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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the keynote address at an Apple special event on September 09, 2025 in Cupertino, California.
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Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again | TechCrunch

Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024. Over...

A smartphone displays the TikTok logo.
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TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says | TechCrunch

TikTok is developing a feature that would allow users to send each other money via direct messages, according...

Bill Gates on stage at TC Sessions: Climate 2022
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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI | TechCrunch

Bill Gates posted a long essay to his Gates Notes site today, showing just how much the Microsoft...

The logo of the Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI is displayed on a smartphone with the home page in background.
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Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model | TechCrunch

Over the weekend, the nerds were buzzing with speculation over which AI lab was behind Ox Alpha, the...

Dario Amodei
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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a ‘brazen campaign’ of intellectual property theft | TechCrunch

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and...

Mira Murati, chief executive officer of Thinking Machines Lab
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Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation | TechCrunch

Thinking Machines, the AI lab founded early last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is in discussions...

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Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users | TechCrunch

Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant illegally spied on users to, among...

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Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs | TechCrunch

Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads’ DMs, giving users a...

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Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B | TechCrunch

Prediction market startup Kalshi announced on Thursday a $1 billion Series F round, valuing the company at $22...

The Apple Siri and Apple Intelligence are being displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background.
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Apple plans to make Siri an AI chatbot, report says | TechCrunch

Apple’s long-awaited Siri revamp could turn the smart assistant into a chatbot more akin to ChatGPT, according to...