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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
TechCrunch AI published: Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.
Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
TechCrunch AI published: Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.
The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.
TechCrunch AI published: When confronted with cancer, Conno Christou fed everything tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on
TechCrunch AI published: New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.
OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm
TechCrunch AI published: “We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.”
OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
TechCrunch AI published: The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.
Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
TechCrunch AI published: Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending. OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a […]
It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore
TechCrunch AI published: AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.
David Autor named head of the Department of Economics
MIT News AI published: A faculty member since 1999, Autor is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and the work of the future.
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia
TechCrunch AI published: Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending. OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a […]
LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details
MIT News AI published: To help robots do chores in places like homes and factories, a new approach from MIT uses one language model to clarify users’ instructions, then another to ignore irrelevant info.
The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions
MIT Technology Review published: This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western…
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
TechCrunch AI published: OpenAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of with the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.
Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
TechCrunch AI published: Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT
TechCrunch AI published: Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.
General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
TechCrunch AI published: General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
TechCrunch AI published: Un-0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.
From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
TechCrunch AI published: General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
TechCrunch AI published: Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.
Repositioning retail for the AI era
MIT Technology Review published: Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping retail, but not in the ways consumers might immediately notice. The biggest transformation may not be flashy virtual try-ons or chatbot shopping assistants, but in how decisions are made behind the scenes: how products surface in search results, how inventory moves through supply chains, how engineers ship code faster, and…