Google is diving into the film world with millions of dollars, and yes, AI is involved

Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24 as part of a new AI research partnership with Google DeepMind aimed at developing filmmaking tools.

Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Amazon is planning to increase the footprint of its new conversational AI assistant Alexa+ to India and is inviting users in the country to test out a Hindi-language version.

Smartglasses Are Back At AWE. Enterprises Still Remember HoloLens

Augmented World Expo 2026 unveiled significant AR/XR advancements from Snap, XReal, and Viture. But will enterprise bite after being burned in the past?

SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab

Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia’s latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX’s Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.

The founder conference built for growth: TechCrunch Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26

Save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 by June 26, 11:59 p.m. PT. Designed for founders first on November 4 in Boston. Register here.

OpenAI ChatGPT Overtakes Agentic Commerce As Davinci Powers Discovery

DaVinci Commerce and Accenture are building agentic commerce infrastructure as ChatGPT handles 50 million shopping queries daily. Four moves every brand must make now.

Read this before you vibe-code another app
Read this before you vibe-code another app

Bob Starr was delighted with his vibe-coded website. “Boomberg” showed how much US tax money is going to tech companies, and Starr launched it online immediately after making it. It wasn’t until months after the site went live that he realized there was a problem: a hidden SQL injection risk. It could’ve left the site […]

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Bernie Sanders Wants A U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund For AI

Bernie Sanders wants Americans to own a stake in AI through a national sovereign wealth fund.

OpenAI Tricks AI Into Revealing Its True Nature Prior To Being Unleashed Into The Real World

OpenAI has a new technique for testing AI, known as deployment simulation. This can help AI safety. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

PSYONIC Arms NVIDIA And ABB With Robots Dexterity Data

PSYONIC turns its FDA-cleared bionic hand into a data engine, feeding ABB and NVIDIA robots the human dexterity data physical AI has lacked for the warehouse age.