We can't help treating AI like it's human. But should we? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·2d ago
In a tan polo shirt, brown leather belt, and round bolo tie, MIT PhD student Wil Norton kind of looks like a park ranger, leading our tour group through a tropical jungle.
Tesla renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' in Europe | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·2d ago
Tesla has changed the name of its advanced driver assistance system in Europe after pushback from Germany’s transportation ministry.
Exclusive: Automattic loses its interim CFO just weeks after boardroom shakeup
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·2d ago
Automattic’s interim chief financial officer Jeremy Klaperman has left his position after less than a month, TechCrunch has learned.
Beyond TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: The Side Events, Parties & Networking You Can't Miss | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jean Bradley, TechCrunch Events·2d ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 brings founders, investors, operators, builders, and technology leaders to San Francisco from October 13-15. But the activity doesn’t stop when the conference floor closes.
Execs from Gamma, Engine’s, and GV join Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·2d ago
You’ve built the product. Now you need customers. But when you’re starting from zero, there may be no marketing budget, established brand, or sales team to help you find them.
Disrupt 2026 starts in 4 days and prices increase | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·2d ago
Four days. That’s all that stands between now and TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, when 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders descend on Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15.
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·2d ago
Surveillance camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce as the company faces ongoing and growing backlash to its license plate readers and people-tracking technology.
Xona's commercial GPS alternative is about to go live | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz·2d ago
The first precision commercial alternative to GPS is preparing to go live when six satellites designed by the startup Xona Space Systems launch into orbit this month.
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·3d ago
Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni, the three safety researchers that OpenAI fired last week, have published an open letter denying the firm’s claims that they mishandled sensitive...
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·3d ago
They cast the wrong lead in “Good Will Hunting,” apparently, because it’s Ben Affleck who is the secret genius, as it turns out.
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·3d ago
Arena, which originated in 2023 as a research project at UC Berkeley that crowdsourced rankings of AI models, has raised a $200 million Series B round at a $3.1 billion valuation, it said on...
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·3d ago
At a Google Cloud event on Thursday, the company announced it’s bringing its Gemini AI into the agentic age, with the launch of a unified agent that can not only answer questions but also get...
OpenAI's math solutions aren't meeting the field's standards yet | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz·3d ago
When OpenAI released hundreds of claimed solutions to some of the world’s hardest math problems this week, the frontier lab said that it had consulted an advisory group of elite mathematicians to...
A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·3d ago
Richard Bronson, an entrepreneur who recently launched a startup called Commissary Club, has an unusual background for a founder: in a previous life, he spent time in prison.
Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta·3d ago
The standard way to keep an AI agent in line is to have a second AI read over its shoulder. It’s been the default approach, but it can get expensive fast when agents run for hours and process the...
Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·3d ago
Meet Interface, a new $99 smart ring from AI and hardware startup Natura that’s designed for the era of AI agents.
Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·3d ago
UK fashion retail giant Asos has confirmed a data breach of its customers’ personal information after hackers used the company’s own app to notify users that the company had been compromised.
Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy join Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·3d ago
AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run, and an infrastructure connecting them all.
Spotify is getting more serious about selling enterprise software | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·3d ago
Spotify is formalizing efforts around its enterprise and developer tools business with Thursday’s launch of technology.spotify.com, a new site that will make its internal tech available to...
Waymo locks in $5B loan from Blackstone, PIMCO to fuel robotaxi expansion | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·3d ago
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology company under Google parent Alphabet, closed a $5 billion loan from a series of high-profile lenders, including PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street.
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