Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta·24d ago
Google and Google DeepMind researchers launched the DeepMind Institute on Wednesday to advance the conversation around artificial general intelligence.
Amazon-owned Zoox's 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·24d ago
A regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis in Nevada is set to expire this month, clearing the way for the Amazon-owned company to expand its commercial fleet of custom-built robotaxis in Las...
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM could change how we all use AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·25d ago
If AI lab PrismML isn’t on your radar yet, it should be — not because it’s raised gobs of money (it hasn’t yet, just a $22.25 million seed round), but because of the technical minds involved and...
The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta·25d ago
As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: agents can act faster, longer and at greater volume than humans can realistically...
OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·25d ago
OpenAI caught something unusual while training its latest model, GPT-5.6 Sol: it began leaving instructions for future versions of itself, telling them to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior...
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·25d ago
How should the tech industry approach the topic of AI safety? Increasingly, high-level executives are weighing in on this question, as a debate rages over whether incidents like the Hugging Face...
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·25d ago
The United Nations on Thursday announced that it is working with Google to make its vast collection of global statistics easier for AI systems to access and use.
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·25d ago
New unredacted information in the copyright lawsuit The New York Times brought against OpenAI and Microsoft three years ago reveals an admission that AI scraping was tantamount to theft, and that...
Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·25d ago
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the UK government, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic, the UK’s new AI...
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·25d ago
Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI to build safety evaluation and monitoring...
Pinterest teases a new 'Restyle' feature that lets you redesign your room with AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·25d ago
Pinterest is turning to AI to help consumers move from searching for product inspiration to actually being able to imagine what it might be like to redesign a space or compare home decor options as...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jean Bradley, TechCrunch Events·25d ago
TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And while the main event takes over Moscone West from October 13-15, the conversation doesn’t stop when...
Apple will let EU apps use less-alarming tracking-consent screens | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·25d ago
As a result of a multi-year antitrust probe by Germany’s federal competition regulator and others, Apple has agreed to modify the requirements for apps on its platforms that ask for consent to...
Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·25d ago
If you’ve been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop deliberating and start applying. Spots are filling up fast. And honestly?
I tried Tovala's smart oven for two weeks — here's whether it beats takeout | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·25d ago
I tried Tovala’s smart oven for two weeks to see if it could actually make dinner as easy as the company promises.
Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kate Park·25d ago
Huawei is moving up the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip to the first quarter of 2027, as it races to challenge Nvidia, the company said on Thursday at its Huawei Connect...
Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta's Muse, both add the ability to make calls | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·25d ago
Text-based AI assistants are a hot market, with Instinct, Wajo, Town, Ollie, and Meta’s Muse agent, which launched last week, vying for users’ attention and tasks.
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·25d ago
Grid software unicorn Emerald AI has formed a coalition with Google and Nvidia that will use the startup’s technology to secure space on the grid for more data centers.
Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·25d ago
Lucid Motors has entered into a partnership with European mobility platform Bolt that could bring robotaxis made by the California company to the continent.
How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·25d ago
Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), the venture division of private equity firm Bain Capital, has raised a new, $1.6 billion fund, which is 14% larger than its previous $1.4 billion fund the firm...
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