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For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name dot.com, which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.

Researchers at Northeastern University found vehicles and their companion apps regularly shared detailed data with some of the largest tech companies.

EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.

The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into mor direct competition with more traditional software companies.

Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.

Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps and ongoing tasks.

Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with minimal oversight.

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plugins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes.

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but language models are imperfect and remain prone to hallucinations, which could cause new issues.

Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.

Uhura Bionics, a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Battlefield 200, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.

The postponement of the IPO will delay some of the company's plans for its proceeds from the IPO, as well as those of its shareholders.

The former Yahoo CEO is introducing a new AI personal assistant based entirely on your photos.

The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.

Apple says the bug was used to attack specific targeted individuals running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using.

Fireflies said that it won't charge extra for the new dictation feature, which can be used with any desktop app.

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.

The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million.

Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closing, TechCrunch learned exclusively.

Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh.

Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XVs latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.

A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.

Self-driving truck company Aurora laid out an audacious plan for 2030. Its CFO says its targets aren't aspirational.

Shopify is expanding WebMCP support to checkout, allowing browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete purchases with a buyers authorization.

Tesla says the event can only be held outdoors, as it's expected to show the car flying in some form using SpaceX thrusters.

Just like the rest of the U.S, data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors.

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer to problem. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday introduced a toolkit of software and hardware products that add independent security layers around AI agents to []

Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn.

As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature which built task-specific agents.

On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to misalignment reports and the breadth of the incidents is alarming.

Meta says it will focus on bringing its full technology stack, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code, and more to businesses and developers.

The app imitates how Walkmans used to function: You can open up the Duo to pick your music and insert your cassette tape, then close the device shut to start listening.

Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.

The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.

Accounting staffing company Mavi emerges from stealth with $4million in funding.

CFS' Brandon Sorbom and Helion's David Kirtley join the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the breakthroughs moving fusion forward, the challenges that remain, and what it will take to deliver fusion power to the grid at scale. Get your pass at regular price and get a second one at 50% off.

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt.

The bureau has not yet publicly confirmed a breach, but has told its agents that their personal information and Social Security numbers were exposed.

Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Startup Battlefield 200 is almost here, and with todays announcement, the judging panel is nearly complete. In just a couple of weeks, 200 carefully selected startups will gather at []

Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam

The last day to book your Disrupt 2026 exhibit table is this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your exhibit table and get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders at San Francisco's Moscone West on Oct 13-15.

The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers.

Instinct has raised a $1 billion Series C, saying 'we're just getting started.' The company is now valued at $10 billion.

The tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the largest blind spot on Earth.

Truecaller finds a new way to reach users as pressure grows on its traditional caller ID business in India, its biggest market.

On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.