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

Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely on Monday. The...

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US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 | TechCrunch

The AI race has grown so frenzied that, by 2035, U.S. data centers are projected to consume more...

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AI

AI agents now have a place to snitch | TechCrunch

“If you see something, say something” is no longer limited to human beings. Two new AI hotlines have...

Chris Lehane
AI

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks | TechCrunch

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals...

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang
AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’ | TechCrunch

While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he...

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In Brief

OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says | TechCrunch

OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a...

AI

Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans | TechCrunch

As the AI world shifts its focus to safety and alignment, Microsoft has released a new AI code...

Marc Benioff
Enterprise

Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear | TechCrunch

A new AI model called Koa is one of the biggest announcements from Salesforce this week at its...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
In Brief

Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too | TechCrunch

Correction: An earlier version of this piece identified the phone Jensen Huang used to take President Trump’s call...

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AI

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate | TechCrunch

Google and Google DeepMind researchers launched the DeepMind Institute on Wednesday to advance the conversation around artificial general...