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

The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now? | AI News

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With iOS 27, I’m actually using Siri again | AI News

Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul is finally here with iOS 27, and it changes how useful the assistant feels day to day...

Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll | AI News

Thanks to the launch of iOS 27, Daydream's app now includes features that can turn saved outfit photos into shoppable results and search for products ...

A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup from a former Spotify leader for making music apps | AI News

Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making....

AI agents blew the whistle on their cheating colleagues | AI News

A group of AI agents asked to solve a series of math problems split into rival factions—when some cheated, others tried to stop them. That whistlebl...

Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans | AI News

The code of conduct lays out general principles that Microsoft AI models should uphold — supporting humans rather than replacing them, for instance,...

DevFest is back | AI News

DevFest 2026 is back and here’s how you can connect with one of the more than 800 global events to build, secure, and scale in the agentic AI era....

Only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: What happens when OpenAI ships your roadmap? | AI News

If you're building an AI company, the question isn't whether foundation models will continue to evolve. It's whether your company will continue creati...

Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom as productivity platforms push for agentic work | AI News

Fathom said that it has over 400,000 monthly active users...

Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

Not long ago, bringing an extinct species back to life belonged to science fiction. Today, it’s the mission of a billion-dollar startup. Advance...

5 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

The last day to apply for an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Sept 18. Just 5 days left. Secure your spot on the Expo Hall floor and put yo...

A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting | AI News

Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making....

How Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust | AI News

Fyxer uses OpenAI models, fine-tuning, memory, and real user feedback to organize inboxes and draft emails in each user’s voice....

What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? | AI News

On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity....

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards | AI News

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026 | AI News

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman....

Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’ | AI News

What would it actually look like to "pace the frontier"?...

Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems | AI News

Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier m...

Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra | AI News

GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more....

Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data | AI News

The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A....

One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | AI News

Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline....

Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events | AI News

The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT....

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too | AI News

Tan argues that frontier models themselves trained on public human knowledge so access to capable AI should be "a form of public good."...

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating | AI News

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work....

Roundtables: Will AI really kill us all? | AI News

Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or...

Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2 billion in annual revenue | AI News

While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each d...

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time | AI News

An Anthropic researcher resigned this week, warning in a post on X that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligenc...

Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users | AI News

Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests p...

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO | AI News

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023. ...

Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year | AI News

Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular....

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his | AI News

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness and building businesses....

OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand | AI News

The company said Pro subscriptions put the most strain on its systems, so it's pausing sign-ups while adding more capacity. ...

Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek | AI News

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months...

Introducing the Agents API | AI News

Build and launch cloud agents with the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration, long-running sessions, and tool u...

Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US | AI News

Meta's newest app Muse is off to a slower start than the company's other apps, like Meta AI or Threads. ...

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you | AI News

Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human....

India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content | AI News

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper....

Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services | AI News

Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services, combining built-in financial data and GPT-6 Astra for research, modeling, and client-ready materials....

Build more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API | AI News

GPT‑Live‑1 brings natural, full-duplex voice conversations to the API, with stronger instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support....

3 ways to prep for your next big race with Search | AI News

Search can help runners get race-day ready with registration alerts, tailored training plans, and more....

How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules | AI News

César de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infection...

Now everyone can put data to work | AI News

Meet the Data agent in ChatGPT Work. Connect company data, uncover insights, and build interactive dashboards with AI using natural language....

Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments | AI News

OpenAI and GSA will offer eligible federal, state, local, and tribal governments $0 license fees, 50% off usage, and expanded cyber defense support....

AI agents are flooding public services with new requests | AI News

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Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal | AI News

Maven Robotics emerged from stealth today with a $100 million Series A and active deployments. ...

Powering AI is an architecture problem | AI News

On July 22, 2026, a transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia—the heart of the world’s largest data center cluster—knocked more than 3 gi...

AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks | AI News

Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say. ...

The AI policy window is open. We need to act. | AI News

Chris Lehane argues that stronger AI capabilities require stronger safety evidence, shared standards, and durable policy action while the policy windo...

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors | AI News

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, is joining the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board....

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules | AI News

Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to slap new restrictions on data center development....

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

3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

Our latest Google Finance upgrades, including a new app

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