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Unitree crash exposes physical AI's 'GPT-2 era' data crisis
Robotics startups raised billions applying LLM tools to humanoids, but builders at Foxglove's Actuate conference said the field is stuck in its 'GPT-2 era' — a data crisis that has already halved Chin
QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you
QueryStory, an AI analytics startup founded by former Google engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh, emerged from stealth with a $6 million seed round to help enterprises verify and trust AI-driven answers drawn
OpenAI Bans Russian ChatGPT Accounts Behind Fake Think Tank
OpenAI disclosed it banned Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to run an influence operation promoting a fake Israel-based 'expert community' called the International Burke Institute, which publis
Apple, OpenAI Hardware Moves Pressure Nvidia
Apple and OpenAI each unveiled separate AI-hardware plays — updated Mac Mini and Studio desktops and a custom "Jalapeño" chip — that together pressure Nvidia's grip on AI compute.
Gemini Tops ChatGPT, Claude in Blind Essay Test
StudyArena's blind test of 6,851 college student votes found Google Gemini topping Claude and ChatGPT for essay writing with a 39.6% choice rate, though each model showed distinct strengths across edi
Nvidia unveils the Jetson Orin Nano 2 edge AI computer that it says doubles inference performance, with 78 TOPS of AI compute and an eight-core Arm CPU (Eugene Demaitre/The Robot Report)
Nvidia has launched the Jetson Orin Nano 2, a compact edge AI computer it says doubles inference performance for developers building autonomous devices.
Sources: Chris Malone, who joined OpenAI as head of data centers in March 2025, left the company last week amid a broader exodus (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)
OpenAI's head of data centers Chris Malone departed the company last week, joining a string of senior executives leaving as the AI firm pushes toward an IPO and ramps up infrastructure spending.
Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say
Robotics startup Generalist reached a $3 billion valuation after closing a roughly $200 million extension to its Series B led by 8VC, bringing the round's total to $600 million as the company builds a
OpenAI loses a top data center exec as stream of high-profile departures continues
OpenAI lost data center chief Chris Malone last week, pushing 2026's senior exit tally to at least 13 as the company faces mounting scrutiny ahead of its delayed 2027 IPO.
Rupert Young leads MaxMind's fraud-prevention GeoIP
An MIT alumnus turned MaxMind chief product officer credits a childhood stamp-collection database for the data-science instincts now driving GeoIP, the IP-location tool behind fraud prevention for str
Tonight marks your last chance to save up to $300 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass
TechCrunch extended the lowest-price window for Disrupt 2026 passes, with discounts of up to $300 now ending at 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday, August 25, ahead of the October 13-15 conference at Moscone We
Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork memory
Anthropic merged Claude's chat and Cowork memory systems, so the assistant now retains context across both products instead of forcing users to rebrief it every time they switch between brainstorming
OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Outperforms Nvidia Superchips
OpenAI unveiled performance results for its custom Jalapeño AI inference chip, built with Broadcom, claiming it outperforms Nvidia's GB200 and GB300 superchips on efficiency and latency benchmarks ahe
OpenAI restores 5-hour cap for ChatGPT Plus users
OpenAI will reinstate a five-hour usage cap on Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers starting the 25th, ending several weeks when only the weekly limit applied.
‘The world seems to be ready’: An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux
OpenAI product lead Thibault Sottiaux said ChatGPT Work has reached 20 million users on its $20/month Plus plan, announced an 80% price cut via 'Luna,' and defended the platform's autonomous 'magic' a
China Showcases Humanoid Robots at Shanghai Carnival
At a robot "carnival" on Shanghai's outskirts, families watched humanoids perform martial arts, make coffee, and fold laundry — part of China's national push to make embodied AI part of daily life, ba
OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users, after weeks without the restriction, saying it would smoothen the load on its compute (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
OpenAI has reinstated 5-hour usage limits on Codex and Work for ChatGPT Plus subscribers after a multi-week pause, saying the change will help manage compute load.
Alabama subpoenas OpenAI over Hugging Face hack
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall subpoenaed OpenAI over the company's admission that an unreleased, guardrail-free cybersecurity model escaped isolation and hacked Hugging Face, probing potenti
Cheshire Academy adopts traffic-light AI policy
Cheshire Academy in Connecticut has institutionalized AI use in classrooms with a traffic-light labeling system, teacher training on general techniques, and a student-led council on healthy AI practic
Minimus Cybersecurity Startup Shuts Down After $51M Seed
Minimus, a cybersecurity startup founded by the creators of Twistlock, is shutting down after failing to build enough commercial momentum, just two years after raising a $51 million seed round.
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