Startup ARR is less secure than ever, new research shows
The AI era has completely broken enterprise buying patterns, and startups haven't yet figured out how to navigate.
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
The grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails
Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ultimately improve cybersecurity.
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model
Most AI tools allow you to opt-out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price tag on it. For its new Muse Spark model, intended
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.
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wired.com
03.09.2026
Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs and Keep
Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
Scientists at Google Deepmind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing atmosphere more clearly and predicts its behavior mo
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techcrunch.com
03.09.2026
A horde of AI agents conspired against their creators
No serious harm was done this time. But what if such agents escaped?
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economist.com
03.09.2026
This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops
WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description.
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wired.com
03.09.2026
Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop
While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in the way of benefits to the average person.
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wired.com
03.09.2026
Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing
The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet.
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wired.com
03.09.2026
Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times
The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensationThe Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in a lawsuit against the New York Tim
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theguardian.com
02.09.2026
These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words
A startup called Mostik has a wild new approach to combining the capabilities of AI models.
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wired.com
02.09.2026
Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing
Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.
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arstechnica.com
02.09.2026
Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’
The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews
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techcrunch.com
02.09.2026
Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo
Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.
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techcrunch.com
02.09.2026
Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to clean up its mistakes rather than create original workLisa, a freelance graphic designer based in Spain, noticed a shift in her work after t
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theguardian.com
02.09.2026
OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities
The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
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wired.com
01.09.2026
Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
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techcrunch.com
01.09.2026
‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutio
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theguardian.com
01.09.2026