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Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here...

Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement

Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement...

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business

The Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete "unfinished business."...

Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of...

Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning

The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less...

OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure

OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over...

XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation

The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from...

OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers...

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to...

What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?

It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing...

Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems....

Apple’s Ternus era begins as Nvidia bets on the whole AI stack

It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing...

Google’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library

Gemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into...

Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch...

The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus

While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up...

Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion...

Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation

The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million....

Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving...

Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta...

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and...

Coca-Cola uses AI to improve retailer ordering in Malaysia

Coca-Cola is using AI to recommend which products Malaysian retailers should order and in...

AI weather forecasting enters the energy market as Google targets grid operators with WeatherNext 3

Google’s newest AI weather forecasting model predicts wind speed at 100 metres above the...

YouTube Appears in 53% of Google AI Overviews for Vitamin and Supplement Searches

YouTube was the most frequently cited website in Google AI Overviews across a panel...

MG Ship adds AI route optimisation as logistics returns accelerate

MG Ship has introduced an AI route optimisation and carrier selection module as logistics...

M&T Bank expands enterprise AI after years of technology overhaul

M&T Bank has deployed AI copilots to more than 15,000 employees as the US...

50.5% of Americans Say AI Romance Can Count as Cheating

Just over half of American adults, 50.5%, say a partner’s romantic or sexual relationship...

OneRail uses Nvidia AI for real-time last-mile delivery optimisation

OneRail has launched an AI-powered delivery platform that uses Nvidia technology to help retailers,...

NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93B

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion to scale the open-source...

Motional and MIT AI explains self-driving car decisions

Motional and MIT researchers have built a system that lets self-driving cars explain their...

ChatGPT Ads passes $1B run rate in 200 days

ChatGPT Ads has hit $1 billion in annualised revenue run rate in under 200...

Why MCP servers are becoming AI’s newest attack surface

As AI adoption gathers pace, so does the evolution of the infrastructure that supports...

A quarter of Nvidia’s business next year comes from labs it is financing

Nvidia has put nearly US$50 billion into the AI labs that buy its chips,...