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This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.

Petlibro's new Granary 2 smart feeders use a built-in scale and (on pricier models) an AI camera to track exactly how much your cat is eating and when — though the fanciest health-monitoring features will cost you an extra subscription.

Current ticket pricing ends Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m.

Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.

Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.

In one particularly odd interview, Norwood seems to malfunction and begin speaking Chinese.

UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.

Geothermal startup Mazama is drilling three miles underground to tap superhot rock, with one well capable of generating 15 MW of electricity 24/7.

The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.

Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public

An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.

If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be.

A new AI-based software program is being launched to help air traffic controllers better navigate their jobs as the crossing guards of America's skies.

Y Combinator has funded 106 companies related to AI observability in recent years

OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable AI models learn to hide it.

Not everyone agrees with Amodei's call for globally coordinated action for AI safety.

The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.

The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.

King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government.

Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.

Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting and other changes in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases.

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Apple is changing its App Tracking Transparency prompts in parts of Europe after competition regulators said the system favored Apple over third-party apps, giving developers more flexibility over how they ask users for tracking consent.

Roku’s latest OS update introduces Roku Labs, a new hub for experimental apps, alongside personalized home screens in more markets, streaming subscription bundles, and more.

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Tovala offers both a smart oven and a meal-delivery service.

Huawei is accelerating the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip as it pushes to compete with Nvidia and close China’s AI computing gap with the U.S.

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18.

People can use these assistants to make restaurant reservations and cancel subscriptions

A new coalition that includes Google, Nvidia, Anthropic and Emerald AI wants to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers.

The company is partnering with mobility platform Bolt -- but no vehicle orders have been placed just yet.

BCV's latest fund targets early-stage founders harnessing AGI and building the infrastructure to run it efficiently.

Spotify said since changing its video podcasts creator terms in January, its payouts have increased by more than a third.

Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.

Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies

This session will explore how early-stage companies are building teams where humans and AI agents work alongside each other — and how founders can do that without sacrificing speed, accountability, or culture.

Snap unveiled new features for its smart glasses this week.

Valor Equity Partners is handing out stock to its LPs instead of cash returns.

In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.

The House of Representatives, in rare bipartisan support, overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require new vehicles to include AM radio.

Marketing platform Noise is on a mission to help anyone with a smart phone make money from their content.

Cap table management platform Pulley, backed by General Catalyst, Stripe, and Founders Fund, announced that it's closing shop in December.

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs.

Can Meta dodge the "pervert glasses" accusations with a new camera-free product?

The move closes the gap between the market discussions taking place on the timeline, and the market itself.

CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits.

Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.

There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight.

The ShinyHunters gang leaked the files online after saying the Florida state agency did not pay their ransom demand.