacturability System on AMD MI300X
MachinaCheck developed a multi-agent AI system on AMD’s MI300X to automate CNC manufacturability analysis, reducing errors and speeding up production by evaluating design feasibility before manufacturing. This matters because it enhances precision and efficiency in CNC machining, cutting costs and lead times for manufacturers.
Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future
How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?
Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts
Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.
We’re feeling cynical about xAI’s big deal with Anthropic
On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we discussed what xAI's deal with Anthropic might mean for parent company SpaceX.
Voice AI in India is hard — Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway
Wispr Flow says growth accelerated in India after its Hinglish rollout, even as voice AI products continue to face challenges.
"OncoAgent: A Dual-Tier Multi-Agent Framework for Privacy-Preserving Oncology Clinical Decision Support"
Researchers developed *OncoAgent*, a dual-tier multi-agent AI framework that enables privacy-preserving oncology clinical decision support by securely analyzing patient data without exposing raw information, potentially improving diagnostic accuracy while complying with strict healthcare privacy regulations like HIPAA. This matters because it addresses critical challenges in AI-driven healthcare—balancing data utility with privacy—by using federated learning and secure multi-party computation to support real-time, evidence-based cancer care.
So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year
Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.
Running Codex safely at OpenAI
How OpenAI runs Codex securely with sandboxing, approvals, network policies, and agent-native telemetry to support safe and compliant coding agent adoption.
MedQA: Fine-Tuning a Clinical AI on AMD ROCm — No CUDA Required
AMD has enabled fine-tuning of clinical AI models using its ROCm platform instead of NVIDIA’s CUDA, demonstrating that medical AI can run efficiently on AMD GPUs; this matters because it expands accessibility and reduces dependency on proprietary NVIDIA hardware for healthcare applications.
See what happens when creative legends use AI to make ads for small businesses.
Today we're launching The Small Brief, an initiative bringing together three ad industry icons to champion a local businesses they love. Their mission is to build breakt…
Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
In the second week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk’s motivations for bringing the suit were under scrutiny. Last week, Musk took the stand, alleging that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into donating $38 million to the…
Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Eight passengers aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship have contracted a type of hantavirus, a rare…
The Download: AI malaise and babymaking tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We’ve entered the era of AI malaise AI is spreading everywhere, and it is not going away. But what will it do? What effect will…
CyberSecQwen-4B: Why Defensive Cyber Needs Small, Specialized, Locally-Runnable Models
CyberSecQwen-4B is a compact, specialized AI model designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks, offering efficient local deployment without cloud dependency, addressing critical needs for privacy and real-time threat detection in sensitive environments. Its small size and focused capabilities make it a practical solution for organizations requiring robust, low-latency cybersecurity tools without sacrificing performance.
EMO: Pretraining mixture of experts for emergent modularity
Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.
Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.
Intel’s comeback story is even wilder than it seems
Intel's stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year, a bet by Wall Street that may be running well ahead of the company's actual turnaround.
Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high
Cloudflare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles.
The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush
Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI deployment to SAP dropping $1B on German AI startup…
Last 24 hours to get 50% off a second pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Last day to buy one pass and get a second one at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Bring a partner, co-founder, or colleague at half off. Register now.
The fax machine is the bottleneck in US healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice
Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting workers and displacing them. For now, the founders say the administrative staff they work with aren't worried about that;…
All the latest updates on AI data centers
Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and…
Everybody wants to rule the AI world
Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch of video calls while the current CEO is texting the former CEO about who the new…
PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
As part of an earnings presentation on Friday, Sony shared how it's thinking about AI at the company, including many details about how it's evaluating AI as part of making PlayStation games. Generative AI has recently been showing up in bigger games - though many indie…
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
When OpenAI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications…
Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI
Smart lighting company Nanoleaf has been unusually quiet recently. While competitors such as Govee and Philips Hue have been pumping out new products and innovative features at an impressive pace, Nanoleaf has launched just a handful of smart lighting products in the last two…
RingCentral adds Shopify, Calendly, and WhatsApp to AI Receptionist
RingCentral has expanded its AI Receptionist product with new links to Shopify, Calendly and WhatsApp, as the communications software company tries to push the product beyond basic call answering and into more routine customer service tasks. The company said AI Receptionist,…
Advancing voice intelligence with new models in the API
Explore new realtime voice models in the OpenAI API that can reason, translate, and transcribe speech, enabling more natural and intelligent voice experiences.
OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API
The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields, including education and creator platforms.
China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets
China’s Moonshot AI raised $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, fueled by surging demand for open-source AI models, with its annualized recurring revenue reaching $200 million in April due to paid subscriptions and API usage. This funding highlights the growing commercial viability and investor confidence in China’s AI sector amid global competition.
Parloa builds service agents customers want to talk to
Parloa leverages OpenAI models to power scalable, voice-driven AI customer service agents, enabling enterprises to design, simulate, and deploy reliable, real-time interactions.
Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber
OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber, helping verified defenders accelerate vulnerability research and protect critical infrastructure.
Testing ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control.
Introducing Trusted Contact in ChatGPT
Introducing Trusted Contact in ChatGPT, an optional safety feature that notifies someone you trust if serious self-harm concerns are detected.
Simplex rethinks software development with Codex
Simplex boosts software development with ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, reducing design, build, and testing time while scaling AI-driven workflows.
The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for IVF IVF has brought millions of babies into the world over the last four decades. But the process can still be…
OpenAI introduces new ‘Trusted Contact’ safeguard for cases of possible self-harm
The company is expanding its efforts to protect ChatGPT users in cases where conversations may turn to self-harm.
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
At the Milken Institute Global Conference, five key figures in the AI industry—spanning hardware, data infrastructure, and policy—discussed growing challenges like semiconductor shortages, unsustainable data center energy demands, and systemic bottlenecks threatening AI’s economic viability. Their concerns highlight the urgent need to address scalability and sustainability issues to prevent the collapse of the AI-driven economy.
Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm
AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.
Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
Perplexity's Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.
Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says
Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past comments about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI -- Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee, and the CEO has made many comments over the years about how AI will be "a supercharger to love and…
Aurora’s Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready to scale
Self-driving has been “almost here” for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson’s story changed. The…
How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic's Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K
Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100,000 equity-free, and more opportunities for major scaling impact.
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Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio
Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify.
Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese
Spotify's AI DJ feature now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry's biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT maker. The explanation? That Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board." Now, via…
Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
Apple's rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are "actively using" prototypes that are in the design validation test stage, which is one step before the…
SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas
Elon Musk's plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. As the The New York Times and CNBC report, SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its "Terafab" chip plant in Austin, Texas. That's according to the details of a public…
ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns
OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a "Trusted Contact" will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may…
OpenClaw and Claude can put your AI-generated podcasts in Spotify
Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed specifically for AI agents like OpenClaw, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex. If you're the kind of person who collects research on a topic, then feeds it through their AI of choice to create audio summaries and personal podcasts,…
Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air
It's a Whoop dupe. That was my first thought when I saw the new $99 Google Fitbit Air. You can hardly blame me. The band is screenless with a metallic fabric clasp. My eyes flickered between the Fitbit Air and my wrist, where I'm wearing a Whoop MG. Was I not seeing double? But…
Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.
AI helping ease the UK’s NHS burden
The words “pressure” and “NHS” go hand in hand in the UK and unfortunately there is no sign of a reduction in the strain the institution suffers any time soon. As NHS England continues the struggle to reduce its 7.25 million waiting list, new policies are…
Google tests Remy AI agent for Gemini as focus turns to user control
Google is testing Remy, a new AI personal agent for Gemini, according to Business Insider. The tool is designed to take actions for users in work and daily tasks. Remy is being tested in a staff-only version of the Gemini app. The report said it reviewed an internal document and…
Apple to pay $250M to settle lawsuit over Siri’s delayed AI features
Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it falsely advertised Siri’s AI capabilities by delaying promised features, highlighting concerns over deceptive marketing practices in tech.
Introducing ChatGPT Futures: Class of 2026
Meet the ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026—26 student innovators using AI to build, research, and drive real-world impact. Discover how this generation is redefining learning, creativity, and opportunity with ChatGPT.
How frontier firms are pulling ahead
OpenAI’s B2B Signals research shows how frontier enterprises deepen AI adoption, scale Codex-powered agentic workflows, and build durable competitive advantage.
Uber uses OpenAI to help people earn smarter and book faster
Uber uses OpenAI to power AI assistants and voice features that help drivers earn smarter and riders book faster across a global real-time marketplace.
Singular Bank helps bankers move fast with ChatGPT and Codex
Singular Bank built Singularity, an internal assistant using ChatGPT and Codex to help bankers save 60–90 minutes daily on meeting prep, portfolio analysis, and follow-up.
How ChatGPT learns about the world while protecting privacy
Learn how ChatGPT safeguards your privacy, reduces personal data in training, and gives you control over whether your conversations improve AI models.
5 gardening tips you can try right in Search
We’ve rounded up the top ways you can use Google’s AI Mode, Search Live and Shopping to help your plants thrive.
The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining Last week, two oblong neon submersibles started…
vLLM V0 to V1: Correctness Before Corrections in RL
Adding Benchmaxxer Repellant to the Open ASR Leaderboard
Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity's AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat.
Is xAI a neocloud now?
xAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, all your M&A questions will be answered
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, industry leaders from Coinbase, M13, and Mignano Law Group will discuss mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a key early-stage strategy, offering insights into its role in startup growth and innovation. This matters because M&A is increasingly vital for scaling companies, making this session valuable for founders and investors navigating strategic partnerships or exits.
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AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
Samsung Electronics achieved a $1 trillion market valuation after its stock price rose sharply due to increased demand for AI-related chips, becoming the second Asian company after TSMC to reach this milestone. This surge highlights the growing importance of AI technology in driving corporate growth and market dominance.
SpaceX may spend up to $119B on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
The project would be a "multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility," according to the proposal.
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a fraction of the compute power and at a fraction of the cost of the big U.S. models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Google updates AI search to include quotes from Reddit and other sources
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows
Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks.
Tinder owner Match Group is slowing hiring to pay for its increased use of AI tools
Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."
Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week.
Peter Sarlin’s QuTwo reaches $380M valuation in angel round
Enterprise AI will be QuTwo’s bread and butter. “AI is the north star that we will continue to aim for. Quantum is just a new type of compute,” said Sarlin, who is adamant that QuTwo is an AI company.
Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone to open a restaurant
Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered “restaurant factories,” letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.
How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman
Cutthroat negotiations between startup founders are rarely shared so publicly, especially when a company becomes as world-changing as OpenAI.
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone's minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk's children, was… What's…
Google shuts down Project Mariner
Google has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the web, as reported earlier by Wired's Maxwell Zeff. The Project Mariner landing page now contains a message that says: "Thank you for using Project Mariner. It was…
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter exclusively for Verge subscribers about tech, politics, and Washington intrigue. (It's basically House of Cards, but for nerds.) Not a subscriber yet? You really should become one, and to save you a Google search, here is the direct…
Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new AI model. In a video deposition shown during the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial on Wednesday, Murati said Altman falsely stated that OpenAI's legal…
Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit
Google is updating its AI Search features to make it easier for users to find information from sources they know and trust. One of the more notable changes introduces "a preview of perspectives" from firsthand sources like social media, Reddit, and other web forums, effectively…
Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle
Microsoft's LinkedIn chief, Ryan Roslansky, took on an expanded role at the company as head of Office last year, and he's now getting more responsibilities as part of the latest leadership reshuffle inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that the Microsoft Teams organization is…
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser's system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained drops in their available desktop device storage…
HP and the art of AI and data for the enterprise
Ahead of the AI & Big Data Expo at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, May 18-19, we spoke to Jerome Gabryszewski, the company’s AI & Data Science Business Development Manager about AI, processing data for AI ingestion, and local versus cloud compute. The…
US government increases AI suppliers and rethinks Anthropic’s role
The US administration has added four more AI companies to its roster of favoured suppliers, with the Pentagon signing agreements with Microsoft, Reflection AI (which has yet to release a publicly-available model), Amazon, and Nvidia that mean their products can be used on…
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
Staffers at Google DeepMind voted to unionize to block the company’s AI technology from being used by Israel and the U.S. military, citing ethical concerns over military applications of their work. This move highlights growing employee activism in tech over defense contracts and the broader debate on AI’s role in warfare.
CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents
CopilotKit, a Seattle-based startup, raised $27 million in a Series A funding round led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire to help developers deploy AI agents directly within applications. This matters because it enables seamless integration of AI capabilities into apps, accelerating the development of AI-powered features for businesses.
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GPT-5.5 Instant: smarter, clearer, and more personalized
GPT-5.5 Instant updates ChatGPT’s default model with smarter, more accurate answers, reduced hallucinations, and improved personalization controls.
New ways to buy ChatGPT ads
OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with a beta self-serve Ads Manager, CPC bidding, and enhanced measurement tools—built to protect privacy and keep conversations separate from ads.
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India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
India’s first generative AI unicorn, Krutrim, shifted its focus to cloud services after layoffs and limited AI model progress, highlighting the financial and technical hurdles of developing AI models in India. This shift underscores the broader challenges faced by startups in sustaining costly AI innovation amid economic constraints.
Unlocking large scale AI training networks with MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection)
OpenAI introduces MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection), a new supercomputer networking protocol released via OCP to improve resilience and performance in large-scale AI training clusters.
Advancing youth safety and wellbeing in EMEA
Explore OpenAI’s European Youth Safety Blueprint and EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grants, advancing safe, responsible AI for teens, families, and educators.
Google is partnering with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners on the $3.5 million Future Vision film competition.
Google is partnering with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners on the $3.5 million Future Vision film competition.
Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would apply to people in the US who purchased all models of the iPhone 16 and the…
The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: what it was like in the room Two of the most powerful figures in AI—Sam Altman and Elon…
A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy
Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literacy, helping give rise to the Reformation and, eventually, representative government. The telegraph made it possible to administer vast…
OpenAI is reportedly launching a phone for ChatGPT
OpenAI is reportedly developing its first hardware product—a smartphone designed to optimize ChatGPT interactions, with mass production planned for early 2027, signaling a major expansion beyond AI software into consumer devices. This move could redefine how users access and interact with AI, potentially integrating it deeply into daily mobile use.
Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models
Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they're released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) says it will work with…
What an AI-designed car looks like
The cars rolling off production lines right now are filled with old ideas. From beginning to end, the creation of a new vehicle can take five years or longer - which is plenty of time for a lot of tastes, politics, and gas prices to change. That's one reason car manufacturers…
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Anthropic has spent years building itself up as the safe AI company. But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude's carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerability. Researchers at AI red-teaming company Mindgard say they got Claude to offer…
Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
About a week into the Musk v. Altman trial, we've heard from some of the most powerful people in tech - including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Elon Musk's fixer Jared Birchall, and Musk himself. But one of the most prominent characters is hovering around the margins: Demis…
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor
According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT
The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.
PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again’ — that means AI
PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5 billion in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.
Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push
Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.
SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw
SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.
Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences
Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems.
Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models
With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks.
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us
Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white…
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.
ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors
ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.
Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests
Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant's ability to interpret and act on requests. The…
Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team -…
Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27
The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and…
OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant improvements in factuality across the board." The company claims that, based on…
Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history" when training its Llama AI models, as reported earlier by The New York Times.…
Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack
Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.
Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website
Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.
Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services
Anthropic and OpenAI are forming joint ventures with asset managers to expand their enterprise AI offerings, aiming to accelerate adoption of their AI services among businesses. This collaboration highlights the growing demand for scalable AI solutions in the corporate sector.
OpenAI and PwC collaborate to reimagine the office of the CFO
OpenAI and PwC are partnering to help enterprises use AI agents to automate finance workflows, improve forecasting, strengthen controls, and modernize the CFO function.
How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale
How OpenAI rebuilt its WebRTC stack to power real-time Voice AI with low latency, global scale, and seamless conversational turn-taking.
The latest AI news we announced in April 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from April 2026
Reduce friction and latency for long-running jobs with Webhooks in Gemini API
Event-Driven Webhooks are a push-based notification system that eliminates the need for inefficient polling.
Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is…
Tailoring AI solutions for health care needs
The AI market is full of big promises of grand transformation. Health care is a prime target for those promises, beset as it is by financial pressures, labor shortages, and the growing burden of caring for an aging population. AI developers are targeting functions that vary…
OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO
AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. Its relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.
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DoorDash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes
DoorDash introduced AI tools on Monday to streamline merchant onboarding, enhance dish photos, and auto-generate websites from existing content, aiming to improve efficiency and appeal for food businesses. This matters as it reduces manual work for merchants while leveraging AI to boost visual appeal and online presence, potentially increasing customer engagement.
Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences.
Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims
Musk texted OpenAI's president and co-founder saying that he and CEO Sam Altman "will be the most hated men in America" if OpenAI doesn't settle the suit.
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot and creator of the Roomba, has launched a new robot companion called *Familiar* from his company Familiar Machines & Magic, marking his first venture into non-cleaning household robots after selling over 50 million Roombas. This furry, interactive robot aims to provide companionship, representing a shift toward AI-driven personal assistance in home robotics.
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
The strongest witness for Elon Musk's case against OpenAI so far has been Greg Brockman's journal. Brockman himself is running as a close second. Brockman was called to the stand in a rather unusual way - he was cross-examined first, followed by a direct examination - and he had…
GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it
Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.
Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems
Governance around Physical AI is becoming harder as autonomous AI systems move into robots, sensors, and industrial equipment. The issue is not only whether AI agents can complete tasks. It is how their actions are tested, monitored, and stopped when they interact with…
Google made agentic AI governance a product. Enterprises still have to catch up.
Two weeks ago at Google Cloud Next ’26 in Las Vegas, Google did something the enterprise AI industry has been dancing around for the better part of two years: it made agentic AI governance a native product feature, not an afterthought. The centrepiece…
‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art
The ad comes from Artisan, the AI startup behind billboards urging businesses to "stop hiring humans."
In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors
A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time it was released to hit number one on the App Store's list of top paid apps. It was a surprise success - but what's even more surprising is the app's origin story: it all…
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O'Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it…
AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” will be eligible for Academy Awards.
The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked
AI-powered dictation apps are useful for replying to emails, taking notes, and even coding through your voice
Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic
The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according to an announcement on Friday. At the same time, the Defense Department has left…
Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models
In the first week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk took the stand in a crisp black suit and tie and argued that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into bankrolling the company. Along the way, he warned that AI could…
Cyber-Insecurity in the AI Era
Cybersecurity was already under strain before AI entered the stack. Now, as AI expands the attack surface and adds new complexity, the limits of legacy approaches are becoming harder to ignore. This session from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI conference explores why…
Operationalizing AI for Scale and Sovereignty
Companies are taking control of their own data to tailor AI for their needs. The challenge lies in balancing ownership with the safe, trusted flow of high‑quality data needed to power reliable insights. This conversation from MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI conference…
The Download: a new Christian phone network, and debugging LLMs
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content A new US-wide cell phone network marketed to…
Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining
Smack dab between Australia and South America, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier is currently on a mission to map more than 8,000 square nautical miles of the Pacific seafloor in search of critical mineral deposits. But it…
A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content
A new US-wide cell phone network marketed to Christians is set to launch next week. It blocks porn, which experts in network security say marks the first time a US cell plan has used network-level blocking for such content that can’t be turned off even by adult account owners.…
Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell
At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, beginning with the question everyone in the industry is asking right now: In a world where rival Cursor is reportedly in talks to be acquired by SpaceX for…
Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions
Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models for robots, the company said.
Did you know you can’t steal a charity? Don’t worry. Elon Musk will remind you.
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against…
Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks
The deals come as the DOD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.
Musk v. Altman is just getting started
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to…
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India, but not a big winner elsewhere, yet
Users in India are embracing ChatGPT Images 2.0 for creative, personal visuals — from avatars to cinematic portraits.
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI - and from before the AI lab even…
Elon Musk had a bad week in court
Elon Musk is the one who wanted this trial. He has spent months claiming OpenAI "stole a nonprofit," and saying he was the actual driving force behind one of the most important companies currently in tech. All indications are that he won't win his case against the company, but…
Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr
In the beginning, platforms like Fiverr were places where people could hire freelancers to do specialized creative labor using skills that took years to develop. In the age of generative AI, though, many of these gig workers have embraced the technology in order to meet clients'…
Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents
Microsoft is launching a new AI agent inside Word that's specifically designed for legal teams. Legal Agent handles document edits, negotiation history, and complex documents to help legal teams handle tasks like reviewing contracts. "Instead of relying on general AI models to…
SAP: How enterprise AI governance secures profit margins
According to SAP, enterprise AI governance secures profit margins by replacing statistical guesses with deterministic control. Ask a consumer-grade model to count the words in a document, and it will often miss the mark by ten percent. Manos Raptopoulos, Global President of…
Per-token AI charges come to GitHub Copilot
As of 1st June 2026, GitHub Copilot will charge its users on the basis of the tokens they use, rather than a flat rate subscription model. The model that’s seeing the shutters closed on it is, or rather was, simple to understand and use. Users were given a set number of…
Introducing Advanced Account Security
Introducing Advanced Account Security: phishing-resistant login, stronger recovery, and enhanced protections to safeguard sensitive data and prevent account takeover.
After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
OpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.
This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs
The San Francisco–based startup Goodfire just released a new tool, called Silico, that lets researchers and engineers peer inside an AI model and adjust its parameters—the settings that determine a model’s behavior—during training. This could give model makers more fine-grained…
Exclusive eBook: Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones
The ultimate plan to live forever is a brand new body. This subscriber-only eBook explores R3 Bio, a small startup that has pitched a startling and ethically charged vision for “brainless clones” to serve the role of backup human bodies. byAntonio Regalado March 30,…
The Download: the North Pole’s future and humanoid data
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Digging for clues about the North Pole’s past In the past, getting to the North Pole involved a treacherous trip through ice many…
Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
Meta lost 20 million daily active users across its platforms last quarter while planning to invest billions more in AI, signaling potential user dissatisfaction despite its tech expansion. This decline highlights challenges in retaining users amid growing competition and shifting digital habits.
OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
OpenAI is developing *GPT-5.5-Cyber*, a specialized cybersecurity model exclusively for trusted "cyber defenders" like governments and critical infrastructure teams, prioritizing advanced threat detection and defense without public access. This matters because it aims to enhance global cybersecurity resilience by restricting high-risk AI tools to vetted experts, addressing concerns over misuse while bolstering institutional defenses.
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
A recent study found that increased use of AI tools like ChatGPT among young people correlates with growing frustration and distrust toward the technology, as Gen Z faces mounting pressure to adopt it despite its flaws and ethical concerns. This shift matters because it signals potential resistance to AI's rapid integration into daily life, challenging Silicon Valley's assumption that younger generations will uncritically embrace it.
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
The maker of Claude has received multiple preemptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Sources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeks
Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Apple was surprised by AI-driven demand for Macs
Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico
OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.
Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models
"Distillation" is a hot topic as frontier labs try to prevent smaller competitors from copying their models.
FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder
BioticsAI CEO Robhy Bustami joined Isabelle Johannessen on Build Mode to discuss how the company has navigated a highly regulated space and kept the team motivated while cutting through all the red tape.
Google’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles
The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience.
Stripe updates Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too
Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.
Salesforce is crowdsourcing its AI roadmap — with customers
Salesforce lets its customers lead its product roadmap with the thinking that if one enterprise customer has a problem, the others likely do too.
X announces a rebuilt ad platform powered by AI
X is rolling out a rebuilt ads platform powered by AI as it works to grow revenue again.
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its GenAI tools
OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins
OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem. After a report from Wired revealed instructions to OpenAI's coding model to "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures," the AI startup published an explanation on its…
Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI
Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI. Some artists will now have a "Verified by Spotify" badge and a green checkmark on their profile, indicating that the company has confirmed a real person is behind the music and the profile. At least…
All these smart glasses and nothing to do
I'm currently wearing a pair of smart glasses called the Even Realities G2. Another two pairs, from Rokid, sit on my desk. A few feet away, I've got the Meta Ray-Ban Display charging alongside their Neural Wristband. In my closet are six pairs of $50 smart sunnies that an…
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
You need infrastructure to build AI and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
The e-commerce giant is making more money than expected from AWS but it's also spending a lot, and will continue to do so in the near term, its chief executive said.
The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk's lawyers may have just fucked up big. Jared "James Brickhouse" Birchall, Musk's finance guy and all-around fixer, took the stand after Musk…
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI's models to improve its own. The matter at question is model distillation, a common industry practice by which one larger AI model acts as a "teacher" of sorts to…
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them. As part of the campaign, Manus was paying…
Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in
Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant. This will be an upgrade from the current Google Assistant according to Google's announcement, and promises to provide an improved experience for natural conversations, fetching…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has always been complicated, so I expected the close partnership-turned-situationship to end in tears. After all, executive disagreements, rearranged contracts, and frustrations over AI infrastructure have all regularly been part of the…
The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.
What LG and NVIDIA’s talks reveal about the future of physical AI
LG is currently engaged in exploratory discussions with NVIDIA concerning physical AI, data centres, and mobility. Following a meeting in Seoul between LG CEO Ryu Jae-cheol and Madison Huang, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Omniverse and Robotics at NVIDIA, the core…
A guide to APIs, MCPs, and MCP Gateways
APIs and MCPs are often mentioned in the same breath as ways that systems can exchange information, but they are designed differently and have different purposes. This article hopes to explain the differences and how software developers and users should approach interaction with…
AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps
Australia’s financial regulator has warned financial firms that AI agent governance and assurance practices are poorly governed. The warning comes as banks and superannuation trustees expand AI in internal and customer-facing operations. The Australian Prudential…
Big Tech just proved AI infrastructure spending works. Then it raised the bill anyway
Every cloud beat. Every capex forecast rose. That is the two-sentence summary of the biggest earnings day of 2026, and it tells you almost everything you need to know about where Big Tech’s AI infrastructure spending actually stands right now. Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta,…
Where the goblins came from
How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.
Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age
OpenAI scales Stargate to build the compute infrastructure powering AGI, adding new data center capacity to meet growing AI demand.
Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age
OpenAI outlines a five-part action plan for strengthening cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age, focused on democratizing AI-powered cyber defense and protecting critical systems.
The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste Today, nuclear energy enjoys rare support across the political spectrum. Public…
Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp
Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raised $100 million to develop AI agents capable of enabling individual soldiers to command fleets of autonomous vehicles, highlighting the growing role of AI in military applications and its potential to transform battlefield operations. This funding underscores the increasing investment in AI-driven defense technologies aimed at enhancing tactical decision-making and operational efficiency.
AI evals are becoming the new compute bottleneck
Granite 4.1 LLMs: How They’re Built
DeepInfra on Hugging Face Inference Providers 🔥
General Motors is adding Gemini to four million cars
General Motors will integrate Google’s Gemini AI assistant into approximately four million 2022 or newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC vehicles equipped with Google built-in, enhancing in-car voice and AI-driven features via an over-the-air update. This expansion strengthens GM’s AI capabilities, offering users advanced voice commands, contextual assistance, and improved in-vehicle experiences.
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI.
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
Meta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.
Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal
Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.
Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it
Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.
Google Cloud surpasses $20B, but says growth was capacity-constrained
Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.
Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One
Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.
Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next
AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool almost overnight, and Runway has a front row seat to the shift. The New York-based company has raised close to $860 million at a $5.3 billion valuation, and its models are going toe-to-toe with the most well-funded labs…
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality
Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a copy of your wardrobe that's based on the pieces of clothing appearing in your Google Photos library.
More Gemini features are coming to Google TV
Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
It's a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath.
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.
Larry’s risky business
If you want to know whether the AI bubble is bursting, there's only one publicly traded company that will tell you: Oracle. That's right, the database company. Oracle has burned its boats and pivoted to AI, but not in any kind of usual way. It is not a foundation model builder…
Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok
Scammers are using AI-generated videos of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Rihanna to promote shady services on TikTok, according to authentication company Copyleaks. The ads typically show celebrities in interview settings, such as red carpets, podcasts, or talk shows,…
Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI
Seven families of victims injured or killed in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company and its leadership of negligence after they failed to alert police to the suspected shooter's ChatGPT activity.…
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO
ChatGPT is struggling to keep up its once-explosive growth as users uninstall the app or opt for rival chatbots instead. According to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, ChatGPT experienced a 132 percent increase in uninstalls year over year in April. Its uninstall…
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos
China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The move comes after dozens of robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu ground to a halt in traffic last month in Wuhan, creating chaos. The…
GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours
GitHub employees fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in less than six hours last month. Wiz Research used AI models to uncover a vulnerability in GitHub's internal git infrastructure that could have allowed attackers to access millions of public and private code…
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in…
Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter
Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai published as part of Alphabet's earnings on Wednesday. "Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business," Pichai says.…
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
Canonical's plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has some users asking for "a version of Ubuntu that does not include these features," while others say they'll stick with older versions of the Linux distro or even switch to a different one. After Canonical's announcement earlier…
Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have
Google Photos is launching a new AI-powered feature you can use to virtually try on clothes you already have. Using the photos in your gallery, Google will create a virtual "wardrobe," allowing you to mix and match outfits, save the looks you like, and share them with friends. A…
IDC: How EMEA CIOs can jumpstart AI rollouts
Getting stalled enterprise AI rollouts in the EMEA region moving again will require CIOs to aggressively audit their systems. Over the past 18 months, AI deployments across Europe advanced far beyond initial testing. Companies poured capital into large language models and…
GPT-5.5 is OpenAI’s most capable agentic AI model yet
OpenAI launched GPT-5.5 on April 23 as what it calls “a new class of intelligence for real work and powering agents,” and the framing is deliberate. OpenAI says it’s the most capable agentic AI model to date, built from the ground up to plan, use tools, check…
Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden
Security firms find themselves especially exposed.
Introducing NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni: Long-Context Multimodal Intelligence for Documents, Audio and Video Agents
OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS
OpenAI GPT models, Codex, and Managed Agents are now available on AWS, enabling enterprises to build secure AI in their AWS environments.
Our commitment to community safety
Learn how OpenAI protects community safety in ChatGPT through model safeguards, misuse detection, policy enforcement, and collaboration with safety experts.
Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate: Fun facts, tips and new features to try
Google’s sharing 20 fun facts to celebrate Google Translate turning 20, from its roots as a 2006 AI experiment to supporting almost 250 languages today.
The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to trial this week in a…
Adaptive Ultrasound Imaging with Physics-Informed NV-Raw2Insights-US AI
Adaptive ultrasound imaging enhanced with AI (NV-Raw2Insights-US) integrates physics-based models to improve image quality from raw ultrasound data, enabling real-time, high-resolution diagnostics while reducing operator dependency. This advancement matters because it could broaden access to precise medical imaging in low-resource settings and improve diagnostic accuracy for conditions like cardiovascular disease or cancer.
Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS
A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers
YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.
Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages
Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.
Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
Lovable launches its vibe-coding app on iOS and Android
The app allows developers to vibe code web apps and websites on the go.
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech — a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.
Red Hat’s OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer
Tank OS puts OpenClaw AI agents into a container that lets it run reliably and more safely, especially for those running fleets of them.
Otter’s new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools
With this launch, users can connect their Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Jira, and Salesforce accounts and query that data along with existing meeting data. The company said that it will soon allow connections with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Slack.
Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI
Elon Musk officially began his testimony in the trial he has brought against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman. The three were on the initial founding team of OpenAI, with Musk investing up to $38 million early on before the co-founders' relationship…
Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton
Anthropic introduced connectors enabling Claude to integrate with creative tools like Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton, allowing AI to directly manipulate files and automate workflows in these applications. This expansion into creative software highlights AI's growing role in streamlining design, 3D modeling, and music production processes.
Musk and Altman go to court
A high-profile trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI has begun, centering on disputes over the origins of AI development, intellectual property, and financial claims, with both sides expected to reveal sensitive industry secrets during the proceedings. The case highlights broader tensions over accountability and control in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared
Today the first witness was sworn in in Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk. I was surprised by how flat he seemed. This is not the first time I've seen Musk in court. During his defamation suit, he turned on the charm and the jury responded by finding him not guilty. Today he looked…
Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity
On the stand, Elon Musk is positioning himself as a savior. In the high-profile trial between him and his fellow OpenAI cofounder, now CEO, Sam Altman, Musk opened by going through his background. He went as far back as being raised in South Africa and arriving in Canada for…
Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to protect herself from AI copycats. As usual, however, the legal system intersects with technology in complicated ways - and Swift's…
Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI
Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose," The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from…
Attack of the killer script kiddies
Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA's Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). The tools had scanned 54 million lines of actual software code that…
IBM launches AI platform Bob to regulate SDLC costs
To regulate software delivery costs and SDLC governance, IBM is launching Bob, an AI platform built to anchor enterprise engineering. Accumulated technical debt, hybrid cloud structures, and rigid compliance requirements clash with the raw speed of coding assistants. Without…
The evolution of encoders: From simple models to multimodal AI
When people talk about artificial intelligence, they usually focus on what it produces: Human-like text, stunning images, or eerily accurate recommendations. What rarely gets attention is how AI understands anything in the first place. That understanding begins with encoders.…
Kakao Mobility details Level 4 autonomous driving roadmap for physical AI
Kakao Mobility has set out plans to develop Level 4 autonomous driving technologies in-house as part of its physical AI strategy. Kim Jin-kyu, vice president and head of Kakao Mobility’s Physical AI division, presented the roadmap at the 2026 World IT Show conference at…
Lightelligence’s 400% debut is a bet that AI’s next bottleneck is the optical interconnect
When a company with US$15.5 million in annual revenue debuts on a stock exchange and its market capitalisation briefly hits US$10 billion, the obvious question is: what do investors know that the financials don’t show yet? In Lightelligence’s case, the answer is…
An open-source spec for orchestration: Symphony
Learn how Symphony, an open-source spec for Codex orchestration, turns issue trackers into always-on agent systems—boosting engineering output and reducing context switching.
OpenAI available at FedRAMP Moderate
OpenAI is available at FedRAMP Moderate authorization for ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API, enabling secure AI adoption for U.S. federal agencies.
The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership
OpenAI and Microsoft announce an amended agreement that simplifies the partnership, adds long-term clarity, and supports continued AI innovation at scale.
Choco automates food distribution with AI agents
How Choco used OpenAI APIs to streamline food distribution, boost productivity, and unlock growth—an in-depth customer story on real-world AI impact.
Join the new AI Agents Vibe Coding Course from Google and Kaggle
Google is bringing back its 5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course with Kaggle and registration is open.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future
After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping consequences. Ahead of OpenAI’s highly anticipated IPO, the court could rule on whether the company is allowed to exist as a…
The missing step between hype and profit
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In February, I picked up a flyer at an anti-AI march in London. I can’t say for sure whether or not its writers meant to riff on South Park’s…
Rebuilding the data stack for AI
Artificial intelligence may be dominating boardroom agendas, but many enterprises are discovering that the biggest obstacle to meaningful adoption is the state of their data. While consumer-facing AI tools have dazzled users with speed and ease, enterprise leaders are…
The Download: DeepSeek’s latest AI breakthrough, and the race to build world models
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new…
How to build scalable web apps with OpenAI's Privacy Filter
OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement.
DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data
Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.
Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch
Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe
China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.
OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps
There have been plenty of rumors about OpenAI's hardware plans, which involve launching a pair of earbuds. A new note from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the AI company might be working on a phone in collaboration with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare.
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space
Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.
Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube
Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing "a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversation," with results pulling in things like longform videos, YouTube Shorts, and text about what you're searching for. The…
Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’
On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky part? A lot of the prospective jurors already have an opinion about Elon Musk, and it's not a good one. The Verge…
Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux
One of the most popular Linux distributions is about to get an influx of AI features. As reported by Phoronix, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Ubuntu developer Canonical, shared a blog post on Monday detailing plans to add AI features to the Linux distro over the next year. As…
Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use
Over 600 Google employees signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google block the Pentagon from using its AI models for classified purposes, reports the The Washington Post. Its organizers claim many of the signers work in Google's DeepMind AI lab, and include more…
Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead
OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped. On Monday morning, Microsoft announced a handful of big…
Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs
One of Canva's new AI features has been caught replacing the word "Palestine" in designs. The Magic Layers feature - which is designed to break flat images out into separate editable components - isn't supposed to make visible alterations to user designs, but it was found by X…
The AI-designed car is taking shape
The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sketch. Those sketches traditionally see endless iteration and refinement from all angles before being turned into 3D models by hand,…
Google warns malicious web pages are poisoning AI agents
Public web pages are actively hijacking enterprise AI agents via indirect prompt injections, Google researchers warn. Security teams scanning the Common Crawl repository (a massive database of billions of public web pages) have uncovered a growing trend of digital booby traps.…
Our principles
Our mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity. Sam Altman shares five principles that guide our work.
To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity
Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco.
Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce
In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money.
Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium
L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.
OpenAI CEO apologizes to Tumbler Ridge community
In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.
Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.
Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 has four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies globally.
Apple under Ternus: what comes next for the tech giant’s hardware strategy
John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO, is a hardware guy, signaling Apple may be putting devices back at the center of its strategy.
8 Gemini tips for organizing your space (and life)
Organize your home and digital space with Gemini. Use AI-powered tips for cleaning schedules, inbox decluttering, seasonal chores.
Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters
On April 24, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. The model can process much longer prompts than its last generation, thanks to a new design that helps it handle large amounts of text more efficiently. Like DeepSeek’s previous…
The Download: supercharged scams and studying AI healthcare
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We’re in a new era of AI-driven scams When ChatGPT was released in late 2022, it showed how easily generative AI could create…
Health-care AI is here. We don’t know if it actually helps patients.
I don’t need to tell you that AI is everywhere. Or that it is being used, increasingly, in hospitals. Doctors are using AI to help them with note-taking. AI-based tools are trawling through patient records, flagging people who may require certain support or treatments. They…
DeepSeek-V4: a million-token context that agents can actually use
Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain
Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it's a two-way street.
ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media
ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.
Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
Nothing introduced an AI-powered on-device dictation tool supporting over 100 languages, enhancing accessibility and user convenience for global audiences. This matters because it enables seamless, private voice-to-text conversion without cloud dependency, improving efficiency and inclusivity for multilingual users.
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek unveiled two new AI models, DeepSeek R1 and V3.1, which reportedly surpass its previous V3.2 in efficiency and performance due to architectural enhancements, nearly matching the capabilities of leading open and closed-source models on reasoning benchmarks. This advancement highlights DeepSeek’s progress in narrowing the performance gap with frontier AI systems while maintaining competitive efficiency.
Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.
Apple’s new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B
A new era is on the way for Apple as Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.   Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a…
Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI
Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the…
Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?
Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystemthan the one Cook spent…
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta secured a multi-million-unit deal with Amazon to access millions of Amazon’s custom-designed AI CPUs, known as Trainium, for running AI agentic workloads, marking a shift toward specialized non-GPU processors in AI infrastructure. This move highlights the growing competition beyond traditional GPUs, as companies seek more efficient and cost-effective alternatives for AI training and inference.
How Project Maven taught the military to love AI
In the first 24 hours of the assault on Iran, the US military struck more than 1,000 targets, nearly double the scale of the "shock and awe" attack on Iraq over two decades ago. This acceleration was made possible by AI systems that speed up the targeting process. Chief among…
Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th. Theoretically, it's a…
AirPods, Touch Bars, and the rest of Tim Cook’s legacy
We knew at some point Tim Cook would step down from his position as Apple's CEO. Over the last year, it has become increasingly obvious that John Ternus was his likely successor. The news this week was still a surprise, though - and this year's succession could lead to some…
China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US rivals including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. DeepSeek says V4 marks a major…
Prestigious photo contest answers ‘what is a photo?’
We love to muse over how "real" photography is defined here at The Verge now that generative AI is so prolific, and the World Press Photo competition might have the answer. The prestigious award celebrates the best of photojournalism, where capturing reality is paramount. The…
Why AI agents need interaction infrastructure
To stop automation waste, enterprises must deploy interaction infrastructure that physically governs how independent AI agents operate. AI agents now populate corporate networks, reasoning through tasks and executing decisions with increasing autonomy. Yet, when these…
Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.
Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
How AI models use real-time cryptocurrency data to interpret market behaviour
AI systems are increasingly built around data that does not really pause. Financial markets are an obvious example, where inputs keep updating, not arriving in fixed batches. In that kind of setup, something like the BNB price stops being a single figure and starts to look more…
Introducing GPT-5.5
Introducing GPT-5.5, our smartest model yet—faster, more capable, and built for complex tasks like coding, research, and data analysis across tools.
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Automations
Learn how to automate tasks in Codex using schedules and triggers to create reports, summaries, and recurring workflows without manual effort.
Top 10 uses for Codex at work
Explore 10 practical Codex use cases to automate tasks, create deliverables, and turn real inputs into outputs across tools, files, and workflows.
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GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty
Explore the GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty: a red-teaming challenge to find universal jailbreaks for bio safety risks, with rewards up to $25,000.
Elevating Austria: Google invests in its first data center in the Alps.
Google has been a proud part of Austria’s landscape for years, and today, we’re announcing our first data center in Kronstorf, generating 100 direct jobs. This facility …
Here’s how our TPUs power increasingly demanding AI workloads.
Learn how Google’s TPUs power increasingly demanding AI workloads with this new video.
The Download: introducing the Nature issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of that…
How to Use Transformers.js in a Chrome Extension
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.
Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you
Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco
StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘super app’
OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.
Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets
Era thinks that we will see many form factors of AI hardware, including glasses, rings, and pendants.
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident.
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch
Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.
Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls
The announcement is a clear sign the company is trying to become an all-in-one hub for creators, reducing the hassle of juggling various tools and services to run their businesses.
India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains
Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity that it is too dangerous to release publicly, it appears the model fell into the wrong hands anyway. According to…
OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at coding
OpenAI just announced its new GPT-5.5 model, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at…
Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax
Claude users can access more apps with Anthropic's AI now thanks to new connectors for everything from hiking to grocery shopping. Anthropic already supported connecting numerous work-related apps to Claude, like Microsoft apps, but this expansion focuses on personal apps like…
Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May, according to a memo from the company's chief people officer, Janelle Gale, published by Bloomberg. That means approximately 8,000 people will see their jobs cut. Meta will also be closing around 6,000 open roles,…
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that’s been banging around my head for weeks now as we’ve been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I’ve been calling it software brain, and it’s a particular way of seeing the world that…
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
Earlier this month, millions of OpenClaw users woke up to a sweeping mandate: The viral AI agent tool, which this year took the worldwide tech industry by storm, had been severely restricted by Anthropic. Anthropic, like other leading AI labs, was under immense pressure to…
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as "vibe working," the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to…
NVIDIA and Google infrastructure cuts AI inference costs
At the Google Cloud Next conference, Google and NVIDIA outlined their hardware roadmap designed to address the cost of AI inference at scale. The companies detailed the new A5X bare-metal instances, which run on NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems. Through hardware and…
Sony AI robot beats players as humanoid robot wins Beijing race
An autonomous table tennis robot developed by Sony AI has competed against and defeated high-level human players in regulated matches, according to Reuters. The system is part of a broader category often referred to as “physical AI,” where artificial intelligence is…
The billion-dollar startup with a different idea for AI
A billion dollars in startup funding for a company that employs 12 people is an indication that investors still have faith in AI. But the founder of the startup in question – AMI Labs’ Yann LeCun – believes that the breed of technology we currently term AI (large language…
Making ChatGPT better for clinicians
OpenAI makes ChatGPT for Clinicians free for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, supporting clinical care, documentation, and research.
Workspace agents
Learn how to build, use, and scale workspace agents in ChatGPT to automate repeatable workflows, connect tools, and streamline team operations.
Introducing workspace agents in ChatGPT
Workspace agents in ChatGPT are Codex-powered agents that automate complex workflows, run in the cloud, and help teams scale work across tools securely.
Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API
A deep dive into the Codex agent loop, showing how WebSockets and connection-scoped caching reduced API overhead and improved model latency.
Introducing OpenAI Privacy Filter
OpenAI Privacy Filter is an open-weight model for detecting and redacting personally identifiable information (PII) in text with state-of-the-art accuracy
We're launching two specialized TPUs for the agentic era.
The eighth generation of Google’s TPU includes two specialized chips that will power the future of AI.
The Download: introducing the 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now What actually matters in AI right now? It’s getting harder to tell amid the…
AI needs a strong data fabric to deliver business value
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly in the enterprise, from experimentation to everyday use. Organizations are deploying copilots, agents, and predictive systems across finance, supply chains, human resources, and customer operations. By the end of 2025, half of companies…
Los Angeles is finally going underground
Los Angeles deserves its reputation as the quintessential car city—the rhythms of its 2,200 square miles are dictated by wide boulevards and concrete arcs of freeways. But it once had a world-class rail transit system, and for the last three decades, the city has been rebuilding…
Gemma 4 VLA Demo on Jetson Orin Nano Super
OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses
Infosys said the integration will be used to help its clients modernize software development, automate workflows, and deploy AI systems, initially focusing software engineering, legacy modernization, and DevOps.
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.
Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI
The new features, announced at Cloud Next in Las Vegas this week, add generative AI capabilities to Google's mapping platform, giving it enhanced visual and data analytics powers.
Google turns Chrome into an AI co-worker for the workplace
Google brings Gemini-powered "auto browse" capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.
Tesla just increased its spending plan to $25B — here’s where the money is going
Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year.
Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern
Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system.
Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds
X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.
How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer
Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition.
Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia
Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.
Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent-building tool for enterprises
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: It is geared for IT and technical users.
AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work
The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.
AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter.
10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.
Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia's latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Now Meta will track what employees do on their computers to train its AI agents
Meta employees' activity at work is now being used to train the company's AI agents. As reported by Reuters, Meta is installing a tool it calls Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on US-based employees' computers that runs in work-related apps and websites, recording mouse…
AI failure could trigger the next financial crisis, warns Elizabeth Warren
"I know a bubble when I see one." That's what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who led the push to create a new consumer financial regulator in the wake of the 2008 recession, told a crowd at a Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator event in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Warren warned of…
OpenAI now lets teams make custom bots that can do work on their own
OpenAI is giving users of its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans access to cloud-based "workspace" agents available in ChatGPT that can perform business tasks. In its blog post, OpenAI gives examples of agents like one that finds product feedback on the web and sends…
Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players
Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron's FORPHEUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the robot, which was developed by Sony's AI division, is the first that can hold its own against…
Anthropic’s Mythos rollout has missed America’s cybersecurity agency
Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is reportedly not getting in on the action: the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator. On Tuesday, Axios reported that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too
Google's AI meeting notetaker is no longer limited to Google Meets - Gemini can also generate summaries and transcripts of in-person meetings now, as well as meetings on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, as first reported by 9to5Google. Support for in-person meetings was previously…
Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands
Anthropic's Mythos AI model, a powerful cybersecurity tool that the company said could be dangerous in the wrong hands, has been accessed by a "small group of unauthorized users," Bloomberg reports. An unnamed member of the group, identified only as "a third-party contractor for…
Reversing enterprise security costs with AI vulnerability discovery
Automated AI vulnerability discovery is reversing the enterprise security costs that traditionally favour attackers. Bringing exploits to zero was once viewed as an unrealistic goal. The prevailing operational doctrine aimed to make attacks so expensive that only adversaries…
Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat
When authentication fails, things can go very, very wrong.
AI in law firms entering its closing summaries
In an interview with Artificial Lawyer, Paris-based AI-native consulting firm owner, Olivier Chaduteau, set out a three-part account of the current state of AI in the legal sector. At first, lawyers dismissed AI as irrelevant to expert work. In the second, organisations bought…
The role of AI in modern forex bot development
Artificial intelligence has become a defining force in financial markets. And currency trading is no exception. The rise of the AI-powered forex bot reflects a change toward automated systems capable of processing vast amounts of market data and identifying patterns beyond the…
Building agent-first governance and security
AI agents, when integrated into enterprise systems, pose new security risks by potentially exposing sensitive data and systems to manipulation, necessitating robust governance and security frameworks to mitigate emerging threats. This matters because as AI adoption grows, insecure agents could become a critical vulnerability in organizational cybersecurity.
The Download: turning down human noise, and LA’s stunning subway upgrade
Human-made noise pollution is disrupting wildlife, prompting discussions on reducing human disturbances, while Los Angeles unveils a major subway upgrade to modernize its transit system and improve urban mobility. These developments highlight the urgent need to balance technological progress with environmental conservation and infrastructure modernization.
AI at MIT
At MIT, AI integration has become so widespread that even those not initially focused on the field, like mechanical engineering professor Sili Deng, are increasingly drawn into its applications, highlighting AI's growing influence in academia and research. This shift underscores the technology's expanding role in driving innovation across disciplines.
This tool could show how consciousness works
How does the physical matter in our brains translate into thoughts, sensations, and emotions? It’s hard to explore that question without neurosurgery. But in a recent paper, MIT philosopher Matthias Michel, Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman, and colleagues outline a strategy…
Scaling Codex to enterprises worldwide
OpenAI launches Codex Labs, partners with with Accenture, PwC, Infosys, and others to help enterprises deploy and scale Codex across the software development lifecycle, and hits 4M Codex WAU.
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.0
ChatGPT Images 2.0 introduces a state-of-the-art image generation model with improved text rendering, multilingual support, and advanced visual reasoning.
3 new ways Ads Advisor is making Google Ads safer and faster
Three new agentic safety and policy features integrated into Ads Advisor will help protect and streamline your Google Ads account.
Roundtables: Unveiling The 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
Listen to the session or watch below Subscribers saw a special edition of Roundtables simulcast live from EmTech AI, MIT Technology Review’s signature conference for AI leadership. Subscribers got an exclusive first look at a new list capturing 10 key technologies, emerging…
QIMMA قِمّة ⛰: A Quality-First Arabic LLM Leaderboard
How to Ground a Korean AI Agent in Real Demographics with Synthetic Personas
Researchers developed a method to train Korean AI agents using synthetic personas based on real demographic data, enabling more culturally accurate and contextually relevant interactions for Korean users. This approach matters because it addresses language and cultural nuances specific to Korea, improving AI performance in localized applications.
AI and the Future of Cybersecurity: Why Openness Matters
AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans
Founded by an OSU researcher, the startup is developing AI agents that can become experts in any domain.
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic’s exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims
Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted.
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B
The move could shore up weaknesses at each company, but it also reveals them. Neither Cursor nor xAI has proprietary models that can match the leading offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI — the same companies now competing directly with Cursor for the developer market.
Apple’s John Ternus will run one of the world’s most powerful companies; the job is a minefield
Apple's top job comes with almost unrivaled power and money, but it comes with plenty of baggage, too.
GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists
AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.
Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’
This week, during a podcast appearance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called out his competitor's new cybersecurity model, noting that the company was using fear to make its product sound more impressive than it actually is.
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid — whose executives had invested in Clarifai — to share data in 2014, according to court documents.
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs
Latitude's new AI-native platform, Voyage, aims to help gamers create their very own role-playing game.
Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit
Bond wants you to get off the couch and get back into the real world, its creator says. The new platform's AI system is designed to motivate users to do things away from the app.
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities
YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection tool to celebrities, giving talent and their reps a way to find and remove deepfakes.
ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text
ChatGPT Images 2.0, the newest image-generation model from OpenAI, shows just how much AI capabilities have evolved over the last few years.
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models.
Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC
Remember when Framework made the first laptop where you can easily upgrade its entire internal video card in three minutes flat? The company's getting into the external graphics game, too. As promised last August, you'll be able to turn the Framework Laptop 16's GPU modules into…
SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion
With an IPO looming for Elon Musk's SpaceX / xAI / X combo platter of companies, SpaceX has announced an odd arrangement to either acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a fee of $10 billion. Buying this startup that's focused on AI coding could…
AI backlash is coming for elections
Ask Americans how they feel about AI and most say they have concerns. Communities have mounted resistance to data center projects, stalling them across the US. On social media, anger at AI companies and executives is unrestrained - sometimes to the point of condoning violence.…
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web
OpenAI is rolling out the latest version of its AI-powered image generator with new "thinking capabilities," allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT Images 2.0 can now create more…
Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood - meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform's likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public…
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
Less than a year ago, Apple made headlines for a lack of AI announcements at its annual WWDC event. Ten months later, the company has announced that hardware executive John Ternus will succeed longtime CEO Tim Cook as chief executive - and the official release doesn't mention AI…
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
Venti iced coffee, light skim milk. That's what I get at Starbucks. It is what I have gotten at Starbucks every time I've been to Starbucks for as long as I can remember, other than a brief love affair with the caffe misto a few years ago. In person, my brain barely needs to…
Yelp is making its AI chatbot way more useful
Yelp is giving its chatbot assistant a major upgrade, turning the platform into something closer to a digital concierge with a suite of new features designed for "getting things done." The move, one of several AI-focused updates in recent months, is part of a broader industry…
Snowflake expands its technical and mainstream AI platforms
Snowflake is expanding its Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code offerings in the hope of bringing users deploying and developing artificial intelligence inside the Snowflake portfolio. Snowflake Intelligence is framed as a tool for generalised business users, while Cortex Code…
Siemens introduces AI system for automation engineering
Siemens has introduced the Eigen Engineering Agent, an AI system designed to plan and validate automation engineering tasks in operational environments. The system uses multi-step reasoning and self-correction to carry out tasks autonomously and operates directly inside…
OpenAI helps Hyatt advance AI among colleagues
Hyatt deploys ChatGPT Enterprise across its global workforce, using GPT-5.4 and Codex to improve productivity, operations, and guest experiences.
NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud
NSA is said to be using Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI model.
The Download: murderous ‘mirror’ bacteria, and Chinese workers fighting AI doubles
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all In February 2019, a group of scientists proposed a high-risk,…
Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?
If you want to capture something wolflike, it’s best to embark before dawn. So on a morning this January, with the eastern horizon still pink-hued, I drove with two young scientists into a blanket of fog. Forty miles to the west, the industrial sprawl of Houston spawned a golden…
Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles—and pushing back
Tech workers in China are being instructed by their bosses to train AI agents to replace them—and it’s prompting a wave of soul-searching among otherwise enthusiastic early adopters.  Earlier this month a GitHub project called Colleague Skill, which claimed workers could…
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in APAC countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan.
Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing
This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee.
CEO and CFO suddenly depart AI nuclear power upstart Fermi
The startup, co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, has faced headwinds with its AI campus in Texas.
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
One of the most mortifying things about knowing a lot of techies is listening to them tell me excitedly about some very important discovery that they believe they have made. Recently, I ran into an acquaintance of mine, who began talking my ear off about an amazing discovery…
Fortnite developers can make AI characters now — just don’t try to date them
Following last year's AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore in a re-creation of James Earl Jones' voice, Epic Games is now letting Fortnite creators experiment with a new "conversations" tool to create AI-powered characters that players can talk and interact with.…
Bobyard 2.0 offers improved takeoffs and unified AI for estimators
AI platform, Bobyard, has unveiled Bobyard 2.0, its latest platform update delivering accelerated takeoff workflows and a unified AI workbench, designed to keep pace with the estimators (those responsible for calculating project budgets) who use it every day throughout the…
How to prepare for and remediate an AI system incident
For all the possibilities AI gives us, there is always a chance of the technology malfunctioning or becoming compromised. In the event of an AI system crisis, new research from ISACA has found that the majority of organisations surveyed couldn’t explain how quickly they…
Anthropic walks into the White House and Mythos is the reason Washington let it in
When we covered Project Glasswing earlier this month, the story was about a model too dangerous to release publicly and what Anthropic decided to do with it instead. That story has moved. On Friday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei walked into the West Wing for a meeting with White…
OpenAI’s existential questions
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company.
The 12-month window
A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.
Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures
Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked
Vercel, a major development platform that hosts and deploys web apps, was compromised, and the hackers are attempting to sell stolen data. A person claiming to be a member of ShinyHunters, which was behind the recent hack of Rockstar Games, posted some data online, including…
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
The company now offers robotaxi service in three cities, all of them in Texas, after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026.
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO
In recent months, the company announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services to use Cerebras chips in Amazon data centers, as well as a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth more than $10 billion.
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why
New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.
The RAM shortage could last years
According to Nikkei Asia, even as suppliers ramp up DRAM production, manufacturers are only expected to meet 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027. SK Group chairman has even said that shortages could last until 2030. The world's largest memory makers - Samsung, SK Hynix, and…
7 ways to travel smarter this summer, with help from Google
The latest tools from Google can help you plan trips, find a great deal and explore your next destination.
The Download: bad news for inner Neanderthals, and AI warfare’s human illusion
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal There’s a theory that many of us have an “inner Neanderthal.” The idea is that…
The case for fixing everything
The handsome new book Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by the tech industry legend Stewart Brand, promises to be the first in a series offering “a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance.” One of Brand’s several biographers described him as a…
How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history
Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they’d spend their career refining robotic arms for auto plants. Aim for C-3P0; end up with the Roomba.  The real ambition for many of…
Building a Fast Multilingual OCR Model with Synthetic Data
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnerships.
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI.
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.
‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think
There's a lot more code — but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more rewriting.
Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap
The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as…
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals
The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.
Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?
The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as…
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team's leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been shifting its priorities as part of an effort to avoid "side quests," and Peebles' departure is just one of…
Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date?
Tinder users who prove they're a real person by visiting an identity-verifying orb will soon be able to get five free boosts in the app - and it's just the latest service to embrace the orb. World, which was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, initially tested Tinder…
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces
The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It's dubbed the company a "RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY" full of "Leftwing nut jobs" and a menace to national security. But some of the ice may reportedly be melting between the two, thanks to…
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera. It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi. If I saw it on a store shelf, I'd absolutely pick it up. But aside from…
Dairy Queen is putting an AI chatbot in its drive-thrus
Dairy Queen is becoming the latest fast food chain to get in on AI, as it's bringing a chatbot to dozens of its drive-thrus across the US and Canada. It aims to help speed up drive-thru service and "encourage customers to add more food to their orders," according to The Wall…
The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap
In the latest sign of AI silly season, Allbirds, the shoe company, told the world it was now an AI company and briefly managed to septuple its stock price. The Newbird AI story is really just one of a bunch of things this week that made us wonder: have we reached the peak of AI,…
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"
Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to... unfriendly states."
InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong
According to CEO Helen Gu, the biggest problem facing the industry today is not just monitoring and diagnosing where AI models go wrong — it's also diagnosing how the entire tech stack operates now that AI is part of it.
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop
OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.
Codex for (almost) everything
The updated Codex app for macOS and Windows adds computer use, in-app browsing, image generation, memory, and plugins to accelerate developer workflows.
Accelerating the cyber defense ecosystem that protects us all
Leading security firms and enterprises join OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber, using GPT-5.4-Cyber and $10M in API grants to strengthen global cyber defense.
Introducing GPT-Rosalind for life sciences research
OpenAI introduces GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model built to accelerate drug discovery, genomics analysis, protein reasoning, and scientific research workflows.
A new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome
Today’s upgrades for AI Mode in Chrome transform how you interact with the web
New ways to create personalized images in the Gemini app
Nano Banana 2 now uses your personal context and Google Photos to create images that reflect your unique life.
Making AI operational in constrained public sector environments
The AI boom has hit across industries, and public sector organizations are facing pressure to accelerate adoption. At the same time, government institutions face distinct constraints around security, governance, and operations that set them apart from their business…
Treating enterprise AI as an operating layer
There’s a fault line running through enterprise AI, and it’s not the one getting the most attention. The public conversation still tracks foundation models and benchmarks—GPT versus Gemini, reasoning scores, and marginal capability gains. But in practice, the more durable…
The Download: cyberscammers’ banking bypasses, and carbon removal troubles
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Cyberscammers are bypassing banks’ security with illicit tools sold on Telegram Inside a money-laundering center in…
Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion
The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ever before in the current conflict with Iran. AI is no longer just helping…
The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
When the covid-19 pandemic started, Jennifer Phillips thought about the songs of the sparrows. They were easier to hear, because the world had suddenly become quieter. Car traffic plummeted as people sheltered at home and shifted to remote work. Air travel collapsed.…
The quest to measure our relationship with nature
As a movement, environmentalism has been pretty misanthropic. Understandably so—we humans have done some destructive things to the ecosystems around us. In the 21st century, though, mainstream conservation is learning that humans can be a force for good. Foresters are turning to…
Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product
Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate software businesses, a thesis that has rocked public markets at times this year.
Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode
Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode.
AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too
Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.
DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice
DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report
AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
The PR you would have opened yourself
Training and Finetuning Multimodal Embedding & Reranker Models with Sentence Transformers
Ecom-RLVE: Adaptive Verifiable Environments for E-Commerce Conversational Agents
OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code
OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system, Codex, with a suite of updates that let it use your computer, generate images, and remember from past experiences. The package of updates comes as OpenAI's rivalry with Anthropic intensifies, following the stellar…
Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games
The new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.
Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors
Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.
Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster
Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.
Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage
Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. The price of the Meta Quest 3 is going up by $100 to $599.99.
Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you
The latest version of Canva's AI assistant lets users create editable designs with text prompts.
This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
Antioch raised an $8.5 million seed round to create simulation tools for a new generation of robot builders.
Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.
Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project
The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz
Anthropic has released its most powerful "generally available" model to date: Claude Opus 4.7. The company called it a step up from Opus 4.6 for advanced software engineering tasks, particularly in complex coding areas that in the past required more hand-holding. It's also…
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The…
Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay
Mired in controversy and legal woes over concerns about its chatbots' interactions with users, particularly teens, Character.AI seems to be playing it safer with a new "Books" mode. The new format lets users step inside familiar worlds for a more structured roleplaying…
Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools
Canva has overhauled its design and workspace suite as it attempts to become the ultimate centralized hub for AI-powered content creation. The platform announced its Canva AI 2.0 update today, introducing updated tools and new prompt-based editing capabilities that allow users…
Google’s AI Mode update lets you open links without leaving the page
Google is upgrading AI Mode in Chrome with a new feature that will allow you to open links to sources alongside your chat. Now, instead of automatically opening a new tab, clicking a source will open the website side by side with AI Mode, allowing you to ask follow-up questions…
Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images
Google's Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano Banana 2 image model to create images based on your personal context. With the feature, you can use prompts…
5 top cloud migration software for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Cloud migration becomes much harder when teams are not moving workloads, but also trying to make every environment reproducible and deployment-ready through Infrastructure as Code. The challenge is not limited to copying applications from one platform to another. It includes…
OpenAI Agents SDK improves governance with sandbox execution
OpenAI is introducing sandbox execution that allows enterprise governance teams to deploy automated workflows with controlled risk. Teams taking systems from prototype to production have faced difficult architectural compromises regarding where their operations occurred. Using…
Cadence expands AI and robotic partnerships with Nvidia, Google Cloud
Cadence Design Systems announced two AI-related collaborations at its CadenceLIVE event this week, expanding its work with Nvidia and introducing new integrations with Google Cloud. The Nvidia partnership focuses on combining AI with physics-based simulation and accelerated…
The next evolution of the Agents SDK
OpenAI updates the Agents SDK with native sandbox execution and a model-native harness, helping developers build secure, long-running agents across files and tools.
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS: the next generation of expressive AI speech
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS is now available across Google products.
The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?  Just before Artemis II…
No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all
For four days in February 2019, some 30 synthetic biologists and ethicists hunkered down at a conference center in Northern Virginia to brainstorm high-risk, cutting-edge, irresistibly exciting ideas that the National Science Foundation should fund. By the end of the meeting,…
Inside VAKRA: Reasoning, Tool Use, and Failure Modes of Agents
Meet HoloTab by HCompany. Your AI browser companion.
OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents
OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.
Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fan art
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech power plays in Washington and beyond. (And when I say beyond, I mean the great beyond, like Heaven, maybe.) If you've found your way to this newsletter from the wild, annual subscriptions are…
Google launches a Gemini AI app on Mac
Google is launching a new Gemini app on Mac that allows you to interact with the AI assistant without switching windows on your desktop. With the app, you can use the Option + Space shortcut to pull up a floating chat bubble, where you can ask Gemini questions and share your…
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
Allbirds had a hit a decade ago with its Wool Runner shoes, but after a $4 billion IPO in 2021, the business never turned a profit, and sales dropped nearly 50 percent between 2022 and 2025. The company recently announced it would sell off its name and assets for $39 million to…
Commvault launches a ‘Ctrl-Z’ for cloud AI workloads
Enterprise cloud environments now have access to an undo feature for AI agents following the deployment of Commvault AI Protect. Autonomous software now roams across infrastructure, potentially deleting files, reading databases, spinning up server clusters, and even rewriting…
Citizen developers now have their own Wingman
A vibe-coding application creation company, Emergent, has released Wingman, an autonomous agent that can address and take control of the applications used to manage daily tasks. The company’s press release states: “The best technology should be accessible to…
Drones get smarter for large farm holdings
Singapore-based DroneDash Technologies and GEODNET have formed a joint venture to be called GEODASH Aerosystems, to build an agricultural spraying drone for large industrial farms. The companies say the near-production drone technology is designed to remove the need to map a…
The US-China AI gap closes amid responsible AI concerns
The assumption that the US holds a durable lead in AI model performance is not well-supported by the data, and that is just one of the uncomfortable findings in Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index Report, published this week. The report, produced by Stanford’s…
Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense
OpenAI expands its Trusted Access for Cyber program, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber to vetted defenders and strengthening safeguards as AI cybersecurity capabilities advance.
Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
Skills in Chrome let you discover, save and remix AI workflows — and repeat them instantly.
Bringing people together at AI for the Economy Forum
Google is bringing people together in Washington D.C. at our AI for the Economy Forum.
SAP brings agentic AI to human capital management
According to SAP, integrating agentic AI into core human capital management (HCM) modules helps target operational bloat and reduce costs. SAP’s SuccessFactors 1H 2026 release aims to anticipate administrative bottlenecks before they stall daily operations by embedding a network…
Canada’s Scotiabank preps for its AI future
Scotiabank has launched an AI framework, Scotia Intelligence, for data and AI operations that joins various platforms, data oversight, and software tools into a single instance. According to a press release from the bank, the stated purpose of Scotia Intelligence is to give…
Hyundai expands into robotics and physical AI systems
Hyundai Motor Group is starting to look like a company building machines that act in the real world. The change centres on physical AI: Where AI is placed into robots and systems that move and respond in physical spaces. Current efforts are mainly focused on factory and…
Enterprises power agentic workflows in Cloudflare Agent Cloud with OpenAI
Cloudflare brings OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 and Codex to Agent Cloud, enabling enterprises to build, deploy, and scale AI agents for real-world tasks with speed and security.
Strengthening enterprise governance for rising edge AI workloads
Models like Google Gemma 4 are increasing enterprise AI governance challenges for CISOs as they scramble to secure edge workloads. Security chiefs have built massive digital walls around the cloud; deploying advanced cloud access security brokers and routing every piece of…
Companies expand AI adoption while keeping control
Many companies are taking a slower, more controlled approach to autonomous systems as AI adoption grows. Rather than deploying systems that act on their own, they are focusing on tools that assist human decision-making and keep control over outputs. This approach is especially…
The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business
Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space.
Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model
The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses
These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices.
From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude
Anthropic was the star of the show at San Francisco's AI-centric conference.
The AI code wars are heating up
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the AI coding and vibe-coding booms, follow David Pierce. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Writing…
Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home
The OpenAI CEO's new blog post responds to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness.
Your article about AI doesn’t need AI art
The illustration for The New Yorker's profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a jump scare. Altman stands in a blue sweater with a blank expression. Around his head hovers a cluster of disembodied faces - creepy alt-Altmans, their expressions ranging from anger to open-mouthed woe.…
My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski’s dad was a CIA operative
Two weeks ago, I was getting ready to log off work when I got a text message. "Oh wow, I was checking out Mitski. did you know people are saying her Dad was a CIA operative?" Normally, that kind of out-of-the-blue text from a friend wouldn't faze me. This time, my eyes bugged.…
How Iran out-shitposted the White House
In the early days of the war on Iran, while the White House was busy posting Call of Duty memes and AI slop of dancing bowling pins, the Iranian regime's state media was flooding the zone with video after video of what was happening on the ground: Explosions over Tehran. Smoke…
Creating images with ChatGPT
Learn how to create and refine images with ChatGPT using clear prompts, iterate on designs, and generate high-quality visuals in minutes.
ChatGPT for research
Learn how to use ChatGPT for research to gather sources, analyze information, and create structured, citation-backed insights.
Healthcare
Explore how clinicians use ChatGPT to support diagnosis, documentation, and patient care with secure, HIPAA-compliant AI tools.
Our response to the Axios developer tool compromise
OpenAI responds to the Axios supply chain attack by rotating macOS code signing certificates, updating apps, and confirming no user data was compromised.
Using projects in ChatGPT
Learn how to use projects in ChatGPT to organize chats, files, and instructions, manage ongoing work, and collaborate more effectively.
Analyzing data with ChatGPT
Learn how to analyze data with ChatGPT by exploring datasets, generating insights, creating visualizations, and turning findings into actionable decisions.
AI fundamentals
Learn what AI is, how it works, and how tools like ChatGPT use large language models. A clear, beginner-friendly guide to understanding artificial intelligence.
ChatGPT for operations teams
Learn how operations teams use ChatGPT to streamline workflows, improve coordination, standardize processes, and drive faster execution.
Brainstorming with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, organize thinking, and turn rough concepts into structured, actionable plans.
Prompting fundamentals
Learn prompting fundamentals and how to write clear, effective prompts to get better, more useful responses from ChatGPT.
Using skills
Learn how to create and use ChatGPT skills to build reusable workflows, automate recurring tasks, and ensure consistent, high-quality outputs.
ChatGPT for finance teams
Learn how finance teams use ChatGPT to streamline reporting, analyze data, improve forecasts, and communicate insights more clearly.
Writing with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT for writing to draft, revise, and refine content with clear structure, tone, and intent.
Personalizing ChatGPT
Learn how to personalize ChatGPT using custom instructions and memory to get more relevant, consistent, and tailored responses.
Financial services
Explore AI resources for financial services, including prompt packs, GPTs, guides, and tools to help institutions deploy and scale AI securely.
ChatGPT for managers
Learn how managers use ChatGPT to prepare for conversations, write clear feedback, stay organized, and improve team effectiveness.
ChatGPT for customer success teams
Learn how customer success teams use ChatGPT to manage accounts, improve communication, reduce churn, and drive adoption and renewals.
Research with ChatGPT
Learn how to research with ChatGPT using search and deep research to find up-to-date information, analyze sources, and generate structured insights.
ChatGPT for marketing teams
Learn how marketing teams use ChatGPT to plan campaigns, generate content, analyze performance, and move from ideas to execution faster.
Using custom GPTs
Learn how to build and use custom GPTs to automate workflows, maintain consistent outputs, and create purpose-built AI assistants.
Applications of AI at OpenAI
Explore how OpenAI products like ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs bring AI into real-world use for work, development, and everyday tasks.
IBM: How robust AI governance protects enterprise margins
To protect enterprise margins, business leaders must invest in robust AI governance to securely manage AI infrastructure. When evaluating enterprise software adoption, a recurring pattern dictates how technology matures across industries. As Rob Thomas, SVP and CCO at IBM,…
Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude
This ban took place after Claude's pricing changed for OpenClaw users last week.
Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings
OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass-casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.
TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it
SusHi Tech 2026 is zeroing in on four technology domains reshaping society: AI, Robotics, Resilience, and Entertainment. Expect live demos of humanoid robots, sessions on autonomous driving's software revolution, deep dives into cyber defense and climate tech, and candid…
20-year-old man arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s house
San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Russian Hill house early Friday morning, The San Francisco Standard reports. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras shortly before 7AM ET. Later that…
What’s in a name? Moderna’s “vaccine” vs. “therapy” dilemma
Is it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine—or an “individualized neoantigen treatment”? That’s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA…
Last 24 hours: Save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass
This is it. Tonight is your last chance to lock in savings of up to $500 for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. These discounts end at 11:59 p.m. PT.
The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart’
Donald Trump has spun the recent rescue of a downed airman whose fighter jet was destroyed behind Iranian borders as a resounding success. But the story is very different in one of the many viral, AI-generated Lego videos that have been produced by Iranian content creation group…
The Download: an exclusive Jeff VanderMeer story and AI models too scary to release
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Constellations  —Constellations is a short story by Jeff VanderMeer, the author of the critically acclaimed, bestselling…
Constellations
I. We had crash-landed on the planet. We were far from home. The spaceship could not be repaired, and the rescue beacon had failed. Besides me, only the astrogator, part of the captain, and the ship’s AI mind were left.  Outside, the atmosphere registered as hostile to most…
Why companies like Apple are building AI agents with limits
Next-generation AI assistants being developed in the Apple ecosystem and by chipmakers like Qualcomm, but early reports suggest they are being designed with limits in place. Tom’s Guide has described early versions of these assistants as capable of navigating apps,…
Fear and loathing at OpenAI
Sam Altman's tenure at OpenAI has been… messy. Messy to the point where Altman was briefly fired from his role as CEO, only to be reinstated days later, at which point he began reshaping the organization permanently. This week, The New Yorker published a deep look at Altman, his…
Meta has a competitive AI model but loses its open-source identity
The open-source AI movement has never lacked for options. Mistral, Falcon, and a growing field of open-weight models have been available to developers for years. But when Meta threw its weight behind Llama, something shifted. A company with three billion users, vast compute…
Gen Z’s love-hate relationship with AI
Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned with AI - just not enough to stop using it. A new Gallup report released this week, based on responses from nearly 1,600 people ages 14 to 29 across the US, suggests the hype is wearing off for the digital-native generation as AI becomes more…
Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps
Microsoft is starting to remove "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor of a "writing tools" menu. The Copilot button in the Snipping Tool app also no…
Waypoint-1.5: Higher-Fidelity Interactive Worlds for Everyday GPUs
Multimodal Embedding & Reranker Models with Sentence Transformers
ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan
OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.
Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT
ChatGPT had reportedly been used to plan the attack that killed two and injured five at Florida State University last April. The family of one victim has said that they plan to sue OpenAI over the incident.
“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says
Western Union exec says there were "challenges" working with Broadcom.
ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription
OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers "5x more" usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus subscription and "is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions," OpenAI says. The company…
Agentic AI’s governance challenges under the EU AI Act in 2026
AI agents hold the promise of automatically moving data between systems and triggering decisions, but in some cases, they can act without a clear record of what, when, and why they undertook their tasks. That has the potential to create a governance problem, for which IT leaders…
The Download: AstroTurf wars and exponential AI growth
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over. …
Anthropic keeps new AI model private after it finds thousands of external vulnerabilities
Anthropic’s most capable AI model has already found thousands of AI cybersecurity vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser. The company’s response was not to release it, but to quietly hand it to the organisations responsible for keeping…
Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.
A rare warm spell in January melted enough snow to uncover Cornell University’s newest athletic field, built for field hockey. Months before, it was a meadow teeming with birds and bugs; now it’s more than an acre of synthetic turf roughly the color of the felt on a pool table,…
Desalination technology, by the numbers
When I started digging into desalination technology for a new story, I couldn’t help but obsess over the numbers. I’d known on some level that desalination—pulling salt out of seawater to produce fresh water—was an increasingly important technology, especially in water-stressed…
Safetensors is Joining the PyTorch Foundation
Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites
As the US and Israel's war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites.
Mustafa Suleyman: AI development won’t hit a wall anytime soon—here’s why
We evolved for a linear world. If you walk for an hour, you cover a certain distance. Walk for two hours and you cover double that distance. This intuition served us well on the savannah. But it catastrophically fails when confronting AI and the core exponential trends at its…
The Download: water threats in Iran and AI’s impact on what entrepreneurs make
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly vulnerable  As the conflict in Iran has escalated, a crucial…
Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia's military
End-of-life routers in homes and small offices hacked in 120 countries.
AI’s software development success and central management needs
A survey carried out by OutSystems, The State of AI Development 2026 [email wall], argues that AI has moved into early production phase for many enterprises, primarily inside the IT function. The survey was based on the responses of 1,879 IT leaders, and warns that adoption of…
Microsoft open-source toolkit secures AI agents at runtime
A new open-source toolkit from Microsoft focuses on runtime security to force strict governance onto enterprise AI agents. The release tackles a growing anxiety: autonomous language models are now executing code and hitting corporate networks way faster than traditional policy…
Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly vulnerable
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. As the conflict in Iran has escalated, a crucial resource is under fire: the desalination technology…
Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security
Exciting times are ahead in the world of enterprise perimeter security with a new partnership between Thrive Logic, an AI agent-driven security and operational intelligence platform, and Asylon, a security robotics company. Together, the companies are to introduce physical AI…
Enabling agent-first process redesign
Unlike static, rules-based systems, AI agents can learn, adapt, and optimize processes dynamically. As they interact with data, systems, people, and other agents in real time, AI agents can execute entire workflows autonomously. But unlocking their potential requires redesigning…
Boomi calls it “data activation” and says it’s the missing step in every AI deployment
The failure mode for enterprise AI in 2026 is not what most people expected. It is not that the models are wrong, or that agents cannot reason, or that the technology is overhyped. The failure mode is that the data feeding those systems is fragmented, inconsistently labelled,…
Anthropic’s refusal to arm AI is exactly why the UK wants it
The Anthropic UK expansion story is less about diplomatic courtship and more about what happens when a government punishes a company for having principles. In late February, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a stark ultimatum: remove guardrails…
As AI agents take on more tasks, governance becomes a priority
AI systems are starting to move beyond simple responses. In many organisations, AI agents are now being tested to plan tasks, make decisions, and carry out actions with limited human input. It is no longer just about whether a model gives the right answer. It is about what…
OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security
The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access.
New ways to balance cost and reliability in the Gemini API
Google is introducing two new inference tiers to the Gemini API, Flex and Priority, to balance cost and latency.
Create, edit and share videos at no cost in Google Vids
New AI capabilities are coming to Google Vids, powered by Lyria 3 and Veo 3.1, like high-quality video generation at no cost and more.
Welcome Gemma 4: Frontier multimodal intelligence on device
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
GDDRHammer, GeForge and GPUBreach hammer GPU memory in ways that hijack the CPU.
KiloClaw targets shadow AI with autonomous agent governance
With the launch of KiloClaw, enterprises now have a tool to enforce governance over autonomous agents and manage shadow AI. While businesses spent the last year securing large language models and formalising vendor agreements, developers and knowledge workers started moving on…
We’re creating a new satellite imagery map to help protect Brazil’s forests.
Google partnered with the Brazilian government on a satellite imagery map to help protect the country’s forests.
The latest AI news we announced in March 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from March 2026
Falcon Perception
Any Custom Frontend with Gradio's Backend
Build with Veo 3.1 Lite, our most cost-effective video generation model
Veo 3.1 Lite is now available in paid preview through the Gemini API and for testing in Google AI Studio.
Granite 4.0 3B Vision: Compact Multimodal Intelligence for Enterprise Documents
Training mRNA Language Models Across 25 Species for $165
TRL v1.0: Post-Training Library Built to Move with the Field
Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption
No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.
Watch James Manyika talk AI and creativity with LL COOL J.
In the latest episode of our Dialogues on Technology and Society series, LL COOL J sits down with James Manyika.
Transform your headphones into a live personal translator on iOS.
Google Translate’s Live translate with headphones is officially arriving on iOS! And we're expanding the capability for both iOS and Android users to even more countries…
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live is now available across Google products.
Search Live is expanding globally
We’re expanding Search Live globally, to all languages and locations where AI Mode is available.
Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought
Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly.
Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines
Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections.
Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend.
Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program
Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities."
Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.
Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers
Internet-exposed devices that give BIOS-level access? What could possibly go wrong?
Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
Unicode that's invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned—until attackers took notice.
Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure
Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, as surging demand for artificial intelligence applications exposes…
Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.
The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive.Claude Code, Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing —…
Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews
Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs, needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,000 — a fifth of his marketing budget — on a billboard in San Francisco…
Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI
Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and…
Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required
Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude…
Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment
Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary systems — trained in just four days using 48 of Nvidia's…
The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow, and developers are losing their minds
When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes.For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X from Boris Cherny, the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic.…
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