Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge
AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.
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Meta opens early access program for new Muse features
Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
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The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?
When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.
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Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.
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Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his
Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.
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Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible finacing
The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
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The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.
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Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web
The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.
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Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test
Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.
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Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off
Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agents's promotion across its own apps and beyond.
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Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later. But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT’s early numbers and is headed for smart glasses and […]
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Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack
The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.
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For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts
The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.
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Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.
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Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays
Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development Save up to $200 on your pass before today ends.
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Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials
“We’re not Luddites... it’s just we don’t want social media, browsing and that kind of stuff," said 25-year-old founder Shreyas Narlanka.
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Last 24 hours to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. Leave the event further in your startup's trajectory than where you started. Don't miss your chance to save and to push the needle.
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North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year
The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.
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