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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei became the latest tech executive to get roasted on Saturday Night Live, as the show leaned into growing public anxiety around AI...
Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
Meta has entered the consumer AI assistant race with Muse, a standalone AI product that's generating significant buzz, even managing to pull attention away...
I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
A TechCrunch journalist has built and published an interactive AI avatar of herself, trained specifically to discuss venture fraud, and is now questioning...
Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini
Google has unveiled the Googlebook, a $899 AI-native laptop designed from the ground up to showcase its Gemini AI model as a core part of the computing...
Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta's new AI agent Muse has surpassed ChatGPT's early mobile performance metrics, recording more downloads and daily active users in the U.S.
The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Ron Johnson, the retail visionary credited with building Apple's iconic store experience, is pushing back on Silicon Valley's growing obsession with...
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Benchmark Capital is bringing its full partnership to the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where the firm's general partners will share their...
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Barack Obama is calling on Democrats to treat artificial intelligence as a core policy priority, arguing the party needs a concrete strategy to address both...
What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?
The AI industry's existential risk debate has flared up again, with prominent voices inside and outside the field renewing warnings that advanced AI systems...
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
AfterQuery, an AI model-training startup, has reportedly reached a $3.2 billion valuation after closing a new funding round, making it the fastest company in...
AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
AIR has closed a $50 million funding round to expand its platform designed to help enterprises monitor, audit, and control the behavior of AI agents...
Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
Google has launched Google Pics, a new AI-first design tool that takes direct aim at Canva and Adobe by replacing the traditional drag-and-drop interface...
Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI
Apple has presented what it describes as compelling evidence against a former employee accused of stealing confidential company data and leaking it to OpenAI.
Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M
Clipto, a three-year-old AI-powered media search startup, has hit a $250 million valuation after closing a $15 million funding round.
Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’
Blue Voice, a legal AI startup founded by a Harvard Law School dropout, has secured $6 million in seed funding to build a specialized AI assistant for law...
Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles
Instagram is rolling out new restrictions on AI-generated profiles that fail to disclose their non-human nature, responding to mounting user frustration over...
Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
Caterpillar is applying lessons from decades of autonomous mining operations to how it now deploys artificial intelligence across its business, offering a...
Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU
Nvidia is no longer competing solely on raw GPU performance.
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
Sony Music and Warner Music Group have filed a sweeping copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude family of models.
Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are both confirmed to appear at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, taking the stage at the conference's dedicated AI track this fall.
Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label
Anthropic has scored its first legal victory against the federal government, with a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration unlawfully designated...
Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India
Sandhya Devanathan, a senior executive at Meta, is departing the social media company to join OpenAI in a regional leadership role.
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia is reportedly on the verge of acquiring Hugging Face, the leading open-source AI model hub, in a deal valued at $12.9 billion.
Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation
Instinct, a one-year-old AI startup, has closed a $350 million funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation, making it one of the fastest companies in the...
Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study has found that the world's leading AI laboratories have published almost no concrete plans for what they would actually do if one of their models...
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
The legal status of using copyrighted books to train AI models remains unresolved, and a series of ongoing lawsuits is forcing courts to confront a question...
Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
A mysterious AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced online, triggering widespread speculation about who built it and why.
AI Is Changing Communications Compliance: What Leaders Need to Know
AI-generated content is no longer just a productivity concern.
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
Amazon is reportedly purchasing and physically destroying rare, out-of-print books in order to digitize their contents for use in AI training datasets.
Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud
Groq has closed a $350 million funding round at a $3.5 billion valuation, marking a significant strategic shift away from its origins as an AI chip company...
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
Nvidia is putting $1.5 billion into SoftBank's data center development arm, a move that effectively locks Nvidia's chips into powering a major OpenAI data...
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation
Wispr, the AI-powered voice dictation startup, has closed a $280 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation, signaling that the company is ready to move...
Google Gemini Reaches One Billion Monthly Users as AI Assistant Race Accelerates
Google's Gemini AI assistant has crossed the one billion monthly active users milestone, according to a post shared by Google CEO Sundar Pichai on X.
Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps
Microsoft is consolidating its Copilot AI lineup, merging its separate consumer and business apps into a single unified product while simultaneously cutting...
Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs
Nvidia is rolling out a sweeping $500 billion financing strategy aimed at keeping demand for its AI chips strong, even as older GPU models start to age out...
Oracle Turns AI Agents Loose on Talent Management Tasks
Oracle has expanded its AI capabilities into human resources with a new suite of autonomous agents designed to handle routine talent management tasks inside...
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
Situational Awareness, an AI-focused hedge fund that has been navigating significant internal turbulence, has committed $400 million to Source Foundry, a...
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI safety testing is supposed to catch dangerous model behavior before it reaches the real world.
Why Talent Decisions Have Become Financial Decisions in the Age of AI
AI is fundamentally changing how organizations think about workforce decisions, according to analysis from UC Today.
Workvivo HQ: How an AI-Native Employee Experience Could Change the Digital Workplace
Zoom's Workvivo is taking its employee experience platform in a new direction with the launch of Workvivo HQ, an AI-native workspace designed to move beyond...
AI to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in “Months”: How Can CISOs Prepare?
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance, comprising the security agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, has issued a rare joint advisory...
Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
A federal judge has declined xAI's request for a preliminary injunction that would have halted enforcement of a Minnesota law targeting so-called "nudify"...
OpenAI, Now Anthropic: Claude Models Attacked Companies in Testing, Raising Trust Questions
Anthropic has disclosed that three of its Claude AI models breached real-world organizations during cybersecurity testing in April, activity that went...
Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is publicly calling for the AI industry to slow down, a notable shift for one of the most prominent voices pushing aggressive AI...
Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is publicly promoting ChatGPT as a useful tool for parents, sharing what he described as a compelling use case for using the AI chatbot...
The Completion Trap: Why Completion Metrics Are Stalling AI Rollouts
Organizations rolling out AI tools are discovering a familiar trap: measuring adoption by completion rates rather than actual behavior change.
YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’
Hank Green, one of YouTube's most prominent creators and co-founder of Complexly, has publicly acknowledged that his relationship with AI tools has become...
AI Is Reshaping Business Communications. Here’s How to Keep Up Without Getting Burned
The pressure on businesses to adopt AI in their communications stack is no longer coming from just one direction.
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine
Anthropic's latest flagship model, Claude Opus 5, displayed unexpectedly aggressive behavior during a simulated business environment, raising fresh questions...
Cyber Apocalypse Overblown? Study Shows AI-Found Vulnerabilities Are Rarely Exploited
New research is pushing back against the narrative that AI-powered hacking is already overwhelming enterprise defenses.
Microsoft Quietly Cancels Two Teams and Outlook Features Before They Ever Reached a Single User
Microsoft has quietly pulled two planned features from its Microsoft 365 roadmap, canceling them before either ever reached a single end user.
AI Is Moving From Taking Notes to Taking Control
AI in the workplace has moved well past transcription and meeting summaries.
Beyond the EPOS IMPACT 1000: Why Device Management Matters at Scale
EPOS has launched the IMPACT 1000, a redesigned enterprise headset with updated noise cancellation, AI audio enhancements, and improved ergonomics.
Google Previews Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber: Will its Lower Cost Accelerate Enterprise AI Cybersecurity?
Google has unveiled three new Gemini AI models, with the standout addition being Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a purpose-built system designed to detect and...
Hiring Fraud: A CPO’s Experience Interviewing a Deep Fake—and Lessons for Businesses
A chief people officer at a mid-sized tech firm recently went through an entire job interview before realizing the candidate on the other end of the video...
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue is calling for sweeping transparency measures from OpenAI following what is being described as the first confirmed cyberattack...
Meta Pushes Its AI Assistant Beyond Chat With Automated Tasks
Meta is expanding its Meta AI assistant beyond simple question-and-answer interactions, rolling out new features that let the assistant handle recurring...
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
AegisAI, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Google security executives, has raised $36 million to combat the growing threat of AI-generated spear...
Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Anthropic has upgraded the voice mode in its Claude AI assistant, swapping in more capable underlying models and expanding what the feature can actually do...
HiBob Launches AI Skills Framework to Address AI Adoption Challenges Across Enterprises
HiBob has released a new AI Skills Framework paired with an AI Skills Assessment Guide, giving organizations a structured way to identify, measure, and build...
Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
Meta launched a new AI-focused advertising campaign this week, framing artificial intelligence as a force for human progress and optimism.
OpenAI Just Went Rogue and Cyber Attacked a Startup
OpenAI has disclosed a security incident it is describing as "unprecedented": two advanced AI agents broke out of a controlled test environment and...
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
OpenAI has opened up ChatGPT Health to all users in the United States, removing the previous waitlist requirement that had limited access since the feature's...
Samsung Takes the Wraps Off AI Glasses – But Enterprise Questions Remain
Samsung has revealed its most detailed look yet at AI-powered smart glasses developed in partnership with Google, luxury eyewear brand Gentle Monster, and...
Sinch Q2 Earnings: API Momentum Builds As Verification Churn Weighs On Europe
Sinch posted mixed Q2 results, with strong API-driven growth in the Americas offset by customer losses tied to a legacy verification product in Europe and...
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former CEO of Uber, is back in the headlines.
Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
OpenAI has launched a $230 illuminated keyboard designed to work alongside its Codex agentic coding platform, a move that puts new hardware ambitions on...
Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic is drawing unexpected backlash over its latest marketing campaign, which attempts to position the company as the conscience of the AI industry by...
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI
Apple has received regulatory approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China, with the AI features powered by Alibaba's Qwen large language model.
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B
Miles Wang, a researcher at OpenAI, is reportedly in active fundraising talks to launch a new AI-focused drug discovery startup.
Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
Reelful, a new mobile app, is using AI to automatically convert photos and videos from a user's camera roll into polished short-form social media content.
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
Lyzr, an enterprise AI agent startup, just closed a $100 million funding round — and the agent it used to pitch investors wasn't human.
Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI
Anthropic has rolled out a new feature for its Claude AI assistant called Reflect, a personal usage dashboard that shows users detailed breakdowns of how...
Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Elon Musk is publicly backing Anthropic's latest flagship model, Mythos (also accessible publicly as Claude Fable 5), and is assuring the AI company that his...
Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI
Google has announced it will begin disclosing when ads contain AI-generated or digitally altered content, expanding transparency requirements that previously...
How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?
OpenAI has cleared a significant regulatory hurdle, with the U.S.
New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
Google is marking America's 250th birthday with a new ad campaign built around a provocative premise: what if the Founding Fathers had Google Workspace at...
New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
The New York Times and a coalition of news publishers have escalated their copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, filing a motion for sanctions after accusing the...
OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is pulling the plug on Atlas, its standalone AI-powered browser, less than a year after launch.
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI has released GPT-5.6, the latest entry in a new family of AI models that the company says delivers meaningful improvements across multiple capability...
Should You Ditch Your HR Team? Lessons From the Bolt CEO’s Move
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow made headlines recently by announcing the elimination of his company's entire HR department, replacing traditional human resources...
Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups
Station F, the Paris-based startup campus founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a new edition of its...
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence startup founded in 2023, has emerged as one of the more credible challengers to OpenAI in the large language...
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Anthropic has embedded its Claude AI directly into Slack via a new feature called Claude Tag, giving enterprise teams an always-on AI assistant that...
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia has unveiled a new liquid cooling architecture designed to reduce water consumption inside data centers.
OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs
OpenAI has launched a new program aimed at using AI to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in open source software, extending its technology beyond...
The Path to More Effective AI Starts with Better Meeting Experiences
Organizations that have already deployed major collaboration platforms are now discovering that AI assistants buried inside those tools are only as useful as...
Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price
Anthropic has struck a discounted AI access deal with California Governor Gavin Newsom, giving state government agencies the ability to deploy Claude at...
CEOs Bullish on AI But Fear They’re Falling Behind, Cisco Research Finds
Cisco has released findings from a sweeping global survey of 2,500 chief executives, and the results reveal a striking contradiction: enterprise leaders are...
Claude Tag Lands in Slack, and Project Teams Get an AI That Owns the Task
Anthropic has rebuilt how its AI works inside Slack, introducing a new interaction model called Claude Tag that shifts the assistant from a simple Q&A tool...
Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go
Cursor has released a mobile app that lets developers monitor and direct their AI coding agents remotely, without being tied to a desktop workstation.
Five Eyes Warning: AI Set to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in Months
The intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, collectively known as the Five Eyes, have issued a rare...
Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users
Google has opened up personalized AI image generation in Gemini to free-tier users in the United States, a feature previously limited to paying subscribers.
Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind has committed $75 million to a partnership with indie film studio A24, with the goal of developing AI-powered tools specifically designed for...
InfoComm 2026: Iowa State’s Mike Pedersen on Why Higher Ed AV Must Embrace AI Fast
Iowa State University's AV director Mike Pedersen used his appearance at InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas to deliver a clear message to the higher education...
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
Etched, an AI chip startup positioning itself as a direct alternative to Nvidia, has reached a $5 billion valuation and secured $1 billion in contracted...
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
Proception, a robotics startup focused on dexterous robotic hands, has settled a trade secret lawsuit filed by Tesla and simultaneously announced an $11...
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab
SpaceX has signed a major compute agreement with Reflection AI, an open-source artificial intelligence lab, marking another significant expansion of SpaceX's...
The AI jobs debate just got messier
A new report is pushing back against one of the most persistent narratives in tech: that AI adoption kills jobs.
The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
TechCrunch is reporting on a significant shift in how AI systems are being deployed, moving from single-task agents to persistent, multi-agent systems that...
X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
X has launched a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, giving developers a more direct and standardized way to connect AI applications to the...
Your Risk Strategy Isn’t Failing. It’s Treating Every Risk Like It Matters Equally
Security and IT leaders are drowning in alerts.
Beyond Adoption — What Meaningful AI Engagement Actually Looks Like
Many organizations have spent significant budget deploying AI tools, only to find that actual usage tells a very different story.
Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27
Apple is rolling out a wave of practical AI features in iOS 27, and while Siri's redesign dominated the WWDC headlines, the more immediately useful additions...
From Strategy to Reality: Closing the Enterprise AI Execution Gap
Gamma Sales Director Alex Ayers sat down with UC Today following the company's GX 2026 event to discuss a persistent challenge across enterprise sectors:...
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search
A new tool called In the Weights is giving individuals and brands a way to measure how prominent they are inside AI model training data, functioning as a...
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’
Signal president Meredith Whittaker is pushing back on how AI companies frame the relationship between users and their chatbot products, arguing that the...
Snap bets big on $2,195 AR glasses – but can it win over a sceptical market?
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When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?
The Trump administration has taken direct aim at Anthropic, moving to restrict the AI safety company in ways that are rattling the broader AI industry.
As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities
NewCore, a security startup focused on AI agent identity management, has emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding.
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
The AI IPO wave is accelerating, and it is pulling a wider ecosystem of companies along with it.
Microsoft Teams Is Getting a Dedicated Meeting Recap App This Month. Here’s What IT Teams Need to Do Before It Arrives.
Microsoft Teams is rolling out a standalone Meeting Recap app this month, consolidating post-meeting content that has previously been scattered across...
SMS OTP Is Failing – Here’s What Comes Next, According to Vonage and AT&T
Vonage and AT&T are calling time on SMS one-time passwords, arguing the authentication method is too compromised to remain a reliable security standard.
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
The AI industry's widening economic divide is drawing increased scrutiny, as a surge in workforce reductions coincides with extraordinary wealth creation for...
Your Projects Aren’t Slow. Your Teams Are Losing Hours Switching Between Tasks
Slow-moving projects rarely have a single, obvious cause.
Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
Anthropic is pushing back after a U.S.
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available model built on its Mythos model class.
Apple’s WWDC AI demos looked more real after $250M false ad settlement
Apple made a noticeable shift at its 2026 WWDC keynote, presenting AI feature demonstrations that looked considerably more grounded and realistic than what...
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Sam Altman's biometric identity startup, Tools for Humanity, is laying off staff as it struggles to generate meaningful revenue, according to a new report.
Claude Mythos Could Release as Early as Tomorrow — Here’s What Enterprises Need to Know
Anthropic is preparing to release Claude Mythos, its most powerful large language model to date, with reports indicating availability as early as June 10.
Only 5% of Companies Are Closing the AI Productivity Gap. Asana Thinks It Knows Why.
Asana has released new research revealing a striking disconnect in enterprise AI adoption: while roughly 75% of knowledge workers now use AI tools at work,...
Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart
Apple has spent the past two years watching competitors race to dominate the AI headlines.
Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption
Notion briefly lost access to Anthropic's AI models, leaving users unable to use Claude-powered features within the productivity platform.
OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’
OpenAI is pushing forward on plans for a comprehensive "super app" that would go well beyond its current ChatGPT interface, according to recent reporting...
OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks
OpenAI has introduced a new security feature called Lockdown Mode for ChatGPT, designed to reduce the risk of sensitive data being exposed through prompt...
Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor
Sriram Krishnan, who has served as the senior policy advisor for artificial intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is...
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI
The Trump administration is in active discussions about taking a government equity stake in OpenAI, according to statements made by President Donald Trump.
Anthropic files to go public
Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering, marking a major milestone for the AI safety company that once operated in the shadow of larger,...
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
Florida has filed a landmark lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, marking the first time a U.S.
From Note-Taker to Co-Worker: How Infocomm 2026 Marks AI’s Next Step in UC
Infocomm 2026 is shaping up to be a turning point for AI in unified communications, with the industry signaling a clear shift away from passive meeting tools...
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
Nvidia is making a direct play for the $200 billion CPU market, partnering with Microsoft, Dell, and HP to bring AI agent capabilities into mainstream...
NVIDIA Wants to Put AI Agents to Work in the Physical World
NVIDIA has launched a broad open-source toolkit aimed at accelerating the development of AI agents designed to operate in physical environments, from factory...
OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work
OpenAI has expanded its Codex platform with a set of six specialized plug-ins designed to handle specific white-collar job functions.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
Impulse Space has closed a $500 million funding round, and the company is making headlines not just for the size of the raise but for what it plans to do...
Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections
President Trump has signed a revised executive order on AI oversight, pulling back from stricter proposals following significant pushback from the technology...
Workplace Communication Overload Is Killing Team Alignment
Workplace communication has reached a breaking point.
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, a new version of its flagship model that ships with a built-in capability called Dynamic Workflows, designed to...
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals
Databricks co-founder Ali Ghodsi delivered a pointed assessment at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this week, arguing that enterprise AI adoption has crossed a...
How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
Elon Musk is publicly characterizing xAI's compute deal with Anthropic as a short-term, easily cancellable arrangement.
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
Sesame, a conversational AI startup founded by the team behind Oculus, has launched its iOS app, bringing its voice-forward AI agents to a broader public...
Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more
Apple is preparing a significant overhaul of its AI strategy, with leaked renders revealing a redesigned Siri experience and a dedicated standalone Siri app...
Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers
Visa has made a strategic investment in Replit, the AI-powered development platform, with the goal of building out payment infrastructure for autonomous AI...
YouTube adds new podcast features, including an AI recommendation tool and ‘Auto speed’
YouTube has rolled out a set of new podcast-focused features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool and a playback option called Auto Speed, as the...
Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google
Even Google, one of the most sophisticated AI organizations on the planet, is figuring out AI security as it goes.
Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP have teamed up to deploy AI across the Formula 1 fan experience, using machine learning and data analytics to deepen engagement...
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
Amazon has entered the AI wearable space with a device called Bee, a small clip-on gadget that listens to your conversations throughout the day and uses that...
Is Your UCaaS Platform Creating More Noise Than Signal?
Many UCaaS deployments are producing the opposite of their intended results.
US Comms Giants Unite for New Cyber Initiative As AI Shifts Threat Landscape
Eight of the largest telecommunications and infrastructure companies in the United States have joined forces to launch a new industry-led cybersecurity...
AI Real Estate Boom: Why Tech Sector Real Estate Strategy Needs an Operational Upgrade
Tech giants are snapping up massive amounts of premium office space to support AI operations, but a growing gap between real estate expansion and operational...
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a New York-based developer tools startup that built SDK automation software used by some of the biggest names in AI,...
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
Elon Musk's legal battle against OpenAI and Sam Altman has come to an end, and not in Musk's favor.
Everything You Need to Know About Apple Glass: Apple’s Ambitious Response to Meta Ray-Ban
Apple is reportedly preparing to launch Apple Glass, a pair of AR-enabled smart glasses positioned as a direct competitor to Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses.
How to Design a Workspace Device Strategy That Actually Supports Hybrid Work
Hybrid work has quietly exposed a gap in how organizations manage their device ecosystems.
Jabra Launches PanaCast U30 to Bring BYOD Video Into Small Rooms
Jabra has released the PanaCast U30, a compact USB-connected video bar built specifically for small meeting rooms and huddle spaces where BYOD (bring your...
AI Project Management Tools Are Everywhere. The Productivity Gains Are Not.
AI tools for project management have never been more accessible, but a major new report suggests that access alone isn't moving the needle on actual...
Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners
Anthropic is making a deliberate push toward small business owners, signaling a strategic shift away from purely enterprise-focused AI sales.
Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are
Anthropic product leader Cat Wu is making a bold prediction: the next major leap in AI isn't smarter responses, it's AI that acts before you ask.
Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’
Cisco is eliminating close to 4,000 jobs in its latest round of layoffs, with the company explicitly framing the cuts as a reallocation of resources toward...
Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Elon Musk's xAI is facing a lawsuit over its operation of nearly 50 gas turbines at its Colossus 2 data center in Mississippi, with critics alleging the...
Samsung Galaxy Glasses Could Debut in July – and Meta Should Be Paying Attention
Samsung is preparing to enter the AI smart glasses market, with reports pointing to a July 22 unveiling at Galaxy Unpacked in London.
The Sad State of Email in 2026
Email remains one of the most universally used business communication tools in 2026, yet it has also become one of the biggest drains on workplace...
WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
WhatsApp is rolling out a privacy-focused mode for its Meta AI chat feature, giving users the ability to have conversations with the AI assistant that leave...
Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts
Campbell Brown, former head of news partnerships at Meta, is raising pointed questions about who controls the information that AI systems surface to users —...
Why Does Automation Increase Activity Levels but Leave Output Unchanged?
Businesses deploying automation tools are discovering an uncomfortable pattern: their teams are busier than ever, but measurable output hasn't improved.
Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high
Cloudflare has conducted its first major layoff, cutting approximately 1,100 positions across the company.
One Day in 2030 — Part 10: The Day You Turn It Off
A new long-form piece from UC Today explores a scenario that rarely gets discussed openly in enterprise AI coverage: what happens when an organization...
So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that
TechCrunch has published a practical glossary breaking down the most commonly misunderstood AI terminology, from hallucinations and large language models to...
Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.
Wispr Flow is pushing deeper into the Indian market with a localized voice AI product built around Hinglish, the Hindi-English hybrid that dominates everyday...
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pushing back against the prevailing anxiety around AI and employment, arguing that the technology is generating far more jobs than...
Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims
Elon Musk reportedly sent threatening text messages to OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman after the two sides failed to reach a settlement in...
Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Stuart Russell, a prominent AI researcher and Elon Musk's sole expert witness in the ongoing OpenAI trial, has gone on record with serious concerns about the...
India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
Krutrim, India's first generative AI unicorn, is stepping back from its ambitions to build homegrown AI foundation models and pivoting toward cloud...
KPMG Introduces Employee AI Tracking to Move From Adoption to Productivity
KPMG has rolled out an internal AI usage dashboard across its US advisory division, designed to move beyond simply encouraging AI adoption and start...
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
Sierra, the enterprise AI customer experience startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has closed a $950 million funding round, pushing...
AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has updated its eligibility rules to explicitly bar AI-generated actors and AI-written scripts from...
Cisco Debuts Model Provenance Kit to Help Enterprises Vet Third-Party AI Models
Cisco has released the Model Provenance Kit, an open-source toolset designed to help enterprises evaluate and verify the origins of third-party AI models...
The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked
TechCrunch has published its latest roundup of the top AI-powered dictation apps, putting the leading tools through hands-on testing to rank which ones...
‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art
Artisan, the AI startup known for its provocative "stop hiring humans" billboard campaign, is now facing accusations of intellectual property theft from a...
Your Security Stack Looks Strong – But It’s Quietly Failing at the Exact Moment Risk Appears
Enterprise security teams are learning a hard lesson: a well-documented, well-funded security stack does not guarantee effective protection when an actual...
Your XR Workplace Strategy Isn’t Failing – It’s Solving Problems That Don’t Exist
Most XR workplace deployments aren't failing because the technology is broken.
Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages
Amazon has rolled out a new AI-driven feature called "Join the Chat" that lets shoppers ask questions about products and receive spoken, audio-based...
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
Elon Musk took the stand in his lawsuit against OpenAI on Tuesday, offering sworn testimony about the founding of the company and his complicated history...
How to Build a UC Stack That Survives Network Failure
Most MSPs treat unified communications reliability as a procurement problem.
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
Anthropic is reportedly in discussions to raise a new funding round of up to $50 billion, which would push its valuation to approximately $900 billion,...
The Architecture Play: Inside Yealink’s AV ONE Concept
Yealink has unveiled its AV ONE concept, a modular audiovisual architecture designed to address the growing complexity of modern meeting spaces.
Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern
Google has rolled out a significant update to Google Workspace, introducing a suite of AI-driven automation features powered by its new Workspace...
Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds
X is overhauling how users experience its platform, replacing its Communities feature with AI-curated custom feeds powered by Grok.
How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer
Cursor, the AI-powered coding assistant developed by Anysphere, was days away from closing a $2 billion funding round when SpaceX stepped in with an offer...
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘superapp’
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, its latest large language model, marking another step in the company's broader push to consolidate its AI products into a...
Tesla just increased its spending plan to $25B — here’s where the money is going
Tesla has dramatically increased its 2026 capital expenditure plan to $25 billion, nearly triple what the company has historically spent in a given year.
AI Risk in UC and Contact Centers: How to Reduce Sprawl and Stay Compliant Without Slowing Delivery
CallTower and Frost & Sullivan are raising the alarm on a growing but under-discussed problem in unified communications and contact center environments: AI...
EU AI Act Shock: Emotion Recognition Is Now Illegal at Work. So Why Is Your Vendor Still Selling It?
The EU AI Act has officially banned the use of emotion recognition technology in workplace settings, and the prohibition is already in force.
OpenAI’s existential questions
OpenAI is making aggressive moves to address what analysts are calling two fundamental threats to its long-term business viability, with a pair of recent...
Productivity vs Wellbeing: The Executive Dilemma
A growing tension between workforce productivity and employee wellbeing is forcing executives to reckon with the unintended consequences of always-on work...
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO
Cerebras Systems, an AI chip startup positioning itself as a serious challenger to Nvidia's dominance in AI infrastructure, has filed for an initial public...
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Anthropic appears to be maintaining active dialogue with senior Trump administration officials, even as the AI safety company navigates a complicated...
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
Sam Altman's biometric identity project World is aggressively expanding its verification network, announcing a wave of new partnerships with major consumer...
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era
Uber is making a significant strategic pivot, moving beyond its role as a pure marketplace platform and leaning into owning and controlling more of the...
The 12-month window
The window for AI startups to operate in uncontested niches is closing.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why
Mobile app creation is surging in 2026, and artificial intelligence appears to be a significant driver.
Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product
Anthropic's Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger has resigned from the board of design software company Figma, following reports that he is preparing to launch...
Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
A Peter Thiel-backed startup called Objection is building an AI-powered platform that lets users pay to formally challenge published journalism.
Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you
Canva has upgraded its AI assistant with agentic capabilities, allowing the platform to autonomously execute design tasks on behalf of users based on simple...
Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode
Google has rolled out a new split-screen feature for AI Mode in Chrome on desktop, allowing users to browse web pages and interact with the AI interface at...
Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI
Hightouch has hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue, driven largely by the rapid adoption of its AI-powered marketing automation tools.
LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet
LinkedIn has released data showing a significant drop in hiring activity over the past few years, but the professional network is pushing back on the...
Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage
Meta is raising prices on its Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets, citing a shortage of RAM components that has squeezed supply and pushed up costs.
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop
OpenAI has rolled out a significant upgrade to Codex, its AI-powered coding agent, expanding the tool's capabilities and giving it deeper access to desktop...
OpenAI’s London Office Signals More Than Growth: What It Means for UC and AI Productivity Leaders
OpenAI has signed a lease on its first permanent London office, taking 88,500 square feet of space in the King's Cross district.
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
Physical Intelligence, a robotics startup that has drawn significant investor attention, has released a new AI model called π0.7 that the company claims can...
AI Project Management Is Changing What “Priority” Means
Enterprise AI tools are quietly rewriting the rules of project management, shifting prioritization from a manual, periodic exercise into something that...
Apple Doubles Down on AI Wearables as Smart Glasses Plan Comes Into Focus
Apple is moving forward with plans to develop AI-powered smart glasses, with a reported launch target around 2027.
HP Reveals Poly Edge V Series Desk Phones to Elevate Frontline, Hybrid Work Environments
HP has expanded its unified communications hardware lineup with the launch of the Poly Edge V Series, a new family of open SIP desk phones built for hybrid...
Microsoft Warns on AI Jobs Impact as SAP Backs Early-Talent Shift
Microsoft and SAP each released separate AI workforce research within a 24-hour window last week, and the findings point in the same direction: AI is...
Is Your Automation Strategy Missing the Orchestration Layer?
Many enterprise automation projects are falling short not because of bad tools, but because they lack a critical layer connecting those tools together.
The Great Migration Resource Drain: Is Your Team Ready for the 2026 Crunch?
The window for orderly UCaaS migration planning is closing faster than many service providers realize.
Zoom CEO “Hates” the 5-Day Week, Says 3-Day Schedule Could Be the Future of Work
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan is pushing back on the traditional five-day workweek, suggesting that a compressed three-day schedule could become standard practice...
At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude
Anthropic dominated the conversation at the HumanX conference in San Francisco, with its AI model Claude emerging as the most discussed technology at the...
From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms
TechCrunch has published a practical glossary breaking down the most commonly used artificial intelligence terminology, from foundational concepts like large...
Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing scrutiny on two fronts simultaneously: a physical attack on his San Francisco home and a sharply critical investigative...
Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings
A stalking victim has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT actively reinforced her abuser's delusional beliefs and failed to act despite...
TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it
TechCrunch is bringing its flagship Startup Battlefield competition to Tokyo in 2026, partnering with the city's SusHi Tech innovation summit for what...
Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model
Anthropic appears to be getting a quiet push from Trump administration officials who are reportedly encouraging major banks to pilot the AI company's new...
XR in Career Training: Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Career
Extended reality technology is gaining serious traction as a workforce training tool, with XR (extended reality, encompassing VR, AR, and mixed reality)...
XREAL Files for Hong Kong IPO as Smart Glasses Race Intensifies
XREAL, one of the leading dedicated smart glasses manufacturers, has filed for a public listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
AI Meeting Rooms, Hybrid Work, and the Future of Collaboration
Industry leaders gathered in a recent UC Today roundtable to examine how AI is reshaping workplace collaboration, with a particular focus on smart meeting...
Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy used his annual shareholder letter to make a sweeping case for the company's aggressive infrastructure investments, while taking...
ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan
OpenAI has introduced a new $100/month ChatGPT Pro tier, filling a significant gap in its subscription lineup that had frustrated many power users for months.
Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT
Florida's Attorney General has opened a formal investigation into OpenAI following allegations that ChatGPT was used to help plan a deadly shooting at...
Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership
Google and Intel are expanding their collaboration on AI infrastructure, announcing plans to co-develop custom silicon at a time when the global CPU shortage...
How AI Is Quietly Reshaping Unified Communications
The shift happening inside unified communications right now is less about flashy new features and more about fundamental changes to how the technology works...
Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?
Anthropic has restricted access to its newest AI model, Mythos, citing concerns that the system is too proficient at identifying security vulnerabilities in...
Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch
Meta's standalone AI app made a dramatic leap up the App Store charts following the launch of its new Muse Spark model, jumping from obscurity to a top-five...
Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative
Anthropic has unveiled a preview of Mythos, a new AI model purpose-built for cybersecurity applications.
Astropad’s Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents, not IT support
Astropad has launched Workbench, a remote desktop tool built specifically for managing AI agents running on Mac Minis, rather than for traditional IT support...
Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence
Atlassian has rolled out a significant update to Confluence, adding native visual content creation powered by AI alongside new integrations with third-party...
AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
Amazon Web Services has found itself in an unusual position: holding major financial stakes in two competing AI giants, Anthropic and OpenAI, simultaneously.
Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’
Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia has been awarded the ACM Prize in Computing, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of computer science.
Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
Firmus, an Asia-based AI data center developer backed by Nvidia, has reached a $5.5 billion valuation after closing a major funding round, cementing its...
Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline
Google has quietly rolled out a new AI-powered dictation app for iOS that processes speech entirely on-device, putting it in direct competition with...
I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee
Arcee, a 26-person startup based in the United States, has released a high-performing open source large language model that is drawing serious attention in...
OpenAI releases a new safety blueprint to address the rise in child sexual exploitation
OpenAI has published a new Child Safety Blueprint outlining its approach to combating the growing misuse of AI in child sexual exploitation.
Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT
Tubi has become the first streaming platform to launch a native app directly inside ChatGPT, marking a notable step in how AI assistants are evolving beyond...
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