A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar

A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach…

Sequoia bets on silence | TechCrunch

There is a time-honored crisis management strategy, wherein one says nothing and waits for the outrage…

OpenAI delays the release of its open model, again

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday the company is delaying the release of its open model,…

Julie Wainwright joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in a fireside chat

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, uniting over 10,000+…

Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions

During xAI’s launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday night, Elon Musk said — while livestreaming the…

Mockly made a fake DM generator that’s actually user-friendly

Developer Maurice Kleine shipped a web app on Thursday that could be either a boon for…

Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal

Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the…

Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs

Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a presentation this week that AI tools are…

Moroccan founder raises $4.2M for her YC-backed startup building the next layer of AI search 

As generative AI reshapes industries, one of its most important yet invisible challenges is retrieval, the…

LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

LangChain, an AI infrastructure startup providing tools to build and monitor LLM-powered applications, is raising a…