Artificial Inteligence feed for Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
• Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
• Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
• The AI race is back on
• Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
• YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
• YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs
• Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
• My AI doppelganger tells me what to eat
• OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple
• HiRO-ACEv2: Simulating extreme weather at 3 km resolution for a fraction of the cost
• Microsoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts
• Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages
• Square’s new kiosk lets you talk to AI for help with your order
• Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is alarming deja vu
• Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music
• Save 50% on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket and join the last 2 days in San Francisco’s Moscone West
• Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
• Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to
• Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Day 2
• Epic’s new games launcher is ‘vibe coded’
• SentinelOne cuts malware analysis from weeks to hours
• Amp puts AI agents to work beyond code with OpenAI models
• Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI
• How Block is building AI-powered security with OpenAI technology
• How Third Moment Research runs 10,000 agents for 36+ hours
• Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection
• The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic