10:00 AM PDT · September 5, 2026 I was yelled at by a rooster this morning. And no, I don’t live on a farm. The…
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Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft |
In Brief Posted: 3:49 PM PDT · September 5, 2026 Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their…
Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning |
In Brief Posted: 12:35 PM PDT · September 5, 2026 Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta this week after using Google’s AI chatbot…
OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure |
11:05 AM PDT · September 5, 2026 OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki…
Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown |
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…
XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation |
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…
OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them |
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…
Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans |
Why is longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store? Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Schiller’s…
Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road — and a snag |
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To…