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30 October 2026 at 20:00
The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.
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- Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
27 October 2026 at 20:08
TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
27 October 2026 at 17:59
Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
27 October 2026 at 14:00
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown fourteenfold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
27 October 2026 at 05:00
Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.
Forced to pick, Grokβs AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAIβs picks Democrats.Β
24 October 2026 at 18:00
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.
Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
23 October 2026 at 00:05
Third Dimension's technology uses AI to match the physical world, which when combined with Rivian's reams of data could turn into a valuable simulator.
OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
22 October 2026 at 22:00
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
AI promises productivity, but for managers, itβs mostly a headache for now
21 October 2026 at 17:00
More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.
Heat pump tech is 170 years old β Pascal thinks itβs time for an update
21 October 2026 at 16:30
Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to be 20% more efficient.
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- Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
20 October 2026 at 19:00
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving
20 October 2026 at 16:00
Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking up a wide range of objects, and it is so smooth and human-like, it is wowing the industry.
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- Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet
Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet
20 October 2026 at 10:01
Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to continue building security and filtering tools that help websites grapple with growing bot and AI traffic.
Replikaβs founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago
19 October 2026 at 21:49
Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a twist, free and downloadable to anyone today.
