OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia

Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick | AI News

Instinct is rolling out human-curated product and travel recommendations, but some users aren’t happy about getting suggestions they never asked for...

Helping small businesses put AI to work | AI News

OpenAI is partnering with America’s SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, alongside a new report on how small ...

Cerebras Systems’ Andrew Feldman on whether AI can keep scaling at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman will explore the growing demand for compute, energy, and infrastructure...

Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents | AI News

Founded by Apache Flink veterans, the startup is taking on workflow heavyweight Temporal....

3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Book by October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to showcase your startup to 10,000+ founders, investors, ope...

Airbnb adds AI search, more social features | AI News

Airbnb is also launching new services such as meal delivery and laundry in select locations....

“We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer | AI News

Two months after the bombshell news that a swarm of its agents had broken their containment and hacked into the computers of the AI company Hugging Fa...

OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation | AI News

The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut....

America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch | AI News

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. ...

The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch | AI News

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 ...

OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model | AI News

OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered ...

OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation | AI News

The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut....

Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents | AI News

OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned....

DevDay 2026 Recap | AI News

Explore more than 20 announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026, including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and new tools for builders....

Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol | AI News

Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output toke...

Introducing dots | AI News

Dots by OpenAI are a proactive assistant that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control whi...

AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience | AI News

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...

OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar | AI News

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

OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plugins with app-like interfaces and automations | AI News

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

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less | AI News

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, docu...

OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices | AI News

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools and a security-focus...

OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite | AI News

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

Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out | AI News

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but language models are imperfect and remain prone to hallucinat...

Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related | AI News

Instinct founder said that the platform is growing 10% day-by-day...

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox | AI News

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

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses | AI News

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

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | AI News

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....

Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market | AI News

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

Making AI an asset, not an expense | AI News

When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cl...

Towards safety cases for frontier AI training | AI News

Our early guidelines for safety cases in frontier AI training cover technical safeguards, operational practices, and investigating misalignment incide...

Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity | AI News

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its ...

How we will do better for Australia | AI News

OpenAI apologizes for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cybe...

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort | AI News

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

The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it | AI News

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

OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns | AI News

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. ...

Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall | AI News

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the...

Are you a Codex Original? | AI News

We’re collecting real stories of builders, tinkerers, researchers, and creators who are using Codex to do incredible things. If you want to be a par...

Basis completes a tax workbook 2x faster with GPT-6 Astra | AI News

GPT-6 Astra completed a 50-tab tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 Sol, and its stronger understanding of user intent gives Basis more confidence in...

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation | AI News

The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago....

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion | AI News

The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. ...

Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents | AI News

Shopify is expanding WebMCP support to checkout, allowing browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete purchases with a buyer’s auth...

Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted. | AI News

Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted....

Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents | AI News

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 offeri...

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner | AI News

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

When can we say AI made a scientific discovery? | AI News

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednes...

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’ | AI News

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....

OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity | AI News

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

The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support | AI News

OpenAI is expanding the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program with $5 million in funding and up to $5 million in software credits and engine...

Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative | AI News

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 de...

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

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 ge...

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search

Our latest Google Finance upgrades, including a new app

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US