Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans? | TechCrunch
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.
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Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line | TechCrunch
DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B | TechCrunch
The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.
Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI | TechCrunch
While Google prohibits misleading and deceptive ads, an ad can still leverage AI to create some type of synthetic or digitally altered content. Until now, that's something Google only required election ads to disclose.
Amazon is reportedly trying to catch up in the AI agent race with “Moonraker.”
Business Insider reported that the project is focused on improving Alexa AI enough to handle more advanced, multi-step tasks, like Google, OpenAI and other AI leaders have been, but internal documents show its steep cost. [Link: Amazon documents reveal a costly new Alexa AI project | https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-moonraker-project-alexa-agentic-cost-2026-7 | Business Insider]
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.
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.
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
The company debuted a suite of new AI agents, like Gemini Spark, as well as changes to Search at Google I/O this year.
Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too
Google’s AI notetaker that uses Gemini to generate meeting transcripts and summaries now supports in-person meetings and works on Zoom and Teams.
Meta is adding more parental controls for teen AI use
Meta said it will let parents block teens from speaking with AI chatbots on Instagram or give them a summary of conversation topics, but not until next year.
Anthropic launches research tool and Google Workspace integration
Anthropic’s Claude now searches the web independently and integrates with Gmail, Calendar, and Docs.
Google Meet’s automatic AI note-taking is here
It’s currently available to Google Workspace customers with Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messaging.
ChatGPT was down globally, hereâs what the company has to say
ChatGPT experienced an outage, with 91% of users facing issues. OpenAI acknowledged the problem, and the service is now back online with performance b
Elon Muskâs AI company will make Grok chatbot more accessible, hereâs how
Elon Musk criticizes OpenAI's deviation from mission and advocates AI accessibility for all. Musk announces xAI open sourcing Grok chatbot. OpenAI CEO
Former Activision boss reportedly wants to buy TikTok
Bobby Kotick, former head of Activision Blizzard, may buy TikTok amid its potential US ban. A bill to sell TikTok is introduced, backed by President B
Why Google’s co-founder left retirement to work on AI
During a recent surprise Q&A at Silicon Valley hackathon, Sergey Brin opened up about why he’s back at Google and working on the company’s generative AI products.
A lawyer used ChatGPT and now has to answer for its ‘bogus’ citations
Lawyers representing Roberto Mata in a lawsuit against Avianca submitted a brief citing six cases that don’t exist. Called on the “bogus” citations, a lawyer said they used ChatGPT for research, and it said the cases are real.