OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems

The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.

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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch

Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut...

Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google

Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.

Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

Muse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore.

X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts

X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, incl...

Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

Forerunner Ventures plans to sell its entire stake in Oura for as much as $1.26 billion, according to Oura's latest IPO filing.

With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete

Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and los...

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Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.

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Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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Corridor raises $25M seed to build a health benefits brokerage for SMBs

Corridor focuses on SMBs, which it says traditional brokerages often overlook because small accounts generate lower commissions than larger accounts.

Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio

Many of The Boring Company's announced project have not materialized.

Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

On Equity, we debated whether Ai executives are serious about wanting to slow down.

Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking

Vocci's lightweight ring costs $249, and might pose some privacy questions

ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok

ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spous...

New California law will penalize influencers don’t disclose political ads

The new legislation adds teeth to disclosure requirements for online influencers who are paid to post about politics.

TechCrunch Mobility: How do we know when an AV is safe enough?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox,...

A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline

Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them...

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Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts

Without buyouts, Flock would "almost certainly" need to lay off staff.

Trump suggests rebranding AI with a new name, says he’s also creating an AI Force

Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies

Google said Gemini had "acted appropriately" by ending each hack immediately.

Even mid-sprint to a secret flight, the Navy’s tech chief has a pitch for investors

Navy CTO Justin Fanelli talks co-investing alongside VCs instead of funding early research himself, recent buys like a $562 million autonomous refueling deal, a...

Petlibro’s new AI-powered feeder is a game changer for multi-cat homes

Petlibro's new Granary 2 smart feeders use a built-in scale and (on pricier models) an AI camera to track exactly how much your cat is eating and when — though ...

AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.

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Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking

Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.

India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos

Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.