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Apple CEO says the company doesn’t ‘want to ship AI for AI’s sake’

Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.

How Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 starts on Nov. 4 in Boston to scale your startup forward. Register now to save on your pass.

Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward

An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

Why unions are split over AI as data centers take off

Unions like the demand for data center construction because it brings work, but they don't like that AI might replace other jobs.

Who pays for the AI power boom?

Decisions being made now about who pays for new power infrastructure could affect Americans' electricity bills for years to come.

What investors are watching

If elections don't go Wall Street's way, you could see restrictions that rattle the AI trade.

The $10 trillion AI buildout so far isn't stopping

Even as local pushback mounts, the AI buildout surges on.

The AI boom's political reckoning

The fight over who profits from AI — and who pays for it — is on the ballot this November.

I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could

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Five controls to set before you let an AI agent buy, pay, or cancel anything for you, so it finishes the job without spending money you didn't approve.

Your agent can plan the perfect trip. -- but whether it gets to book the hotel is up to the hotel, and after Black October, the hotel has questions.

A computer science grad called the job market a 'bloodbath.' Now she has good news.

A computer science graduate's job search offers a hopeful lesson about AI, automation, and the future of work.

Google made a robot planter.

No, you can’t buy it. It’s a “just for fun” project to show off Google AI Studio. But it’s also undeniably cute. Sprout wanders autonomously to find the best sunlight and sends an alert when the plant needs watering.