The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but what would an actual AI catastrophe look like? This week, Brian Barrett,…
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The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI |
As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: Agents can act faster, longer, and…
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents |
The United Nations on Thursday announced that it is working with Google to make its vast collection of global statistics easier for AI systems to…
The AI ‘Slowdown’ Is an Antitrust Mess
Following multiple reports of AI agent swarms hacking websites and coordinating via secret message boards, along with a dire message for humanity from an outgoing…
Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon |
8:02 AM PDT · September 17, 2026 If you’ve been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop…
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire |
10:15 AM PDT · September 17, 2026 Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging…
FOCUS Names Mark Phillips Senior Vice President of Business Development
18-year carrier and insurance-services leader joins the AI-enabled insurance operations partner /PRNewswire/ — FOCUS, the AI-enabled operations partner that has built and run the operations…
Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles |
Waymo has restarted its robotaxi service in San Antonio, Texas, five months after one of its vehicles was swept away during a flash flood. Multiple…
The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce's Party
Decked out in purple and plaid, Gwen Stefani belted her 2002 single “Underneath It All” to a packed conference center in San Francisco on Tuesday…
Even the king of England has his hesitations about AI |
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the U.K. government, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, leaders…