Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe....
Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to slap new restrictions on data center development....
The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction....
Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave when they know they could always be recorded....
The main event was the tech giant's highly anticipated first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo....
Apple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone....
As AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence....
The legal AI startup and VC darling has nearly doubled its valuation in nine months....
After I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure....
The update uses Apple Intelligence to make better sense of your health data....
Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI....
The company also argued that its on-device models offer consumers more privacy....
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do? On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Connor Leahy, an...
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do? On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Connor Leahy, an...
Instinct’s new email feature lets the AI agent create and manage accounts, contact businesses, handle support requests, and do more on users' behalf....
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs....
Users can ask the assistant to do things like "Create a cart for my Saturday tailgate for 25 people and include some brunch items," or "Build a cart for easy school lunches and after-school snacks," Shipt says....
Carrum Mobility operates about 5,100 vehicles in India and is Uber's largest fleet partner for its premium Uber Black service in the country....
Cymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund....
Instacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform....
Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging....
If you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there’s a limited set of options: Wait to go to the International Space Station, or partner with a handful of start-ups launching spacecraft that spend time in orbit before they return to Earth. But...
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million....
Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers....
Cognition's valuation multiple is higher than Cursor's was before selling to SpaceX....
Designed to compete with OpenClaw and Instinct, the company says Muse can do everything from sell your car to book you a plane ticket....
Meta's new personal AI agent Muse wants access to users' email, calendars, payments, health services, and more — making the company's biggest consumer AI bet yet a major test of whether people still trust Meta with their data....
Now the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram....
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem....
A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety....