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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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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.

A federal judge ruled that a sheriffs deputy violated a womans Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.

Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what's next for it.

We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

Meta wants Muse in your TV and your toaster, so it's giving the code away for free.

The proposed legislation would extend to all automotica license plate readers.

Sean Parker, who once taught the music industry what asking for forgiveness looks like, is now back with the labels' blessing and money.

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With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created crash-test dummies to solve that.

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The company delivered more than 486,000 EVs in the third quarter, down from last year's record but moving in a positive direction.

The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.

Deliveries jumped roughly 45% compared to the same quarter last year, with Rivian delivering more than 19,000 EVs.

The company says around 14 vehicles may be affected, and that it has resolved the issue on the assembly line.