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AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of modelsWhy landing your first tech job is way harder than you expectedVote for the sessions you want to see at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025Why Intempus thinks robots should have a human physiological stateLast 24 hours: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Early Bird Deals will fly away after today48 hours left: What you won’t want to miss at the 20th TechCrunch Disrupt in OctoberKhosla Ventures among VCs experimenting with AI-infused roll-ups of mature companiesOpenAI upgrades the AI model powering its Operator agentMarjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with GrokMicrosoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and moreOpenAI goes all in with Jony Ive as Google plays AI catchupAt TechCrunch Sessions: AI, Artemis Seaford and Ion Stoica confront the ethical crisis — when AI crosses the lineTick tock: Just 3 days left to save up to $900 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passFounders First: Iliana Quinonez of Google Cloud on AI agents, infrastructure, and democratization at TechCrunch Sessions: AIAfter Klarna, Zoom’s CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly callAnthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humansAnthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emojiA safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 AI modelAnthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offlineAnthropic’s new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many stepsMeta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI pushVercel debuts an AI model optimized for web developmentOpenAI teams up with Cisco, Oracle to build UAE data centerThe complete Side Events lineup at TechCrunch Sessions: AI4 days left: Up to $900 off your ticket and 90% off for your +1 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025OpenAI’s next big bet won’t be a wearable: reportKlarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it saidLM Arena, the organization behind popular AI leaderboards, lands $100MMeta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI modelsJony Ive to lead OpenAI’s design work following $6.5B acquisition of his companyTensions flare between the US and China over Huawei’s AI chipsGoogle is bringing ads to AI ModeAmazon rolls out short-form AI-powered audio product summaries for select itemsMistral’s new Devstral AI model was designed for codingTechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Early Bird savings end on May 25Shopify launches an AI-powered store builder as part of its latest updateGoogle’s AI agents will bring you the web nowUber Freight bets big on AI tools to grow its businessFortnite returns to the US App Store after a five-year gapGoogle’s Sergey Brin: ‘I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass’Google commits $150M to develop AI glasses with Warby ParkerThe latest Google Gemma AI model can run on phonesGoogle is launching a Gemini integration in ChromeGoogle AI Ultra: You’ll have to pay $249.99 per month for Google’s best AIVeo 3 can generate videos — and soundtracks to go along with themGoogle introduces Shop with AI Mode with price tracking, agentic checkout and virtual try-onStitch is Google’s AI-powered tool to help design appsProject Astra comes to Google Search, Gemini, and developersIntel is reportedly exploring a sale for its networking and edge unitGoogle’s AI Mode rolls out to US, will add support for deeper research, comparison shopping, and moreGoogle’s Gemini AI app has 400M monthly active usersGoogle’s NotebookLM is getting Video OverviewsGoogle shows off Android XR-based glasses, announces Warby Parker team-upGoogle’s 3D teleconferencing platform, now called Beam, will ship later in 2025Google unveils new AI features coming to Gmail, Docs, and VidsGoogle updates the Gemini app with real-time AI video, Deep Research, and moreGoogle rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agentYou’ve got 6 days to save $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticketsApple reportedly plans to let developers build on top 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gamingxAI to invest $300M in Telegram, integrate Grok into appHow small businesses can actually benefit from agentic AI, with Tkxel CEO Umair Javed at TechCrunch Sessions: AIHow to seize the opportunity and compete with an incumbent, with Linear COO Cristina Cordova at TechCrunch Sessions: AIAtomic Canyon wants to be ChatGPT for the nuclear industryOpera’s new browser can code websites and games for youHumain planning $10B VC fund to invest in US, European and Asian startupsOpenAI may soon let you ‘sign in with ChatGPT’ for other appsAnthropic launches a voice mode for ClaudeMeta reportedly splits its AI team to build products fasterWordPress has formed an AI teamAI may already be shrinking entry-level jobs in tech, new research suggestsSalesforce acquires Informatica for $8 billionBuilding with OpenAI: Hao Sang takes the stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI to share what startups need to get rightTwo more heavy hitters join StrictlyVC’s star-studded lineup in Menlo ParkOne of Europe’s top 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