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OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.

Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a vehicle company, and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon.

AI tools have democratizedthe opportunity to build, shorteningthe timelines of successandenabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.

India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.

A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.

The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion.

New research from the U.K.s Imperial College and Frances Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud and the role investors play.

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe itstime for the AI industry to pace itself. The comments camejust days after one of OpenAIs own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up ina breach at Hugging Facethough as Equitys hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have []

Snapchat has adjusted its recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.

Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions.

The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from TechCrunch and Hudson Labs.

AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices.

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch or simply listen to its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman said the feature is already in the works and could begin testing later this year.

The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.

WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them.

Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan.

After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents

Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.

The former OpenAI researchers fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play.

Reddit's financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.

Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending but investors don't seem to mind.

Apple said a slowdown in mobile gaming and changes to the App Stores business model including court-ordered payment rule changes in the U.S. weighed on its services business, even as the company topped 1.5 billion paid subscriptions.

A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.

The health tech data giant, which handles vast amounts of patients' medical data, said hackers struck one of its protected health data stores.

Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users for an enhanced price.

As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies like Microsoft and now Google are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools.

Florida wants to use federal EV charger funds to build an air taxi network connecting golf courses, luxury apartment buildings, and airports.

LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a seems like AI slop reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.

Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile

Spotify says the new feature is designed to let users add personal captions to their favorite songs, such as noting why a track was added to a playlist or when they first discovered it

The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environments.

The milestone means Tesla is halfway to accomplishing one of the four core product goals Elon Musk has to hit to unlock his full $1 trillion pay package.

There are fresh signs that fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems will list in the next two to three years.

Meta says AI is making it dramatically easier to build and launch new consumer apps, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg telling investors the company has more new consumer products on the way following a recent wave of releases for Facebook Groups, Marketplace sellers, Instagram, and gaming.

Netflix just signed a massive new licensing agreement worth $500 million to bring The Walking Dead Universe to international markets.

British AI neocloud Nscale is buying software startup Anyscale, which helps companies scale their AI workloads across data centers and servers.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion as the startup moves toward its first commercial fusion power plant.

A new study estimates only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI, as enterprises race to hire forward-deployed engineers to implement AI at scale.

Cybersecurity experts told TechCrunch that one of the biggest lessons to be taken from the OpenAI hack against Hugging Face has nothing to do with AI, but traditional cybersecurity defense.

The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade.

The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditions, used website trackers to share customers' information with advertisers.

Federal safety regulators have given Zoox a temporary exemption that will allow the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology company to charge customers for rides in its custom-built robotaxi.

The Series A was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Brick and Mortar Ventures Darren Bechtel, and Y Combinators Garry Tan.

London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

Running Mode will be available to Premium users on iOS in select countries

Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.

As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price.

When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing.

On the companys second-quarter earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sees a large enterprise opportunity spanning AI agents, APIs, compute, and internal software.