OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership is experiencing significant tension, with OpenAI executives considering accusations of anticompetitive behavior and seeking federal regulatory review of their contract. The conflict cen...
Google is reportedly planning to end its $200 million contract with Scale AI, with Microsoft and OpenAI also pulling back from the data annotation startup. This withdrawal follows Meta's $14.3 billion investment for a 49...
Anthropic has appointed national security expert Richard Fontaine to its long-term benefit trust, which helps govern the company and elect board members. This appointment follows Anthropic's recent announcement of AI mod...
Lattice CEO Sarah Franklin emphasizes the importance of maintaining human oversight and "checks and balances" when implementing AI in business operations. She argues that companies should prioritize people and customers...
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai dismissed concerns that AI will make half of the company's 180,000 workforce redundant, instead positioning AI as an "accelerator" that makes engineers more productive and drives growth. When a...
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is suspected of training its latest R1-0528 reasoning model using outputs from Google's Gemini AI, based on linguistic similarities and behavioral patterns observed by researchers. This follows pr...
Meta plans to use AI-powered systems to automatically evaluate potential harms and privacy risks for up to 90% of updates to its apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, replacing human evaluators. The new system would provide...
Venture capitalist Mary Meeker released a 340-page report documenting the unprecedented pace of AI development and adoption, showing ChatGPT reached 800 million users in 17 months and inference costs dropped 99% over two...
TechCrunch Sessions: AI featured presentations on AI-native startups, enterprise AI integration, and collaborative AI agents. Key sessions included discussions on AI as co-founders, Toyota's AI-powered repair tools, and...
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has been appointed to Anthropic's board of directors by the company's Long-Term Benefit Trust. The appointment brings experienced tech leadership to the AI safety-focused company as it co...
