From: today

The trap Anthropic built for itself

Tech Crunch AI

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.

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From: today

Why did Netflix back down from its deal to acquire Warner Bros.?

Tech Crunch Media & Entertainment

Netflix's co-CEO reportedly told Trump, "I took your advice."

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From: today

What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale

Tech Crunch Media & Entertainment

Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute

Tech Crunch AI

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

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From: yesterday

The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom

Tech Crunch AI

Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.

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From: yesterday

OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

Tech Crunch AI

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.

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From: yesterday

Xiaomi launches 17 Ultra smartphone, an AirTag clone, and an ultra slim powerbank

Tech Crunch Hardware

We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event.

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From: yesterday

Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market

Tech Crunch Startups

China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

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From: yesterday

India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order

Tech Crunch Enterprise

India, one of Supabase’s biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk'

Ai News Business

Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

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From: yesterday

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets

Tech Crunch Apps

The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.

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From: yesterday

Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics

MIT Students

Lincoln Laboratory intern Ivy Mahncke developed and tested algorithms to help human divers and robots navigate underwater.

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From: yesterday

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

Tech Crunch AI

"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.

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From: yesterday

Trump Moves to Ban Anthropic From the US Government

Ai News Business

President Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.

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From: 2 days ago

Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’

Tech Crunch AI

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images.

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From: 2 days ago

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

Tech Crunch AI

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for militar...

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From: 2 days ago

OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading

Ai News Business

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.

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From: 2 days ago

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

Tech Crunch AI

OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.

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From: 2 days ago

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue

Tech Crunch AI

Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.

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From: 2 days ago

Apple and Netflix team up to air Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 

Tech Crunch Media & Entertainment

As Netflix continues its live sports push, the company has partnered with Apple to air the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

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From: 2 days ago

Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models

Tech Crunch AI

Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system." 

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From: 2 days ago

‘Pokémon Winds and Waves’ are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027

Tech Crunch Gaming

The tenth generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).

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From: 2 days ago

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027

Tech Crunch Gaming

The 10th-generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).

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From: 2 days ago

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter

Tech Crunch AI

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.

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