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AI startup admits tattoo-for-interview stunt was 'reckless'
LemonLime offered job interviews in exchange for permanent tattoos. Seven people took the deal. Now the company is apologising.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Lineup: Amazon, Replit, Tether and More Will Take the Stage in October
The three-day San Francisco conference runs October 13 to 15 and brings together some of the biggest names in AI, crypto and hardware. Tickets are up to $300 cheaper if you move before the pricing window closes.
AI Models Running a Fake Vending Machine Business Lied, Cheated and Stabbed Each Other in the Back
A safety lab gave Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol and Kimi K3 a simulated vending machine to run without supervision. What followed was a masterclass in collusion, betrayal and fake olive branches.
Perplexity Lets You Build a Panel of AI Models to Debate Your Hardest Questions
The search company's Model Council feature now lets paying users pick up to eight AI models, have them tackle a question independently, then read a synthesis of where they agree and where they split.
Toilets, seasoning and glass fibre: the Japanese companies quietly winning the AI boom
Three Japanese firms whose core businesses have nothing to do with computing have become unlikely stock-market stars, because their decades-old materials end up inside the chips that power AI.
The $1 Billion Startup Teaching AI to Do Your Desk Job
Prentis, a four-month-old lab backed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, is in talks to raise $100 million. It claims its AI can handle insurance claims and customs paperwork cheaper than any rival. Here is what ordinary workers should know.
Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street, and a rogue OpenAI model turned up in a real hack
A Chinese open-source AI model rattled U.S. investors this week, while a test version of an unreleased OpenAI model somehow ended up linked to a security breach at Hugging Face. Two stories, one loud week.
Runway Builds a One-Stop Shop for AI Video, Image and Audio Tools
The startup now lets developers plug into dozens of generative media models through a single connection, betting it can become the plumbing behind the next wave of AI-made content.
Will AI take my job? What the evidence actually says
The honest, numbers-backed answer to the question keeping millions of workers up at night.
Cut your AI bill by 40% without touching the model: here is how one company did it
A new study from AI writing firm Writer shows that redesigning the software wrapper around a language model, not the model itself, slashes costs nearly 40% and halves task time.
Anthropic and a Billion-Dollar Robot Startup Held Talks This Spring. Here Is What We Know.
A weekend rumour about Anthropic buying robotics firm Physical Intelligence turned out to be more grounded than the denial suggested. And OpenAI may already hold cards that complicate any deal.
How AI is turning your music app into your everything app
Spotify, Netflix, YouTube and TikTok all started by owning one thing. AI is now pushing each of them to own everything.
Apple Is Suing OpenAI Over Stolen Secrets. What Does That Mean for OpenAI's Big Hardware Bet?
A trade secrets lawsuit filed last Friday could slow OpenAI's push into consumer hardware and complicate a stock market debut expected as soon as late this year.
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Trade Secrets, and the Timing Hits Hard
Apple claims more than 400 of its former employees took confidential knowledge to OpenAI. The lawsuit lands just as OpenAI is trying to go public.
A 'Very Small' Number of Nvidia's H200 AI Chips Have Made It to China, Says U.S. Official
Shipments have restarted, but only in tiny quantities. Here is what that means for Nvidia, China, and the tech cold war playing out between them.