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Amazon's Alexa for Shopping can now verify if messages claiming to be from Amazon are genuine

Amazon has added a new AI-powered feature to Alexa for Shopping that can determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually originated from the company. The assistant compares messages users receive "against a record of every

The VergeSep 2
Startups Sep 1

AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest unicorn at $3.2B valuation

AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round valuing it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 mi

TechCrunch
Tools Sep 1

John Deere AI chatbot for farmers enters early access testing

John Deere is testing a new "JD" AI assistant designed to help farmers make more money by answering questions about best practices and histo

The Verge
Regulation Aug 29

Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and other music publishers sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann in U.S. Dist

TechCrunch 3 sources
Regulation Sep 1

Apple shares 'shocking evidence' against former employee Chang Liu accused of stealing company data for OpenAI

Apple obtained former employee Chang Liu's old work laptop for investigation after his legal counsel handed it over earlier this month. Appl

TechCrunch
Regulation Aug 31

Anthropic staff chats with "zlibrary my beloved" cited in Sony music publishers' lawsuit

Music publishers Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell have sued Anthropic, alleging the AI company illegally torrented "thousands upon thousands"

Ars Technica
Regulation Aug 31

Debian votes to allow AI tools in Linux distribution contributions

Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution, including development, maintenance, and d

The Verge
Regulation Aug 31

New York Governor Hochul says AI should be 'less evil

New York Governor Kathy Hochul appeared on The Verge's Decoder podcast to discuss her positions on major tech policy issues. The interview c

The Verge
Industry Aug 30

Caterpillar applies mining automation experience to AI deployment

Caterpillar has spent decades automating mining operations and is now applying that experience to deploy AI more broadly. The company's auto

TechCrunch
Regulation Aug 28

Anthropic wins first court case against Pentagon's supply-chain risk label

A federal judge ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's labeling of Anthropic as a national security risk was "unlawful retaliation" in

TechCrunch
Industry Aug 27

Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's AI Stage, presented by Google for Startups, will run October 13–15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The event w

TechCrunch
Industry Aug 27

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and over 100 companies call for action against rogue AI threats

More than 100 companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and cyber firms Crowdstrike, Okta, and Fortinet have signed an open letter urgi

TechCrunch
Tools Aug 27

Google adds 3 new ways to plan and book travel in AI Mode Search

Google is rolling out three new travel planning features directly in AI Mode in Search: flight price tracking, points/miles rate viewing, an

Google AI Blog
Industry Aug 26

Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet

Bill Gates, once a staunch AI optimist, has shifted to a deeply pessimistic stance, warning that artificial intelligence could become "the w

The Verge
Startups Aug 25

Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion image generator, secures $76 million in new funding

Stability AI has raised $76 million in fresh funding, the company announced Tuesday. The round drew investment from major entertainment indu

TechCrunch
Tools Aug 25

Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork memory so the assistant remembers conversations across both

Anthropic announced it's merging the memory system used by chat and Claude Cowork, meaning Claude will now remember what it learned in one a

TechCrunch
Models Aug 25

OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip can power faster AI responses than the competition

OpenAI has unveiled details about its Jalapeño chip, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) developed in partnership with Broadco

The Verge
Regulation Aug 22

OpenAI calls for stronger California AI safety bill SB 53

OpenAI's global affairs team posted on LinkedIn that California should amend its SB 53 AI safety bill to "expand safeguards." The company sp

TechCrunch 3 sources
Industry Aug 24

How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom

AI tools caught many schools off guard several years ago, with students suddenly able to use apps that could answer homework questions or ge

MIT Tech Review
Research Aug 24

The Download: children outperforming AI and the rise of space travel agents

Children outperform even the most sophisticated AI language models despite being exposed to far less linguistic data, a phenomenon known as

MIT Tech Review
Models Aug 23

Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?

Ox Alpha, a free reasoning model designed for coding, sustained agentic work, and production workloads, was released on OpenRouter on Thursd

TechCrunch
Regulation Aug 23

Flock CEO Garrett Langley calls for 'compromise' as surveillance company faces growing backlash

Flock CEO Garrett Langley appeared on Fox News calling for 'compromise' between public safety and privacy as the company faces mounting crit

TechCrunch
Tools Aug 22

Harvard Business School's $699 Foundry bootcamp uses HeyGen AI avatars for student feedback

Harvard Business School's $699, eight-week HBS Foundry bootcamp for entrepreneurs is using AI avatars created by startup HeyGen to provide i

TechCrunch
Tools Aug 22

10 Best AI Visibility Tools for Brand Mentions and Citations (August 2026)

AI visibility—the frequency and context in which a brand appears in AI-generated answers—has become a measurable part of search strategy as

Unite.AI
Models Aug 22

Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research

London-based startup Inherent, founded by Google DeepMind alumni, says its AI agent Faraday has outperformed Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and

TechCrunch
Tools Aug 21

Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn's AI slop button

LinkedIn's "Seems like AI slop" button, announced on July 30th, has seen significant usage. According to chief product officer Hari Srinivas

The Verge
Industry Aug 21

Major YouTube creators are facing backlash for accepting AI money

Prominent filmmaking content creators Matti Haapoja and Sam "Kold" Kolder have posted videos demonstrating Higgsfield's AI platform and its

The Verge
Industry Aug 21

Space mirrors may threaten night sky; AI drug patents raise credit questions

Reflect Orbital plans to launch a test satellite later this year with an 18-by-18-meter mirror in orbit, with the goal of eventually launchi

MIT Tech Review
Industry Aug 21

As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings

Meta AI glasses are by far the most popular smart glasses on the market as millions of people buy into the trend each year, increasing the l

Ars Technica
Industry Aug 21

AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom

Micro1, a four-year-old AI data startup, has expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months

TechCrunch
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