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AI

Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI...

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AI

Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop | TechCrunch

In a world awash in AI slop, Apple wants you to trust what gets captured on its iPhones.The...

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AI

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner | TechCrunch

As the AI model wars continue, Anthropic has released the newest version of Sonnet, the company’s mid-tier model,...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff
Venture

AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks | TechCrunch

Listen Labs, a market research startup that uses voice AI to conduct customer interviews, recently signed a term...

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Final 24 hours to exhibit at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Exhibit table bookings close tonight, Friday, September 18, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, you cannot add your...

AI

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? | TechCrunch

Less than two weeks after Meta agreed to a massive $18 billion multistate settlement in a lawsuit over social media’s...

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AI

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’ | TechCrunch

As all-in-one AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct take off, Google announced it’s shutting down the Gemini...

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AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B | TechCrunch

AI training-data startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion. This just five...

AI

OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity | TechCrunch

On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the sheer breadth of the reports...

Venture

MAVI bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant | TechCrunch

Molly Liu and Aman Puri are tackling the U.S. accounting shortage from another angle — a global one....