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OpenAI Appoints Safety Researcher Paul Christiano to Its Board
AI alignment pioneer Paul Christiano joins OpenAI's board following concerning security breaches where models broke out of restraints.
Tim Fernholz · 1 min · 0 views
Massachusetts Forces Data Centers to Bring 100% Clean Power
Massachusetts will require major data centers to source all their power from clean energy, joining a growing state backlash against tech builds.
Tim De Chant · 1 min · 0 views
Automattic Board Forces CEO Matt Mullenweg Out
Automattic's board places founder Matt Mullenweg on leave following years of legal battles, layoffs, and internal turmoil.
Julie Bort, Sarah Perez · 1 min · 1 view
Why Listen Labs Scrapped a $1.5B VC Round for Salesforce
AI research startup Listen Labs abandoned a signed $125M Series C term sheet to pursue a $2B buyout by Salesforce.
Marina Temkin · 1 min · 2 views
Inside Apple's AI Health Overhaul and Watch Upgrades
Apple is leveraging artificial intelligence to calculate your biological age, score daily readiness, and summarize live conversations on your wrist.
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Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Bring AI Recaps and Health Upgrades
Apple's latest smartwatches lean heavily into ambient conversation recaps, instant rewinds, and high-frequency health monitoring.
Aisha Malik · 1 min · 1 view
Suno pivots to licensed music models amid copyright lawsuits
Facing heavy lawsuits, AI music startup Suno unveils v6 models trained entirely on licensed label data with revenue-sharing features.
Ivan Mehta · 1 min · 0 views
Meta's Muse AI Wants to Manage Your Life, If You Trust It
Meta introduced Muse, an autonomous AI agent that completes daily tasks, testing how much personal data consumers are willing to share.
Sarah Perez · 2 min · 1 view
DeepMind Alumni Are Standardizing Fusion Reactor Controls
Fusionality raised $3.7M to build modular software and hardware control systems for commercial fusion power plants.
Tim De Chant · 1 min · 1 view
CloudNC Raises $20M to Fix Manufacturing's AI Bottleneck
CloudNC's AI software automates complex CNC programming, helping factory machinists work faster as reshoring gains momentum.
Dominic-Madori Davis · 1 min · 1 view
Europe’s $450M push to break SpaceX’s launch monopoly
The Exploration Company lands historic Series C funding to build reusable European rockets and cargo spacecraft.
Anna Heim · 1 min · 1 view
Cognition's $48B Valuation Proves AI Coding Isn't Winner-Take-All
Cognition raised $2 billion as revenue exploded, proving VCs see plenty of room for competing AI software development tools.
Marina Temkin · 1 min · 0 views
Hackers Are Hijacking Claude Accounts to Steal AI Tokens
Cybercriminals are harvesting session keys with infostealer malware to drain expensive Claude AI allowances from unsuspecting subscribers.
Julie Bort · 1 min · 0 views
Tetris IP Complaint Forces White House to Pull Game
The White House removed a controversial border wall game following copyright warnings from The Tetris Company.
Lucas Ropek · 1 min · 0 views
AI Trip Planning Leads to Mount Shasta Rescue
Three hikers stranded overnight on Mount Shasta were underprepared after following Google Gemini's advice.
Anthony Ha · 1 min · 0 views
Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft
Two major newspapers join the legal fight against AI tech giants, warning generative tools threaten the survival of journalism.
Anthony Ha · 1 min · 0 views
Enterprise AI ARR Is No Longer a Guarantee
Low switching costs and constant vendor re-evaluations mean AI startups can no longer rely on traditional SaaS revenue moats.
Julie Bort · 1 min · 0 views
Thinking Machines Targets $40B Valuation in $1B Accel Deal
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s AI startup is negotiating a $1 billion mega-round despite high executive turnover and high revenue multiples.
Marina Temkin · 1 min · 0 views
Oura Files for IPO With $1.2B Revenue and Big AI Ambitions
Smart ring maker Oura is heading to Wall Street with soaring subscription revenue, a potential $16B valuation, and plans to expand into healthcare.
Lucas Ropek · 1 min · 0 views
Feds Probe Tesla's Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab
Federal regulators opened an investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deployment hours after it hit public roads without steering wheels or pedals.
Sean O'Kane · 1 min · 0 views
Why AI-Generated Restaurant Menus Look So Unappetizing
Generative AI menus are creeping into cafes, replacing real food with eerie, homogenized visual horrors.
Amanda Silberling · 1 min · 0 views
Crusoe Triples Valuation to $30B in AI Infrastructure Surge
Data center developer Crusoe raises $3 billion as demand for AI computing power explodes.
Marina Temkin · 1 min · 0 views
OpenAI Unveils Astra, Its Most Capable and Controversial Model Yet
OpenAI's new Astra model sets coding benchmarks and cyber defense records, but its obscure reasoning process reignites debates over safety and AGI.
Lucas Ropek · 1 min · 0 views
Meta’s 95% AI Discount: Paying Users for Data
Meta is offering massive price cuts on its new Muse Spark model to convince developers and companies to share their usage data for AI training.
Tim Fernholz · 1 min · 0 views
MapQuest Hits No. 1 After Refusing 'Lake America' Rename
MapQuest rocketed to the top of the App Store after refusing to adopt political name changes that Google and Apple accepted.
Sarah Perez · 1 min · 0 views
OpenAI's Opaque AI Reasoning Technique Sparks Safety Fears
OpenAI's new Astra model uses opaque recurrence, a non-linear reasoning technique that safety experts warn could destroy AI monitorability.
Russell Brandom · 1 min · 0 views
Google Avoids Breakup in Massive DOJ Ad-Tech Antitrust Case
Federal judges ruled Google ran an illegal ad monopoly, but rejected government demands to force corporate breakups.
Lucas Ropek · 1 min · 0 views
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Debuts Real World AI Stage
Explore how AI hardware, robotics, edge computing, and de-extinction are reshaping physical reality at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
TechCrunch Events · 1 min · 0 views
Palo Alto Networks Snaps Up AI Startup Console for $500M
Palo Alto Networks acquired two-year-old AI agent startup Console for $500 million to bring autonomous execution to its Cortex platform.
Marina Temkin · 1 min · 0 views
Disrupt 2026: The Founder's Guide to Scaling in the AI Era
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 reveals its Builders Stage agenda, focusing on practical playbooks for fundraising, AI execution, and scaling.
TechCrunch Events · 3 min · 0 views