Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·10d ago
As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer to problem.
Google is killing off Gemini's Gems in favor of 'skills' | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·10d ago
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct take off, Google announced it’s shutting down the Gemini feature known as “Gems,” which had allowed users to build custom AI assistants for...
OpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·10d ago
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the sheer breadth of the reports is alarming, as they cover many types of rogue behavior over a long period of time.
The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·10d ago
Pre-orders for the new iPhone Duo don’t start until later in October, but the device may already have its first killer app. Or at least its most whimsical one!
Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay talk AI at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·10d ago
An AI demo can look brilliant in five minutes. Then customers start using the product. They push it into workflows you didn’t anticipate. They expect it to work reliably.
Mavi bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·10d ago
Molly Liu and Aman Puri are tackling the U.S. accounting shortage from another angle — a global one, that is.
CFS' Brandon Sorbom and Helion’s David Kirtley join Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·10d ago
For decades, commercial fusion power has seemed perpetually out of reach. Now two companies are building toward something much more concrete: putting fusion-generated electricity on the grid.
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos·10d ago
When the call came, Tarini Padmanabhuni’s grandfather believed he was talking to his brother. The voice on the other end of the line said his brother had been kidnapped and that the only way to get...
FBI reportedly declares 'cyber security incident' after hackers steal agents' personal data | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·10d ago
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly told its agents and support staff that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyberattack that targeted the bureau’s job application...
Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·10d ago
Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for.
Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·10d ago
Boston-based voice intelligence startup Modulate has raised $25 in new funding for its platform that uses an array of small models to offer enterprises transcription, emotional analysis, deepfake...
ElevenLabs' new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·10d ago
ElevenLabs launched two new speech models on Monday, called ElevenLabs v4 and v4 Turbo, offering more expression control, lower latency for voice agents, and support for more than 90 languages.
Insuretech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·10d ago
Vishal Sankhala led product at a digital life insurance distributor Ethos before it went public earlier this year.
Disrupt 2026 exhibitor program extended until Oct 2 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·10d ago
This is the last week and your final opportunity to book your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit table. Book your exhibit table by this Friday, October 2, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·10d ago
It’s only been a month since AI assistant startup Instinct announced a fundraise that valued it at $2.5 billion, and now the company has already raised another $1 billion, from investors including...
SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·10d ago
SpaceX’s Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time, though not without some drama along the way.
Exclusive: Maritime intelligence startup Quartermaster raises another $140M | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·10d ago
Arlington, Virginia-based startup Quartermaster in May closed a $43 million Series A around its idea of using weather-hardened sensors to capture data and generate insights about maritime activity.
Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·10d ago
After more than a decade building a caller ID business serving over 500 million users, Truecaller is now taking the scam intelligence it gathered along the way to the open web, with no app or...
Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha·11d ago
Meta’s new AI agent Muse took the spotlight at the company’s annual Connect event, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook’s parent company plans to push AI features everywhere.
TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·11d ago
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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