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OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Apple Pay set to launch in India with Axis Bank today, sources say

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

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

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

Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M

Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

Meta and YouTube say they will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

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

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?

Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers

Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend

Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely

ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features

Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents’ and applicants’ data

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes

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

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

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

Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok

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

6 days left to get ahead at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts

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

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers

In India, the new iPhone can arrive faster than a pizza

Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal

Waymo restarts San Antonio service five months after flooding troubles

Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

AI agents now have a place to snitch

AI infrastructure company Cornelis raises $205M to chip away at Nvidia’s dominance

Volkswagen’s crazy-efficient EV borrows an idea from Slate

Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock

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

Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world

Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board

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

Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1

Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue

Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ

Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you

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

Apple unveils its first foldable, the iPhone Duo

The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?

How to watch Apple’s foldable iPhone announcement

Stoke Space raises another billion to rival SpaceX at re-flying rockets

Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction’s labor crunch

Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know

A secret new Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns Telluride

What we expect from the upcoming Apple launch

Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans

Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement

TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road — and a snag

Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft

Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning

OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure

OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now

Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming

Delivery Hero board backs Uber’s $15B takeover bid

Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive

Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer

Who is John Ternus, the new Apple CEO?