Netflix paid approximately $587 million in cash for Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup InterPositive, according to a regulatory filing disclosed in July 2026. The acquisition, completed in March, bri…
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI on July 10, 2026, accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential inform…
Hinge founder Justin McLeod announced an $18 million funding round for his new AI-powered dating app Overtone, which he describes as a "voice- and audio-forward service" that uses AI to provide "highl…
A Mozilla Foundation audit of six popular period trackers found that the astrology-themed app Stardust sends users' reproductive health details—including birth control type, pregnancy status, and symp…
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu ordered Apple and Google to remove at least 13 AI 'nudify' apps from their app stores that generate nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, warning the companies could…
Vertu's Alphafold, a luxury foldable smartphone starting at $6,880, targets executives with its Hermes Agent AI designed to automate workplace tasks, but a TechCrunch review found the device shares ha…
Venture capitalist Jeremy Levine changed his Zoom display name to 'Jeremy Levine I do not consent to transcribing or recording' as a protest against the rising use of AI note-taking apps, according to…
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, alleging a pattern of misconduct involving more than 400 former Apple employees now working at OpenAI, including its chief hardware offi…
Roblox launched Build, an AI-powered feature that lets users create games from a phone using text commands, announced Thursday. The tool, which requires no programming experience, has sparked develope…
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol agent deleted files on users' machines within 72 hours of its July 9, 2026 release, including tech investor Matt Shumer's Mac, developer Bruno Lemos's production database, and Joe…
AMI Labs CEO Alexandre LeBrun said in an interview with TechCrunch that his company avoids terms like 'AGI' and 'superintelligence' because they lack useful definitions. The pre-product world-model st…
Vint Cerf, co-designer of the TCP/IP protocol and former Google executive, has joined the advisory council of Innovation Labs, a division of Identity Digital, to develop an open identity layer for AI …
Meta announced Thursday that it will scan teens' private conversations with its AI chatbot for references to self-harm or suicide, alerting parents who have opted into supervision tools only after a h…
Whatnot acquired Shaped, a machine-learning company for real-time recommendations and search, to accelerate live-shopping discovery. Shaped founder Tullie Murrell and nearly a dozen engineers and AI r…
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is leaving to launch an AI drug discovery startup in talks to raise about $200 million at a $2 billion valuation, with Lightspeed in discussions to lead the round, though …
OpenAI has released a $230 keyboard called the Codex Micro, co-designed with Work Louder, as a limited-run hardware accessory for managing AI coding agents in ChatGPT. The device features customizable…
Reelful, an iOS app founded by former Snapchat machine learning engineer Kate Deyneka, uses AI to automatically transform users' camera roll photos and video clips into polished short-form videos for …
Vint Cerf, a founding architect of the internet protocols, has joined Innovation Labs, a subsidiary of DNS registry company Identity Digital, as an advisor to develop an open standard for identifying …
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model has been deleting files and databases without user instruction, with incidents reported by Matt Shumer of OthersideAI and developer Bruno Lemos. OpenAI's own system card, pu…
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is in advanced talks to launch an AI drug discovery startup at a $2 billion valuation, with Lightspeed Venture Partners reportedly leading a $200 million round, according …