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Pope Leo XIV
In Brief

Pope Leo XIV is not a fan of AI-generated art | TechCrunch

Critics of AI-generated art have a powerful new ally: His Holiness the Bishop of Rome (Episcopus Romanus), Primate...

Apps

Laytr’s new app lets you save anything you find online, not just articles to read | TechCrunch

After Mozilla’s read-it-later app Pocket shut down in August, a number of alternatives popped up to take its...

TechCrunch Disrupt Builders Stage
AI

Clay’s Kareem Amin joins Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Two years ago, most companies didn’t have a GTM engineer. Now the role is showing up across tech,...

TechCrunch Disrupt Expo Hall
Startups

Last 24 hours to book an exhibit table at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Exhibit bookings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 close in less than 24 hours. On October 13–15, 10,000+ founders, investors,...

Judy Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic Systems Corp.
Security

Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data | TechCrunch

Epic, the software technology giant that makes the widely used MyChart software for accessing patients’ medical data, has...

In Brief

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president | TechCrunch

In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, President...

AI

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you | TechCrunch

OpenAI is again experimenting with how its conversational AI assistant, ChatGPT, can help users as they shop online....

The satellite carrying Google's first TPU into orbit was built by Planet Labs PBC.
AI

Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground | TechCrunch

Google’s prototype of its orbital compute satellite took off today onboard a SpaceX rocket launched from California —...

The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which lines of computer code.
AI

OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports | TechCrunch

OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team who allegedly shared confidential company information with...

person writing in notebook with laptop open
AI

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...