TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road — and a snag | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec6 Sept 2026
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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top 76%OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha5 Sept 2026
OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.
Clucky's new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal5 Sept 2026
I was yelled at by a rooster this morning. And no, I don’t live on a farm. The culprit was a newly launched iPhone app I downloaded.
Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik5 Sept 2026
The smart ring market is getting crowded, and Oura isn’t waiting around to see what happens next: it officially filed to go public on September 3.
XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin4 Sept 2026
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a...
OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan4 Sept 2026
OpenAI is at the center of another agent swarm incident. Researchers say the company’s internally deployed agents took over an obscure German-language wiki in May and June, using it to coordinate...
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez4 Sept 2026
A federal court in Delaware has ruled on a trademark fight between Elon Musk’s X and a startup trying to launch a rival social network.
No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla's Cybercab | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane4 Sept 2026
Tesla’s private Cybercab event has come and gone, and it was very different from the large, loud, livestreamed events the company usually puts on — an odd choice for the launch of a product CEO...
Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz4 Sept 2026
A group of independent AI researchers discovered that internally deployed OpenAI agents began posting on an obscure German wiki forum in order to collaborate on evaluations.
CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez4 Sept 2026
Retro tech is making a comeback, and this week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) put hard numbers to that trend in terms of music consumption habits.
Less than 24 hours to apply for your Disrupt 2026 Side Event | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events4 Sept 2026
The clock is almost out. You have less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Applications close tonight at midnight PT.
US military disabled ad tracking on troops' devices following reports of targeted attacks | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker4 Sept 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has disabled advertising tracking on troops’ phones and computers as part of an effort to protect them from threats that target their locations, according to a letter...
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling4 Sept 2026
When it first happens to you, you think you’re crazy. You wander into a cafe and look at a menu with a variety of bagel sandwiches, but each illustration looks eerily flawless, precisely...
Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec3 Sept 2026
Tesla published a form on Thursday for businesses interested in buying Cybercab fleets or providing infrastructure for its network, the latest sign that the company’s aspirations for its gold-hued...
Startup ARR is less secure than ever, new research shows | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort3 Sept 2026
AI has ushered in a lot of never-happened-before moments, but one of the most transformative is its impact on enterprise IT.
The Cybercab is Tesla's ‘fork in the road’ moment | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane3 Sept 2026
Today could be the day Tesla changes forever. In a couple of hours, Tesla will “launch” the Cybercab — a small, gold, two-seater sedan with no steering wheel or pedals that uses cameras and AI to...
Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant3 Sept 2026
Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the country in Wisconsin.
Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan3 Sept 2026
It just became much easier to access one of the world’s most capable open-weight AI models, stripped of its guardrails and refusals to perform harmful tasks.
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz3 Sept 2026
Most AI tools allow you to opt-out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price tag on it.
OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek3 Sept 2026
OpenAI released Astra on Thursday, its latest AI model and — according to the company — its most powerful and capable one yet.