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ChatGPTs teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.

X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional leagues to follow.

OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.

As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery.

CIA officer David Rush, who worked on highly sensitive intelligence programs, reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors after he was caught siphoning money and gold with a fake government contract.

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.

The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.

Parallel Systems raised $100 million to scale production of its autonomous electric rail vehicle, which can shuttle thousands of pounds of freight up to 500 miles.

The Detroit startup has widened its scope beyond mobility to help drone and robotics companies find U.S.-based manufacturers, shippers, and more.

The father of the iPod says the first generation of AI gadgets failed to solve real problems and the next wave will need to earn consumers trust.

Google Labs is working on a new AI-powered game-creation platform called Playground for users to build browser-based games using simple text prompts.

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A new personal AI assistant has arrived. Meet Tab, which announced Tuesday that it had officially emerged from stealth.

Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion

I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and Im literally speechless, one shopper wrote on Threads.

Apple appears poised to push into the smart home market with a slate of new devices and a key partner.

Instead of helping marketers manage and optimize ad spend, the company is focusing on building the tools that generate the creative assets and campaigns.

Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.

Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new standard aims to help.

The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots and Instinct.

Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing that LLM role-play falls short for market research and brand strategy.

The storied Silicon Valley firm makes its first pure defense investment.

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It's the latest in a string of deals meant to grow Uber Eats into a food delivery behemoth.

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The deal brings together two major streaming platforms, Paramount+ and HBO Max, along with networks including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, and Food Network.

Called Explore, Glimpse's new image processing software lets hardware makers speed up quality control checks using CT scanners.

Meta is testing a new Facebook UX in India that sends some users directly into full-screen video when they open the app, putting Reels front and center.

Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build AI factories, a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflections AI models on their own proprietary data.

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.

TechCrunch attended Pears latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.

HackerRanks AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers.

OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.

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Lola Vision Systems is one of TechCrunch's Battlefield 200 Companies

The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased.

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map service, Amap.

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Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.

AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety.