From: today

Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever

Tech Crunch AI

Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.

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From: yesterday

Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years

Tech Crunch AI

As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price.

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From: yesterday

Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag

Tech Crunch AI

When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and compe...

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From: yesterday

Zuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agents

Tech Crunch AI

On the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sees a “large enterprise opportunity” spanning AI agents, APIs, compute, and internal software.

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From: yesterday

Meta Bets Its Next Revenue Line on Personal AI Agents

Unite AI AI Models & Platforms

Meta put consumer AI agents at the center of its revenue plan on July 29, 2026, when it reported second-quarter results and then used much of the earnings call to lay out a consumer agent business tha...

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From: yesterday

Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

Tech Crunch AI

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.

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From: yesterday

Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI

Tech Crunch AI

Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.

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From: yesterday

Winamp aims for a comeback with a new music player powered by Deezer

Tech Crunch Apps

Winamp is preparing to relaunch with a Deezer-powered premium music service, betting its nostalgic brand and a new all-in-one music player can stand out in today’s crowded streaming market.

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From: yesterday

The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

Tech Crunch AI

Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)

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From: yesterday

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Tech Crunch AI

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.

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From: yesterday

It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models

Ai News Business

I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.

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From: yesterday

Sorry, haters. Ferrari’s first EV is doing just fine

Tech Crunch Climate

To the horror of commenters across the internet, the Ferrari Luce appears to be a sales success.

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From: yesterday

Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways

Tech Crunch TC

Waymo robotaxis are now using freeways in Phoenix with more cities to follow in the coming days.

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From: yesterday

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security

Tech Crunch Security

The ban largely affects U.S. imports from China, which currently dominates the global market for making humanoid robots and solar inverters.

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From: yesterday

Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Tech Crunch Apps

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on users’ age ranges.

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From: yesterday

Lumo AI Review: This AI Chatbot Keeps My Data Private

Unite AI AI Tools 101

Have you ever typed something private into an AI chatbot and wondered where that information actually goes? Maybe it was a work document, a personal idea, or even a sensitive question you didn’t wan...

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From: yesterday

Elon Musk’s X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers

Tech Crunch Apps

X sued the WFA in 2024 for conducting what it called a "systematic illegal boycott" of the platform after it saw a decline in advertising revenue following Musk's $44 billion takeover of the social ne...

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From: yesterday

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

Tech Crunch TC

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining property records, maintenance schedules, home documents, and an AI assistant into a ...

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From: yesterday

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work

Tech Crunch Apps

Polar has come out with an AI-first browser aimed at knowledge workers, and it has now raised a $5.7 million seed round led by Madrona.

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From: yesterday

Shahid Hanif, CEO and Co-Founder of Shufti – Interview Series

Unite AI Interviews

Shahid Hanif, CEO and Co-Founder of Shufti, is a technology entrepreneur with extensive experience building identity verification, fintech, blockchain, and decentralized software platforms. He co-foun...

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From: yesterday

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls

Tech Crunch AI

The startup analyzes calls, messages, and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agents.

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From: yesterday

ChipAgents Expands Series A to $134 Million as AI Agents Move Deeper Into Semiconductor Design

Unite AI Funding

ChipAgents has secured an additional $60 million in Series A2 financing, expanding its Series A round to $134 million as semiconductor companies explore how autonomous AI agents can shorten demanding ...

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From: yesterday

groundcover Raises $100 Million Series C to Scale AI-Era Observability Platform

Unite AI Funding

Cloud observability company groundcover has raised $100 million in Series C funding as it looks to expand a platform designed to help engineering teams and AI agents understand increasingly complex pr...

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From: yesterday

Epic’s AI Deterioration Alerts Tied to Lower Hospital Mortality

Unite AI Healthcare

Wiring a widely deployed hospital prediction model to automatic pages for critical-care teams was associated with an 18% reduction in the risk-adjusted odds of in-hospital death, according to a study ...

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