World AI news
ENWhen it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
ENChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in…
ENSega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch
Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been done by AI. Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, launched on Tuesday,…
ENThe tech backlash is now in theaters
Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robotic villain whose…
ENWe Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
RUAmazon видит будущее, где устройства ИИ заменят приложения
Amazon делает ставку на окружающие вычисления как будущее персонального ИИ.
RUMeta запускает открытый ИИ-модель Muse Spark Open для Mac
Meta запускает Muse Spark Open, открытую ИИ-модель для Mac с 816 млрд параметров.
ENTrump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by…
ENAI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.
ENMeta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
ENBluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social
Bluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch…
RUBluesky запускает AI-инструмент Attie для создания сайтов и игр
Bluesky запускает Attie, инструмент для создания сайтов и игр с AI.
RUAnthropic предоставляет исследователям METR доступ к своим моделям
Anthropic предоставляет METR доступ к своим моделям для независимой оценки.
RUMeta и Apple сотрудничают для улучшения работы Muse AI на Mac
Meta и Apple анонсировали совместную модель Muse Spark Open для Mac.
ENAmazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.
ENAnthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.
ENBluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.
ENMeta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
The new Muse Spark Open AI model can work on M5 Ultra Mac Studios. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it's the "most capable US open-weight model to date." But the company also says that it's the "the…
RUMeta запускает Muse Spark Open для оптимизации кодирования на NVIDIA
Meta представила Muse Spark Open — модель кодирования для агентских рабочих процессов.
RUAnthropic объявляет о сотрудничестве с независимыми оценщиками
Anthropic объявила о начале сотрудничества с независимыми оценщиками для оценки рисков.
ENLast chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends October 16
Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Bring your toughest questions and make the day count for your…
RUТокаев прибыл в Ереван на саммит по биоразнообразию
После рабочего визита в Баку Касым-Жомарт Токаев прилетел в Ереван. Президент Казахстана примет участие в саммите лидеров по биоразнообразию в рамках COP17. Как сообщает пресс-служба Акорды, Токаев прибыл по приглашению премьер-министра Армении Никола Пашиняна. В аэропорту его…
ENStryker invests $400M into CMR Surgical
CMR Surgical said it designed Versius to be compact and modular, so it doesn’t require a dedicated OR. | Source: CMR Surgical Stryker this week said it has invested about $400 million into CMR Surgical, with an exclusive option for it to acquire the company’s remaining equity.…
ENHow ADI is helping robotics startups scale
The ADI cleanroom in Beaverton, Ore. Sponsored by Analog Devices Inc. Robotics companies are developing new capabilities at a rapid pace, from autonomous mobile robots to humanoid systems. However, keeping up with technological advances is one part of the challenge. The most…
ENGoogle wants Gemini 4 Argon to be the only AI model robots need
Google's Gemini 4 Argon controls robots, generates simulations from photos or sketches, and evaluates training videos. On Google's own ERQA benchmark, it scores 87 percent. But the published example prompts show that the demos still need a lot of human guidance. The article…













