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Elon Musk says X will begin identifying "manipulated media" but doesn't share details.

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.

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ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 unites 1,100 founders and investors in Boston on June 23 for a day focused on real-world scaling insights and networking that pushes the needle. Save up to $300 on your ticket.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.

Google's launch of practice tests for JEE follows its recent move to offer full-length SAT practice tests in Gemini.

This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch.

Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message.

OpenAI has launched a new scientific workspace program called Prism, which integrates AI into existing standards for composing research papers.

Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto has raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by Bonfire Ventures.

“We’re on the cusp of a completely new way of shopping,” Gates told TechCrunch.

“We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media, and they all have risks, but Grok is among the worst we’ve seen,” Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said.

The 12-year-old firm raised $360,360,360 for its fifth fund. And there's a reason for that number.

More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities.

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The nozzle is just the beginning – what company founder Sunny Sethi calls "the muscle on the ground.”

Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT.

Some of the major players in science fiction and pop culture are taking firmer stances against generative AI.

We’re about to get our first real look at the results of the recently announced AI partnership between Apple and Google.

There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference.

Sparkli said that education systems often fall behind in teaching modern concepts. The company wants to teach kids about topics like skills design, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship by creating an AI-powered learning "expedition."