Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file
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techcrunch.com
14.08.2026
Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want
Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.
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wired.com
14.08.2026
These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve male loneliness.”
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wired.com
14.08.2026
Amazon is using Twitch to train generative AI
The streaming platform's users criticised the move to allow the use of channel content for AI training.
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bbc.co.uk
13.08.2026
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation as companies want continuous, AI-powered security validation instead of annual pen testing.
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techcrunch.com
03.08.2026
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.
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techcrunch.com
05.05.2026
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences.
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techcrunch.com
04.05.2026
DoorDash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes
DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.
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techcrunch.com
04.05.2026
Will AI lead to more accurate opinion polls?
It's cheaper and faster to collect people's opinions using AI, but will it make polls more accurate?
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bbc.com
01.05.2026
It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House)
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump call
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techcrunch.com
02.10.2026
AI will help find cure for cancer ‘within our lifetimes’, says Arm Holdings chief
Rene Haas also claims artificial intelligence could pave way for widespread use of humanoid robots within five yearsBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of one of the UK’s biggest chip companies has
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theguardian.com
08.09.2026
Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.
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techcrunch.com
22.10.2026
Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novelThe publisher of top-selling Haitian Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, who was
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theguardian.com
22.10.2026
Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown
Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.
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techcrunch.com
22.10.2026
Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock
The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.
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techcrunch.com
22.10.2026
Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Stay in California Despite Billionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure
Meta’s board feared that its CEO’s departure could disrupt the company’s AI ambitions. A new stock agreement gives him financial incentives to stay put.
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wired.com
22.10.2026
Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity
Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during Q3 earnings. The AI app now has over 10M users.
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techcrunch.com
21.10.2026
Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation
Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet."
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techcrunch.com
21.10.2026
Tesla stars Optimus robot production in California as profit falls 43%
Tesla's revenue was flat and its expenses skyrocketed as it pressed the accelerator on its Optimus robots, AI, and autonomous driving.
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techcrunch.com
21.10.2026
GM is giving OnStar an AI makeover
It's one of the biggest overhauls ever to the 30-year-old connected car product.
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techcrunch.com
21.10.2026