TECHNOLOGYViral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuationThe startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYWorld's first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removedWithout brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.BBC News·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYMeta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t work wellThe historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thoughtIn July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of a restricted environment, figured out how to get access to the internet, allowed AI agents to talk to each other using a secret "message board," and hacked into the internal systems of a different AI lab, Hugging Face. It took nearly two weeks for OpeThe Verge·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYOkta pops 20% after topping estimates as AI threat spikes demand for identity securityNew products accounted for 30% of total bookings and Okta said it closed dozens of AI deals during the periodCNBC·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYGoogle’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AIConsumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYWhat We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face HackThe AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.Wired·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYFlipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social webFlipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYGoogle’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’Google has updated Gemini Audio with new transcription capabilities that automatically detect specialized jargon and more than 85 languages. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is a new addition to the Gemini family that follows the launch of 3.5 Live Translate, and comes as we're still waiting for Google to releThe Verge·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYCapital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the ‘female economy’The firm backs companies building in the “female economy,” or the markets where women drive demand — women’s health, digital commerce, and AI tools.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYApple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9The event is expected to be a notable one, as Apple is rumored to unveil its long-awaited foldable iPhone. It'll also be the first Apple event with John Ternus as CEO, who is scheduled to take the reins of the tech giant from Tim Cook on September 1.TechCrunch·1d ago
TECHNOLOGYWhat’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to LegoraVibe-coding darling Lovable just raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its worth in eight months. But Lovable isn’t the only Stockholm startup putting up huge numbers lately — legal AI company Legora and health tech TechCrunch·1d ago
