Day: October 1, 2026
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells) | TechCrunch
Now that LLM-generated prose is everywhere, human beings are eager for ways to sniff it out. While early...
Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web | TechCrunch
Amazon Web Services released an open-source decision model inspired by TypeSafe’s Jev, with AI developers increasingly seeking intelligence...
Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI | TechCrunch
Shopify introduced a new site-building tool Thursday called Canvas that lets merchants set up their Shopify store by...
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people | TechCrunch
California governor Gavin Newsom has used his veto authority to send a bill passed by the state’s legislature...
Being an Anglo-Saxon Expat in Medieval Rome Came With a Rare Papal Perk
There was a "miniature Anglo-Saxon town" between the Vatican and the Tiber River.
Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system | TechCrunch
Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step...
Scientists Once Calculated the Date of Doomsday—and It’s Next Month
In 1960, the journal Science published an article in which scientists predicted doomsday would arrive on Friday, November...
Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents | TechCrunch
The AI startup Photon is so sure that agents will eventually come to replace mobile apps that it...
Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses | TechCrunch
Hearing tech startupLegato announced on Thursday that its flagship AI-based hearing glasses are now available for purchase. The...
Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters | TechCrunch
Facing new competition in the audiobook market from Spotify, Audible is turning to AI and other technology to...
