Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users | TechCrunch
Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions.
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Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI's impact | TechCrunch
Reddit's financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.
Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host
Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind.
The loss of Situational Awareness
A bunch of supposedly smart people gave money to a first-time hedge fund adviser on the strength of his essay about AI. It didn’t go well!
Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label | TechCrunch
A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.
LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button
LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that “Seems like AI slop.”
Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever | TechCrunch
Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years | TechCrunch
As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price.
Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag | TechCrunch
When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing.
Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the company is working on an AI “super app” that will combine Copilot’s capabilities.
How are AI models able to autonomously hack others?
The next phase of AI has begun. Autonomous agents can make decisions and complete tasks with little human input.
Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agents
Perplexity has expanded its agentic Personal Computer tool to Windows PCs, allowing them to be used as a locally run AI system.
Today’s Vergecast: Here’s what an AI-first phone might look like.
Some of the biggest players in AI — in particular OpenAI, SpaceX, and Amazon — are heavily invested in creating a world after smartphones. They’re also all rumored to be building devices that sound a lot like smartphones. Verge contributor David Imel helps us figure out what these companies might actually be building, what an AI smartphone looks like, and whether anyone can unseat Apple and Google. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sf04IXjD1M]
Google's AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows | TechCrunch
Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way people discover information online.
Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI
On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others | TechCrunch
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions | TechCrunch
AI companies, including Nvidia and Mistral, urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Chinese AI and alleged model distillation.
Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
Amazon is launching an update to Alexa Plus that will allow it to connect to a wider range of smart home devices and services.