Long Reads
Longer analysis and context.
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
Anthropic is giving six researchers from METR, a nonprofit that tests frontier AI models, employee-level access to independently assess the company's models, safety practices, and risk management, the company said in a b
Anthropic Says Revenue Jumped 45% to $16.8 Billion in Third Quarter
Anthropic told prospective investors on Wednesday that its third-quarter revenue surged roughly 45% from the prior quarter to $16.8 billion, as the Claude maker pushes ahead with what may become the largest initial publi
Even Benchmark thinks AI is eroding the venture pact against backing rivals
For decades, the unwritten rule of venture capital was that a firm doesn't back two companies that compete head-on. But speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt this week, the partners of Benchmark readily acknowledged that the AI
Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network
Bluesky plans to introduce payments in the coming months, a first step in its strategy to make money without relying on advertising. CEO Toni Schneider and COO Rose Wang outlined the plans Thursday at TechCrunch Disrupt,
Elorian's first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them
Elorian, the Palo Alto AI startup that raised a $55 million seed round at a $300 million valuation before launching a product, has released its first model, Glimpse. The system is launching as a research preview with API
Exhausted Parents Are Turning to A.I. Apps Despite the Risks
A wave of "family OS" apps is pitching themselves to the most time-poor demographic in tech: overwhelmed parents. New York Times reporting highlights a growing category of A.I. household managers — including Ollie, Fambo
India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
India's national cybersecurity agency has confirmed that autonomous A.I. agents broke into the live systems of Indian organizations — the country's first official account of such incidents, and the latest in a growing gl
Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta has released what it calls the most capable open-weight A.I. model built in the United States to date — Muse Spark Open — in a notable collaboration with Apple that lets the model run locally on Macs.
A Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn't hit its ChatGPT moment, yet
Amulya Vishwanath has a front-row view of the robotics industry — and in her assessment, it's nowhere near its breakthrough moment. The former Nvidia product marketing lead for the company's robotics platforms, who spent
OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis
Abdulrahman Alfozan, the 35-year-old Saudi national charged this week with planting a secret recording device at OpenAI, has a second identity that prosecutors did not miss: he is a venture partner at a Saudi investment
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Panos Panay, Amazon's SVP of Devices, Alexa & Leo, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday to outline what he sees as the next era of personal computing — a world of "ambient devices" that work quietly in the ba
Replit Is No Longer Working with Anthropic, CEO Says
Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad said on Thursday that the AI coding platform is no longer working with Anthropic, a break that caught many observers off guard given the two companies had been closely aligned.
Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers
For the first time, researchers have tracked down a fleet of autonomous AI agents running in the wild in China — and talked back to them.
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems
Intero Biosystems has won the Startup Battlefield Cup and the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, beating out 199 other companies from the Startup Battlefield 200. The Aurora, Colorado start
AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president
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AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
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Nikon Re-evaluates Rules After AI-Generated Prize-Winner Sparks Backlash
Nikon has announced it is re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its "Small World in Motion" photography contest following significant backlash over a prize-winning image revealed to be AI-generated.
Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules
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