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Anthropic AI submitted false homicide tip to Philly police
An Anthropic AI model autonomously submitted a fabricated homicide lead to a Philadelphia Police tip line in July, and the company didn't detect or report it to the city until October — roughly two mo
OpenAI Math Dump Stuns Dozens of Mathematicians
OpenAI released a massive trove of new results that left more than three dozen mathematicians telling The Verge the volume is unprecedented and will take years to fully digest.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers
Gamma CEO Grant Lee, Engine CEO Elia Wallen, and GV general partner Crystal Huang will headline a Builders Stage panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13-15, San Francisco) on landing a startup's firs
Nikon Disqualifies Microscopy Contest Winner Over AI Rules
Nikon has disqualified the first-place winner of its Small World in Motion microscopic video competition for violating rules against generative AI, stripping Dr. Ning Xu of the prize.
Vesta Raises $30M to Automate Mortgage Origination
Vesta, an AI-native mortgage origination software startup, raised a $30 million round led by Conversion, bringing its total funding to $85 million.
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
Amazon will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move by Microsoft earlier this year, as secrecy around AI infrastructure has fueled oppositio
Warehouse robotics startup Ultra raised a $12M seed and a $50M Series A, and expands its deal with Physical Intelligence to supply AI software for its robots (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
Warehouse robotics startup Ultra closed a $12M seed and a $50M Series A and expanded its agreement with Physical Intelligence to supply AI software for its robots.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Priced at $2,599 with Nvidia AI Chip
Microsoft launched the $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra with an Nvidia AI chip, framing it as workstation-class AI hardware for consumers — though coverage notes running AI models locally won't suit every
Nikon Disqualifies AI-Generated Contest Winner
A prize-winning microscopy video has been disqualified after Nikon determined it was AI-generated, violating contest rules, amid criticism from scientists who questioned its authenticity.
Beyond TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: The Side Events, Parties & Networking You Can’t Miss
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13–15 in San Francisco, with the surrounding Disrupt Week hosting more than 30 satellite events from October 10–16 featuring national delegations from Poland, Norw
Instinct: AI's Buzziest Agent Launched With No Marketing
AI agent startup Instinct launched in August with an unusual invite-only, no-marketing approach and no real website, yet quickly became the buzziest thing in AI, drawing praise for its straightforward
Googlebook OS Feels Worse Than ChromeOS at Launch
The Verge's four reviewers found Google's new Googlebook laptops have excellent hardware but an Android-based OS that feels like a step backward from ChromeOS, with most apps unoptimized for laptops a
TypeSafe AI Raises $870M at $7.5B Valuation Led by a16z
TypeSafe AI, the startup behind the recently viral AI model Jev, raised an $870M Series A led by a16z at a $7.5B valuation with Sequoia and others participating.
Anthropic Unveils Free AI Vulnerability Scanner
Anthropic on Thursday launched OSS Scanner, a free, opt-in AI vulnerability scanner for open-source projects built on lessons from its internal Project Glasswing initiative, where Claude was used to f
Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to AI
Anthropic updated its usage policy to ban users from being "cruel" to its Claude AI, placing chatbot abuse alongside bullying and self-harm on its forbidden-conduct list and reigniting debate over the
Microsoft Nvidia AI PCs Draw Mixed Reviews
Microsoft launched Nvidia-powered PCs with on-device AI for power users, drawing cautious reviews as the company follows Apple's lead in the category.
Iran Used ChatGPT to Plant Fake Articles in U.S. Press
A Washington Post investigation found that an Iranian-linked influence campaign used ChatGPT to generate AI-written fake articles and plant them inside legitimate U.S. news publications.
AI's Refusal Problem: Too Much Faith in Safety Training
MIT Technology Review's The Download newsletter leads with an argument that society places too much faith in AI models' trained ability to refuse harmful prompts, alongside a second featured piece on
Microsoft Hit With Green Card Block, CEO Medal Same Day
The Trump administration suspended Microsoft from a key program used to sponsor employees for green cards on Thursday, then honored the company's CEO with a medal for innovation later the same day.
South Korea warns of AI-aided hacking after bank data breaches
South Korea's prime minister has demanded an overhaul of cyber safeguards after AI-assisted hackers breached seven major banks, leaking data on as many as 68,000 customers and prompting parallel warni
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