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29
Jul
Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presente...
29
Jul
Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI
Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
29
Jul
Winamp aims for a comeback with a new music player powered by Deezer
Winamp is preparing to relaunch with a Deezer-powered premium music service, betting its nostalgic brand and a new all-in-one music pla...
29
Jul
The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor
Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)
28
Jul
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.
28
Jul
AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console.
The po...
28
Jul
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
28
Jul
Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
28
Jul
Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep fea...
27
Jul
Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive
Companies without their own models — or without a layer of AI infrastructure known as AI gateways to separate their prompts from the mo...