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Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire | TechCrunch

Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging...

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

In May of 2025, Ahad Ali was a successful accountant, overseeing a team of 20 people and handling...

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

After first unveiling its new AI-powered laptop, dubbed Googlebook, in May, Google on Monday said the new device...

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Is the AI industry really ready to slow down? | TechCrunch

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ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok | TechCrunch

Society has spent a lot of time bemoaning our digitally addled minds and goldfish-like attention spans, pointing the...

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Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force | TechCrunch

President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent debate around AI safety — by declaring...

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

Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics...

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Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments | TechCrunch

Anthropic has a wet biology lab in the Bay Area where it can use its AI models to...

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AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation | TechCrunch

Military aircraft were already in the air this spring when U.S. officials made an alarming discovery: The intelligence...

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Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? | TechCrunch

Dario Amodei’s plans to put third-party safety evaluators inside AI labs are taking shape: Anthropic said that staff...