Why the rise of open source AI isn't hurting Anthropic ... yet | TechCrunch
Open source models’ success isn’t coming at the expense of frontier labs. Instead, they each seem to capture two phases of the same life cycle.
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Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models
Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.
Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
Anthropic is expanding its Claude Cowork to web browsers, iOS, and Android and adding cloud processing so you can continue tasks from different devices.
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment | TechCrunch
Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.
Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists | TechCrunch
Anthropic's Claude Science is a workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research, saving them from the need to bounce between databases, pipelines, and tools.
Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch
Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency.
The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here's how he used AI to fight back. | TechCrunch
When confronted with cancer, Conno Christou fed everything tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app
Meta says the page management platform shows you ‘exactly what to do next to succeed on Facebook.’
SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion
Fresh off its blockbuster IPO, Musk’s company wants to catch up to OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.
Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
Meta is rolling out a new AI Mode that generates search results based on public posts on Facebook and its other platforms.
Former Andreessen Horowitz partner John O’Farrell says his colleagues are trying to buy our democracy.
In a New York Times op-ed, the venture capitalist accused his Silicon Valley colleagues of using their vast wealth to shut down debate around regulating AI. He says there needs to be a conversation about how to use AI to benefit all of society, not just the wealthy few. > A.I. is not just another technology. It could drive productivity to new heights while automating away work for millions. It could find a cure for cancer, while accelerating biological risks we’re not prepared for. It could transform how our children learn, while leaving them unable to tell real from fake. It could concentrate economic power in ways that would make the Gilded Age look quaint.
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown | TechCrunch
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.
Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues | TechCrunch
Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman's eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says | TechCrunch
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI | TechCrunch
A new feature in the Amazon Shopping app allows users to generate designs with Alexa, then print them on products like T-shirts, hoodies, and tumblers.
AI leaders call for tougher protections against AI-aided bioweapons
AI industry rivals rarely agree, but they’re all concerned their technology could be used to develop biological weapons.
Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets
Microsoft just announced “Project Solara,” a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026.