The full Disrupt Stage lineup | TechCrunch
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The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next in the tech ecosystem.
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top 83%Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won't hurt them? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz7d ago
The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem: that architecture isn’t predictable the way traditional algorithms are.
Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha7d ago
President Donald Trump hosted many of the biggest names in artificial intelligence this week — in part to announce that the U.S. government isn’t calling it artificial intelligence anymore.
TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec7d ago
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha7d ago
As promised, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, which he said will be led by national intelligence director Jay Clayton and other members of his...
Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’ | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha8d ago
A federal judge ruled this week that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock Safety to search for her license plate without a warrant.
Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha8d ago
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company has stopped using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in its dealings with government agencies as it seeks approval to build new data centers.
OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’ | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha8d ago
By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.
Jack Dorsey's Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh8d ago
Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app designed to work without an internet connection, has disappeared from Apple and Google’s app stores in India, months after New Delhi first sought...
Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant8d ago
“When will we start flying?” I asked Vessev co-founder and CEO Eric Laakmann, as we pulled away from the Brooklyn marina in the startup’s VS-9 electric ferry.
Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis8d ago
Neko Health seems to be the hottest body scan in the world right now. The scan, co-founded by Spotify’s David Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, uses advanced technology to screen for issues in the blood...
All the AI agents that can live in your text messages | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal8d ago
Rather than downloading another app, a growing number of agents can simply be texted like an ordinary person.
Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos9d ago
Flock, whose cameras scan license plates across the country, continues to draw public anger, and now Senator Bernie Sanders wants the federal government out of the business altogether.
Disrupt 2026 Layoff Expo+ Passes Available for $75 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events9d ago
If you’ve been laid off, you can get a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass for just $75. The offer is limited to the first 100 qualifying people, or until Disrupt doors open on October 13 at 8 a.m.
Apple says it's tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls due to new risks from AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez9d ago
Days after a journalist claimed that Meta’s Muse app on Mac read their private messages — a claim that Meta disputed — Apple announced that it’s introducing additional controls around a setting...
Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you) | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort9d ago
With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it’s easy to forget that AI has already been life-threatening to some, not through bioweapons, but psychologically.
Laytr's new app lets you save anything you find online, not just articles to read | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez9d ago
After Mozilla’s read-it-later app Pocket shut down in August, a number of alternatives popped up to take its place.
Blackstone’s Jas Khaira joins Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events9d ago
AI startups can grow at a speed that would have been difficult to imagine a generation ago. But rapid growth comes with another reality: scaling AI can require enormous amounts of capital, and...
Slovenia's .si domain sees a surge in registrations after Trump's 'super intelligence' order | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis9d ago
In not-so-surprising news, the .si domain name is seeing unprecedented demand after President Trump signed an executive order mandating all government agencies to refer to “AI” and “artificial...
Clay’s Kareem Amin joins Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events9d ago
Two years ago, most companies didn’t have a GTM engineer. Now the role is showing up across tech, with practitioners using AI and automation to build revenue systems that once required multiple...