Artificial Inteligence feed for Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
- 3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?
- 3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?
- Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website
- California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches
- Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect
- Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
- Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
- OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
- Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses
- Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference
- OpenAI’s math solutions aren’t meeting the field’s standards yet
- USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI
- SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute
- Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
- Natura’s $99 smart ring puts AI agents on your finger
- Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost
- How Oracle turns days of work into minutes with ChatGPT and Codex
- Google’s AI note-taking app transcribes your meetings completely offline
- Hear from Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy execs on where the AI infrastructure boom is creating opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
- Google is launching a one-stop Gemini agent for your work tasks
- Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts
- Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?
- Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
- 5 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass
- Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor
- China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
- LegalOn halves Codex costs while maintaining development speed
- Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI
- AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon
- Building a safer path to autonomous industrial AI
- Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers
- The model that didn't exist, so you made it yourself
- Disrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations