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Sam Altmans biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale | TechCrunch

World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a…

As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions | TechCrunch

Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, have signed an open letter…

NYC Mayor Takes Aim at AI Slop Housefishing in Real Estate Listings – CNET

Creators of misleading AI-generated images on real estate sites have gained a powerful political enemy: New…

Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5 to Be Your New Everyday Assistant – CNET

Anthropic has released a new Claude modelOpus 5, bringing it close to the capabilities of Claude…

The New Siri AI Leaves Old Siri in the Dust on Apple Watch – CNET

The Siri logo, left, and the visual interface for Apple’s AI-enhanced version of the assistant. Apple/Vanessa…

OpenAIs own model went rogue before Kimi had Wall Street sweating | TechCrunch

Chinese AI lab Moonshot’sopen model Kimi went viral this weekfor reasons that had less to do…

Rivian sues the US government for full refund of Trump tariffs | TechCrunch

Rivian has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an attempt to claw back a…

Blueskys AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | TechCrunch

AuntieBluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an…

Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star | TechCrunch

Midjourneyan AI lab best known for its LLM-powered image and video generators, has acquired the social…

Facebook Has a New Marketplace App and Verification Checks for Everyone – CNET

Many of us only open Meta’s original social media app to browse listings on Facebook Marketplace.…