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AI

Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch

The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday,...

In Brief

Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans | TechCrunch

Pinterest on Tuesday showed off a new feature that will leverage AI to take action on your saved...

Breakout Session
Startups

The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors,...

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AI

OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU | TechCrunch

OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union...

AI

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost | TechCrunch

Reflection AI is officially unveiling Beam, its first frontier, open-weight AI model. The two-year-old, Brooklyn-based startup claims Beam...

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AI

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account | TechCrunch

Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion as of its latest funding round, is expanding into...

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Apps

TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout | TechCrunch

TikTok announced Monday that it’s launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets...

AI

OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results | TechCrunch

ChatGPT is getting more ads. Specifically, OpenAI is adding visual display ads to its ad product line-up so...

TechCrunch Disrupt AI Stage
AI

Open or closed AI? Learn what to build on at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

For AI startups, choosing a model isn’t necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore.Open models are improving. Frontier APIs...

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In Brief

Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’ | TechCrunch

A new fleet of AI agents is making its presence felt on the Internet. On Sunday, a group...