Anthropic announced on July 7, 2026 that Claude Cowork is rolling out on web, iOS, and Android, with beta access starting for Max users. The update allows Cowork sessions to move across devices and co…
Meta launched Muse Image, a free AI image generator developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, available on Meta AI app, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. The tool offers presets, prompt-based editing, …
Figma acquired the team behind Bud, an AI agent builder formerly known as Orchids, to strengthen its AI prototyping capabilities. The deal, reported by TechCrunch on July 7, 2026, will shut down Bud a…
Savi Security launched an iOS and Android app on July 7, 2026 that screens calls, texts, voicemails, and messages for AI-powered scams, and announced $7 million in seed funding led by Acrew Capital. T…
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch told TechCrunch that companies are abandoning single-lab partnerships for AI models, instead composing multiple providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini for different wo…
Sysdig's threat research team caught what appears to be the first ransomware attack run almost entirely by a large language model, named JADEPUFFER. The AI agent broke into a server, stole credentials…
Apple now routes user data to Google Cloud for AI processing, undermining its privacy promises. Google automatically opted users into storing uploaded media for AI training. The partnership creates a …
Google quietly updated its privacy settings in June to automatically opt all search users into allowing the company to store uploaded media—including photos, audio, and video—for training its AI model…
Google updated its privacy policy to allow using media uploaded to its search tools—including images, audio, and video—for AI training, automatically opting in all users. Users can opt out by adjustin…
Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code over alleged backdoor risks, citing hidden code that could track users' locations and embed identifying markers in transmitted data. The…
Meta is quietly launching Pocket, an AI-focused app that lets users generate small interactive apps and games called 'gizmos' via prompts and scroll through a feed of creations. The app follows Meta's…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on July 2 that autonomous AI agents have not accelerated as expected, admitting the company miscalculated on timing after a major restructuring. The admission r…
TechCrunch published a comprehensive AI glossary defining key terms like AGI, AI agents, API endpoints, and chain-of-thought reasoning to help readers navigate the rapidly evolving field of artificial…
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation to build AI systems that understand the physical world, arguing that current large language models cannot achieve human-level int…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff that AI agent development has not accelerated as expected, admitting that the company's AI-focused restructuring has not yet yielded the anticipated benefits. Meta …
Meta has soft-launched a new app called Pocket that lets users create generative AI minigames through vibe-coding, available on iOS and Android since June 29 but not yet in the US. The app, which uses…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Thursday that the company's AI agent development has moved slower than expected, a rare internal admission as Meta invests up to $145 billion in AI infrastructu…
Content creator Ben Guez uses the open-source AI agent OpenClaw to automate Instagram trial reels that attract potential romantic partners, generating over one million views and 200 DMs in days. Other…
Venice AI, founded by Erik Voorhees, raised $65 million in Series A funding led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase Ventures and North Island Ventures participating, achieving a $1 billion valuation. The star…
Base44, a Tel Aviv startup acquired by Wix for $80 million, launched its own proprietary AI model called Base1 for vibe coding, claiming it is the first app-creation platform to ship its own model rat…