OpenAI Staff Debated Alerting Police About Suspected Canadian Shooter's ChatGPT UseOpenAI employees reportedly raised alarms about conversations from a user, later identified as Tumbler Ridge mass shooting suspect Jesse Van Rootselaar, who described violent scenarios to ChatGPT. Staff debated contacting Canadian law enforcement before the shooting, which killed nine people, but company leadership ultimately decided against it, deeming the risk not "credible and imminent."2 days ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Early Bird Ticket Prices to IncreaseTechCrunch is reminding potential attendees that Super Early Bird pricing for its Disrupt 2026 conference, scheduled for October 13-15 in San Francisco, will end on February 27. The promotion offers the lowest ticket rates of the year.2 days ago
Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN Invests $3 Billion in Elon Musk's xAIHUMAIN, a company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has invested $3 billion in Elon Musk's xAI. The deal includes a partnership for a 500MW AI data center in Saudi Arabia, which will be xAI's first outside the U.S.2 days ago
TechCrunch Podcast Discusses MrBeast and the Shifting Creator EconomyA recent episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast explored the evolution of the creator economy, using YouTuber MrBeast as an example. The discussion focused on how creators are diversifying their revenue streams beyond ad income by launching product lines and acquiring companies.3 days ago
Samsung's Upgraded Bixby AI Assistant Expands to TVs and PhonesSamsung is rolling out an upgraded, generative AI-powered version of its Bixby virtual assistant. The feature, named Vision AI Companion, is coming to the company's 2025 TV lineup and has also been released in beta for phones as part of the One UI 8.5 update.3 days ago
Phil Spencer to Retire From Microsoft; Asha Sharma Named New Microsoft Gaming CEOXbox chief Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after nearly 40 years, with Asha Sharma, previously president of CoreAI product, set to replace him as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Spencer will remain in an advisory capacity during the transition.3 days ago
Amazon's AI Coding Tools Reportedly Cause AWS OutagesAmazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its internal AI coding tools, including one named Kiro. While Amazon has attributed the incidents to human error, the events have raised concerns among employees about the reliability of AI for critical tasks.3 days ago
Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Pro AI ModelGoogle has launched a preview of its new Gemini 3.1 Pro large language model. The company describes the model as a significant advancement in core reasoning capabilities, designed to handle complex tasks.4 days ago
YouTube Expands Conversational AI Tool to TVsYouTube is expanding an experimental feature that brings its conversational AI tool to smart TVs, gaming consoles, and other streaming devices. The feature allows a select group of users to ask questions about the video content they are watching directly on their TV.4 days ago
Highlights from India's AI Impact SummitIndia's four-day AI Impact Summit brought together global tech leaders and heads of state to discuss AI investments and advancements. Key announcements included a $1.1 billion state-backed venture fund for AI, significant funding for Indian startups, and new collaborations aimed at developing AI infrastructure.4 days ago
Epic Games Expands MetaHuman Technology with Acquisition and Unreal Engine IntegrationEpic Games has integrated its MetaHuman Creator directly into Unreal Engine 5.6 and acquired Meshcapade, a company specializing in AI for animating digital humans, to advance its hyperrealistic character technology.5 days ago
Google Cloud VP Darren Mowry Offers Advice to StartupsIn interviews, Google Cloud's VP of global startups, Darren Mowry, discussed the current startup ecosystem, Google's competition in AI, and key scaling considerations for founders, using the metaphor of a car's 'check engine light'.5 days ago
HumanAnthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exportsAnthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude's AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China's AI progress.an hour ago
HumanOpenAI calls in the consultants for its enterprise pushOpenAI is partnering with four consulting giants in an effort to see more adoption of its OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform.3 hours ago
HumanGuide Labs debuts a new kind of interpretable LLMThe company open-sourced an 8 billion parameter LLM, Steerling-8B, trained with a new architecture designed to make its actions easily interpretable.3 hours ago
HumanParticle's AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don't have toAI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.4 hours ago
HumanTrump says Netflix will ‘pay the consequences’ if it doesn’t fire Susan RicePosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.a day ago
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HumanMAHA Moms Threaten to Turn This Car Around as RFK Jr. Flips on PesticideMAHA members call movement a 'sham' after Kennedy supports glyphosate order.3 days ago
HumanAnthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PACDueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.3 days ago
tech HumanAnthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exportsAnthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude's AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China's AI progress.an hour ago
tech HumanOpenAI calls in the consultants for its enterprise pushOpenAI is partnering with four consulting giants in an effort to see more adoption of its OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform.3 hours ago
tech HumanGuide Labs debuts a new kind of interpretable LLMThe company open-sourced an 8 billion parameter LLM, Steerling-8B, trained with a new architecture designed to make its actions easily interpretable.3 hours ago
tech HumanParticle's AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don't have toAI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.4 hours ago
tech HumanAIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training dataLLMs memorize more training data than previously thought.5 hours ago
tech HumanCan Microsoft Gaming's New CEO Combat 'AI Slop'?Asha Sharma has been appointed CEO of Microsoft Gaming and pledged in her first statement not to flood the Xbox ecosystem with "soulless AI slop"5 hours ago(3)
tech Human5 days left to lock in the lowest Disrupt 2026 rates5 days to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. These lowest rates of the year disappear on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here.6 hours ago(4)
economy HumanHow AI agents could destroy the economyCitrini Research imagines a report from two years in the future, in which unemployment has doubled and the total value of the stock market has fallen by more than a third.6 hours ago
tech HumanDefense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of ClaudeDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense discussion over the military's use of Claude. Hegseth has threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk."7 hours ago(2)
tech HumanHow is Amazon Harnessing AI to Automate Logistics?Supply Chain by Amazon utilises AI and machine learning to automate logistics, offering cost savings and efficiency gains for businesses globally8 hours ago
tech HumanInside Legrand’s Burgeoning AI Power and Cooling InitiativesLegrand is scaling power distribution and two-phase, direct-to-chip cooling, buying Kratos and investing in Accelsius for AI data centers10 hours ago
tech HumanWhy Experian Has Launched an AI-First Marketplace ExperienceExperian launches on ChatGPT to make insurance comparisons and financial decisions more easy and secure, streamlining the process for consumer and carrier12 hours ago
