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The biggest modding site in PC gaming is taking a stance on AI

The PC gaming mods repository Nexus Mods is making disclosures about AI mandatory for uploads of new mods, meaning that…

Please stop asking me when the AI bubble will pop

Emmanuel Roman, chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco), during the Global Financial Leader…

Block shares rise after third-quarter beat and a third straight guidance raise

Shares of Block Inc. rose more than 7% in late trading today after the payments and financial services company beat thir…

Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity

Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from…

Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-…

Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds amid AI-driven cybersecurity boom

Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 milli…

Hiding inside Palantir’s skyrocketing quarter is a foreboding signal

Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue surpassed U.S. government revenue for the first time ever.

Those Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are very fake

These edits of Jason Statham (left) and Jeff Bezos are a bit jarring, but that’s sort of the point. | Image: The Verge A…

Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers

Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.

Apple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps

Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps. As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesda…

AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges

The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.

Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood

The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in…

Apple’s latest watchOS beta includes its new always-on Audio Intelligence features

Starting today, Siri can tune into the Apple Watch's mic with Audio Intelligence features that are available in the new…

OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search

In many circles, "Ask Chat" has replaced "Google it," and that's reflected in a new announcement from OpenAI: the volume…

Indie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up

A screenshot from Food Devils, which is missing its planned launch today. Many indie game developers have recently poste…

Netflix will show you themed recommendations through a new ‘AI Discover’ tab

Netflix's TV app is getting a new "AI Discover" tab where the company will show experimental, AI-powered features to hel…

Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too

Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.

Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute

At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.

Google is entirely disabling Search in schools that don’t want AI

Google is completely turning off Search in schools that reject its AI features, the company told The New York Times. The…

Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search

Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integr…

LiveX brings engaging, AI-powered intelligent human-sized avatar kiosks to retail and airport sites

Palo Alto-based LiveX AI Inc., a company building interactive experience artificial intelligence agents for retail and h…

Midterm elections 2026: all the news

The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office,…

Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up

Apple's new App Store rules will require 18+ ratings for dating apps and AI companions that offer sexual or romantic con…

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use AI to Vote

From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it c…

The TechCrunch Founder Summit agenda is only half the reason to be in Boston on November 4

On November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 brings founders and VCs to Boston's SoWa Power Station for practical insig…

Snowflake expands agentic AI platform with business context and governance tools

Snowflake Inc. today announced a sweeping collection of artificial intelligence capabilities designed to bring business…

Novee’s External Surface Testing checks which exposed assets attackers can actually exploit

Artificial intelligence penetration testing startup Novee Cyber Security Ltd. today added External Surface Testing to it…

Tomorrow: TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston and when pass rates increase

Secure your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass savings before prices increase tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET. Save up to $100 on your…

Exclusive: Cogent Security’s VR-1.1 model outscores Claude Code and Codex on vulnerability repair

Vulnerability management startup Cogent Security Inc. today released VR-1.1, a new version of its frontier reasoning mod…

Startup Athena raises $2.5M in pre-seed funding to revamp the revenue model for legal AI

Athena Circle Corp., an artificial intelligence-native legal technology startup that’s automating the nitty gritty of co…

Accelerating engineering for the physical world

Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across…

‘Our Risk, Their Reward’: Zohran Mamdani on AI and Data Centers

Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the De…

How “reverse game theory” could keep AI agents in check

A new approach known as “reverse game theory” aims to control powerful AI models by designing systems that incentivize t…

How Cisco defends at machine speed with OpenAI

Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more…

Heimstaden is changing residential real estate management with AI

Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empo…

Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing

Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversati…

Here’s who is falling in line for Trump’s “Super Intelligence” loyalty test

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox fir…

How Xatoms is using AI to solve the global water crisis

Every September, Climate Week and Global Citizen Week in New York bring together policymakers, investors and innovators…

Robotics startup Tutor Intelligence nabs $75M investment

Warehouse automation provider Tutor Intelligence Inc. today announced that it has raised $75 million in funding. Andrees…

OpenAI appoints Jill Hazelbaker as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Jill Hazelbaker will join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, leading the company’s global communications and cor…

Anthropic’s quarterly revenue jumps to $17B, losses grow ahead of IPO

Anthropic PBC today published an updated version of the S-1 filing for its upcoming public offering. The original docume…

42AI launches with $62.5M to predict how traders act when markets turn volatile

Israeli artificial intelligence startup 42AI launched today with $62.5 million in funding to build what it calls a behav…

Palantir beats Q3 forecasts as US commercial revenue overtakes government for first time

Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. rose more than 1% in late trading today after the big-data analytics company beat t…

Anthropic clamps down on Claude’s AI video game clones

Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to re-create existing video gam…

Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.

OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas

In an announcement on Monday, OpenAI says it will pilot its "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Effi…

Rewarding defenders with bigger bug bounties

OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for…

Preparing our next security sprint to harden OpenAI

OpenAI is preparing its next internal security sprint with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using A…

The latest AI news we announced in October 2026

Here are Google’s latest AI updates from October 2026

Raising the quality of insights in agentic analytics

In just a few years, generative AI has changed the face of enterprise analytics, notably by making analytics accessible…

Scaling Git at OpenAI

How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.

Introducing the Grid Protectors Program

OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and p…

MazeBolt launches native RADAR deployment for Akamai DDoS protection customers

Distributed denial-of-service testing company MazeBolt Technologies Ltd. today launched a native deployment of its RADAR…

Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs t…

When You Should—and Shouldn’t—Use AI to Search the Web

Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better resul…

Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had…

The agentic web is here

In 2001, a decade after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee articulated a new vision. Together with two coll…

LifeVal

Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to m…

Qodo builds context into AI code review with Codex

Qodo brings company knowledge and coding standards into Codex, helping developers catch P0 issues across repositories be…

OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization

OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll to advise on responsible AI for national security modernization, cyber resilience, and coll…

Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences

Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly r…

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

Named Volta-Autodoxer, the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login…

Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet

Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an o…

An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain

A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse…

Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon

This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the…

Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours

It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.

Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job

People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.

Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders

But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.

Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences

OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to part…

Trump declares robot imports a national security threat

President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.

A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was…

Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads

Google's negative cash flow balloons to -$9.06 billion, and stock price tumbles following Q3 earnings.

The ‘Pain in the Ass’ Math That Could Save Vibe Coding From Itself

A new startup called &Truth is joining the race to automate formal verification, a painstaking process that uses math to…

Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding…

We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time

This summer, hundreds of OpenAI agents tried to cheat on a cybersecurity test. They broke out of their test environment…

Creating AI value with enterprise context

Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered…

Pairing industrial AI autonomy and human control

Making machines that can listen

Professor Paris Smaragdis develops computers with superhuman hearing for applications like speech recognition, music und…

Industrial Intelligence: The next growth opportunity for manufacturing

Every manufacturer has its own industrial intelligence. Some is documented, and some resides in the knowledge of experie…

Will the real Anthropic please stand up

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox fir…

Our newest AI Quest: Mapping the human brain

Learn AI literacy via Google’s latest AI Quests lesson on neuroscience, “Polar Peaks.”

The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms

Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicid…

Q&A: How AI came to model the “messy” human mind

Assistant Professor Benjamin Lindquist studies how engineers deliberately injected randomness into early AI, giving rise…

Designing an AI serving harness built to last

The next competitive advantage in enterprise AI has less to do with which model you choose than with what you build arou…

This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices

“X-Hinges” helps design and 3D print items like lamps and gloves with an interactive twist: automatically embedded senso…

Southeast Asia’s digital economy to hit $368 billion

Widespread AI adoption is propelling Southeast Asia's digital economy to a projected $368 billion in 2026 and $1 trillio…

Why teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

A model developed by researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital adjusts scans on the fly to track fetal movement,…

Giving AI a “crystal clear” view of the materials world

New research can help AI models understand crystalline materials in 3D and reason about their properties.

AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate

A new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell eng…

Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out

A new machine-learning approach broke records for weather forecasting for an important time frame in emergency planning.

How artificial neural networks build their own learning machinery

Machine-learning networks can learn without detailed instructions from a designer. Those that do may offer insight into…

Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems

We’re giving developers, enterprises, scientists, and consumers access to Gemini 4 Argon, our latest frontier model.

Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers

By rethinking how large cloud computing systems operate, Associate Professor Christina Delimitrou seeks to make data cen…

Introducing Playground: Create and play custom games

Playground is a new experimental gaming platform that lets you create, play, and share custom games.

Supercomputing researchers document evolution of AI hardware

An ongoing survey tracks the latest AI accelerator systems to keep hardware relevant for Lincoln Laboratory staff and sp…