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Apps

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps | TechCrunch

Google is making changes to its requirements for Android apps as developers face industrywide memory chip shortages driven...

AI

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test | TechCrunch

Computer pioneer Alan Turing is best known for his eponymous experiment to test whether artificial and human intelligence...

Apps

Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI | TechCrunch

Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You...

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AI

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear | TechCrunch

Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s Ray-Bans raise concerns...

AI

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should...

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AI

Learn about AI in HR at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

The first few hires at a startup can define the company. But increasingly, not every new capability requires...

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Security

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies | TechCrunch

In July, OpenAI admitted that one of its agents tasked with completing a cybersecurity experiment broke out of...

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AI

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts | TechCrunch

With little help from frontier labs, independent researchers are piecing together how AI agents coordinate in internet backwaters...

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In Brief

Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report | TechCrunch

Apple is in talks to pay publishers to use their content to power the upcoming Siri AI, according...

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In Brief

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to The Information, the company...