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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...

Apps

Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era | TechCrunch

Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to...

In Brief

Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database | TechCrunch

The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its...

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...

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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...

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Startups

The Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Thousands of startups applied. Just 200 made Startup Battlefield. Only 20 will pitch on the Disrupt Stage across...

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AI

Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them? | TechCrunch

The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings...

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In Brief

Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions | TechCrunch

Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next...

AI

Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem? | TechCrunch

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