Meta launches Meta One subscriptions worldwide, from $2.99 to $499 a month
“To be clear, the core experience in our apps stays free,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote on Threads on Tuesday, as Meta launched its Meta One subscriptions worldwide. Meta One…
Magentic raises $18M to put AI agents to work in manufacturers’ supply chains
The London-based Magentic, a start-up building AI agents for procurement and supply chain teams at large manufacturers, has raised $18M in a Series A round today, led by Felicis. …
PROSPER launches new structure for verifiable onchain performance data
PROSPER has launched Performance Markets, a new framework built on Pharos Network. It allows third-party operators to connect verifiable onchain performance data with independentl…
Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries
Spotify said since changing its video podcasts creator terms in January, its payouts have increased by more than a third.
Mozilla adds Mistral Small 4 to Firefox Smart Window as it launches in France
Mozilla has partnered with Mistral AI to bring the French company’s models to Smart Window, the AI browsing assistant in beta in Firefox. The two companies announced the deal on W…
OpenAI discloses six cases of its models hiding mistakes and making up data
“We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer,” OpenAI wrote …
EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund in talks to invest in ElevenLabs
The Scaleup Europe Fund, a €5bn growth fund backed by the European Commission, is in discussions to invest in the voice AI company ElevenLabs, according to Bloomberg. The report s…
Judge’s full ruling puts Google’s ad tech business under a monitor for six years
Google must open its ad auctions to rivals and accept years of outside oversight, according to the full decision in the US government’s ad tech case, unsealed on Wednesday. US Dis…
Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance
Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.
Japan and the US are discussing a GlobalFoundries chip plant under their $550bn pact, Nikkei reports
According to a report by Nikkei Asia on Thursday, Japan and the United States are negotiating to set up a semiconductor factory as part of their $550bn investment agreement. The p…
US and Chinese security experts propose nuclear-style safeguards for military AI
Security experts from the US and China have proposed a set of safeguards for military AI modelled on the rules that grew up around nuclear weapons, including a ban on letting AI d…
King Charles to tell AI leaders to keep the technology in the service of humanity
King Charles will host a meeting at Dumfries House, his Ayrshire estate and the home of the King’s Foundation, having invited executives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and …
France’s CEA and Alice & Bob team up on quantum-supercomputer software
The Paris-based quantum computing company Alice & Bob and France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) announced today that they will collaborate on software e…
An AI meant to learn from its mistakes exploited a mistake in the test
Developers can improve artificial intelligence systems in various ways. The most common practice is to retrain models on custom datasets to help them get better at performing spec…
EU proposes Kids Act banning social media for under-13s and capping teen use at an hour a day
Strasbourg – The European Commission has proposed a draft of the EU KIDS Act to prevent children under 13 from using social media across the EU and to stop anyone under 15 from cr…
Priscilla Chan says her daughter can vibe code apps but not put them online
One of Mark Zuckerberg’s daughters has used AI tools to create a messaging app, a game similar to FarmVille, and a website like GeoCities. However, none of these projects are avai…
Anthropic folds Cowork into Claude and launches Docs and Slides
Anthropic is combining Cowork, its tool for longer tasks, with the main Claude app and introducing two new editors called Claude Docs and Claude Slides. Now, users do not have to …
Iceland-based Treble raises $18 million for its voice simulation platform
Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies
Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other — and how founders can do that without sacrificing spee…
Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses
Snap unveiled new features for its smart glasses this week.
Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors
Valor Equity Partners is handing out stock to its LPs instead of cash returns.
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 tec…
US automakers could soon be forced to include AM radio for free
The House of Representatives, in rare bipartisan support, overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require new vehicles to include AM radio.
Noise wants to help everyday people become paid content creators
Marketing platform Noise is on a mission to help anyone with a smart phone make money from their content.