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Industry

Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sat down with The Verge's Nilay Patel for their fifth consecutive post-I/O developer conference interview, discussing how the company is fundamentally restructuring itself in response to the AI revoluti

The VergeMay 26
Industry May 26

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket rates end May 29

The countdown is on for startup founders and tech professionals looking to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Early Bird ticket pricing, which

TechCrunch
Industry May 26

Nobody wants to tell me why they only listen to their own Suno slop

A growing number of Suno users have essentially stopped listening to traditional music entirely, instead spending their time consuming AI-ge

The Verge
Regulation May 26

AI warfare is already here

At a United Nations meeting in Geneva in November 2017, attendees of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons—a group focused on letha

The Verge
Industry May 25

What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work

ClickUp, the collaboration software startup once valued at $4 billion, laid off 22% of its workforce last Thursday, but CEO Zeb Evans insist

TechCrunch
Industry May 25

The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI

Pope Leo XIV released his inaugural encyclical on Monday, titled "Magnifica Humanitas," focused on protecting human dignity amid artificial

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Industry May 25

Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI

Pope Leo XIV issued his first major papal encyclical on Monday, titled "Magnifica Humanitas," which calls on world leaders to establish new

The Verge
Startups May 25

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in days: Apply before May 27

The application window for TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 closes Friday, May 27, giving early-stage founders one final opportunity to

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Industry May 24

Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, recently shared his perspective on the evolving AI security landscape during an interview at a Los An

TechCrunch
Tools May 24

I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out

Amazon's Bee wearable, the AI wrist gadget the tech giant acquired in 2025, has received a significant feature update, and TechCrunch contri

TechCrunch
Industry May 24

Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

Early attempts to hack AI chatbots required almost no technical skill. Users could sometimes bypass expensive safety measures with simple tr

The Verge
Industry May 23

Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans

IBM has entered into a partnership with Formula One and Scuderia Ferrari HP, marking the tech giant's first major motorsport sponsorship. Th

TechCrunch
Industry May 23

Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)

SpaceX's recent IPO filing reveals a significant shift in Elon Musk's energy strategy. While Musk built Tesla on the promise of electrifying

TechCrunch
Models May 23

Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

Google has launched Omni, a new family of generative AI models that can supposedly convert any input—photos, videos, text—into any other for

The Verge
Industry May 22

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily shut down public access to its docket system after discovering that AI technology had b

TechCrunch
Startups May 22

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups

Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of legal AI startup Spellbook, sparked a heated debate in the tech community last month by publicly call

TechCrunch
Industry May 22

Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for

Google's AI Overviews feature is experiencing a peculiar bug that's causing it to misinterpret certain search queries. When users search for

The Verge
Industry May 22

Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen

Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok is struggling to gain traction, according to a new Reuters investigation. The report reveals tha

The Verge
Tools May 22

You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’

Google's newly redesigned Search experience is running into unexpected problems. The company recently deployed a major overhaul that priorit

TechCrunch
Tools May 22

We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there

Google gave attendees at this week's I/O developer conference a chance to test its upcoming AI-powered glasses with visual displays, offerin

TechCrunch
Industry May 22

The literary world isn’t prepared for AI

British literary magazine Granta has found itself at the center of a controversy after questions emerged about whether one of its prize-winn

The Verge
Industry May 22

Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

Samsung and its semiconductor workers have reached a tentative agreement that could see some employees receive bonuses totaling $340,000 ann

The Verge
Industry May 21

Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes

Spotify announced a partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) on Thursday that will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of so

TechCrunch
Industry May 21

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google unveiled sweeping changes to its Search platform at the I/O 2026 keynote this week, fundamentally shifting toward a conversational, A

TechCrunch
Regulation May 21

Trump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’

President Donald Trump has postponed signing an executive order that would have established a process for the government to review AI models

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Regulation May 21

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

President Donald Trump has put off signing an executive order that would have established a process for the government to review AI models b

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Tools May 21

Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app

Spotify has launched a new desktop application called Studio by Spotify Labs that generates personalized AI podcasts on any topic, directly

TechCrunch
Tools May 21

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify is launching AI-powered features that let users generate their own personal podcasts directly within the app. The feature allows sub

TechCrunch
Tools May 21

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Spotify unveiled a new AI-powered audiobook creation tool at its Investor Day event, developed in partnership with voice AI company ElevenLa

TechCrunch
Industry May 21

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

Anthropic is on track to report its first profitable quarter, with the AI startup telling investors it expects to more than double its reven

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