TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Blackstone’s Jas Khaira on building the next generation of AI giants
Blackstone's Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on building next-gen AI. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second.
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techcrunch.com
02.10.2026
Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system
Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.
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techcrunch.com
01.10.2026
AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience
Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps and ongoing tasks.
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techcrunch.com
29.09.2026
Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity
In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
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techcrunch.com
29.09.2026
Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic ro
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techcrunch.com
25.09.2026
Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash
In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
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techcrunch.com
17.09.2026
OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.
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wired.com
11.09.2026
The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI
Apple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone.
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techcrunch.com
09.09.2026
Anthropic safety researcher says more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
It is the latest in a series of increasingly stark warnings about the safety threat posed by AI that leading industry figures have made.
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bbc.co.uk
09.09.2026
Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested
This week on Uncanny Valley, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock’s AI-powered police search tool, and how tech bros don’t know how to talk about “rouge” AI agents
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wired.com
03.09.2026
Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the Github of AI, for $13 billion
Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.
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arstechnica.com
03.09.2026
Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI
The long-rumored deal will give the chip giant access to—and help it promote—a huge repository of open-source AI models and data sets.
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wired.com
03.09.2026
U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally," t
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techcrunch.com
02.09.2026
Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles
As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.
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techcrunch.com
31.08.2026
Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownershipNicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign agains
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theguardian.com
28.08.2026
Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We’ve got to get this right,” says Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn.
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wired.com
26.08.2026
Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?
As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engineGoogle has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on
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theguardian.com
25.08.2026
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive
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techcrunch.com
22.08.2026
Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To
Proton’s CEO is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI?
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wired.com
18.08.2026
Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped.
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bbc.co.uk
15.08.2026