Volkswagen’s Canadian battery plant slips to 2029, while its German one is already running
Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo has delayed its Ontario plant by two years to 2029, and the ID Buzz will skip another American model year. Its Salzgitter plant in Germany …
Altman and Amodei will skip Australia’s Senate inquiry on AI
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei will not appear before the Australian Senate inquiry into AI, Bloomberg News and Reuters reported on M…
Nio sells a 30% stake in its battery swapping arm to Geely
Nio has agreed to sell a 30% stake in its battery swapping business, Nio Power, to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the company said on Monday. The two Chinese carmakers will also sh…
OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breath of the incidents s alarming.
China extends AI travel curbs to executives’ families, Bloomberg reports
China now requires the families of some top AI and chip executives to get Beijing’s approval before travelling abroad, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the mat…
Z.ai and Concordia AI propose six stages for managing open-weight AI risk
Chinese AI company Z.ai and Beijing safety consultancy Concordia AI have published a framework for managing the risks of open-weight AI models. Anyone can download, modify and run…
Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative
Meta says it will focus on bringing its full technology stack, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code, and more to businesses and developers.
The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman
An indie developer's upcoming app for the iPhone Duo is going viral for turning the new foldable into a virtual Walkman.
Chery built the first diesel plug-in hybrid pickup, and measures its electric range on NEDC
Chery has built the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid pickup, the Stockman, developed for Australia rather than China, with a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel, a 34 kWh battery and a clai…
Hackers are exploiting two critical Citrix NetScaler zero-days
Attackers are exploiting two critical flaws in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. Companies use the devices to give staff remote access to internal networks. Citrix confi…
Microsoft’s Suleyman tells Bloomberg AI needs a ‘red line’ on control
Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman says the industry should reject any AI it cannot prove it controls. He made the case in an interview with Shirin Ghaffary for Bloombe…
Automattic’s Mullenweg names a new board after the failed bid to oust him
Automattic chief executive Matt Mullenweg has named a new board, weeks after the previous directors tried to put him on leave. The board includes science-fiction author Hugh Howey…
Hyundai says solid-state cars are five years away, and still too expensive after that
Hyundai research chief Manfred Harrer says carmakers cannot give up on solid-state batteries and expects small-volume halo cars within five years, but does not believe the raw mat…
Trump dined with Amodei after saying he is for ‘let’s go and let’s win’
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei had dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday night, Semafor confirmed. It was the first one-on-one meeting between th…
HiringCafe lands $6.8M to fix the broken job hunt with AI talent agent
The modern job search has devolved into a notoriously soul-crushing endeavor. Candidates fire hundreds of resumes into the void. They navigate an endless stream of expired ‘ghost …
SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early
SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, on its 14th test flight. The rocket lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 7:48am local time and entered orbit about 25 …
Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.
Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation
The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.
Mavi bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant
Accounting staffing company Mavi emerges from stealth with $4million in funding.
Walmart’s CEO rules out personalised pricing, including by its AI assistant
Walmart will not use a shopper’s income, shopping history or urgency to charge them more, chief executive John Furner said in a letter to customers posted on 25 September. The ple…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Brandon Sorbom and Helion’s David Kirtley on bringing fusion to the grid at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
CFS' Brandon Sorbom and Helion's David Kirtley join the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the breakthroughs moving fusion forward, the challenges that rema…
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run dire…
OpenAI and Anthropic probe tens of thousands of AI incidents, Axios reports
OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents of frontier AI models misbehaving, Axios reported, citing sources. Evaluators deemed th…
FBI reportedly declares ‘cyber security incident’ after hackers steal agents’ personal data
The bureau has not yet publicly confirmed a breach, but has told its agents that their personal information and Social Security numbers were exposed.