Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.
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Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID
Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.
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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.
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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.
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WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah, and invests $900M in startup
WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of Indian fintech giant CRED to replace Cathcart.
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Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app
Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room viewing.
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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.
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Lucid Motors’ new CEO cuts 18% of staff to ‘simplify the company’
The company is also eliminating a production shift at its Arizona factory to align "production plans with anticipated demand."
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Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint
After 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund which will see it expanding its presence in the United States.
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Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms
Huntress, HackerOne, Jamf, Recorded Future, and Tanium are among the cybersecurity companies that had data stolen following an earlier breach at market research firm Klue.
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Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once
Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers.
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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash
Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69.
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Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets
Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real.
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TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China’s dominance
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?
On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
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Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27
Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.
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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’
"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”"
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In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search
So ... what's your In the Weights score?
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Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish
Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
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Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic
Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
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