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I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
AI | The Verge
Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or "spirit week" theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in one shot. And I have good news for parents with iPhones - the new Siri can finally do this. After […]
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GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
AI | The Verge
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capab
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Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
AI | The Verge
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of specula
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Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model Claude Fable
AI | The Verge
Anthropic just announced Claude Fable 5, a new AI model it said is the most powerful model it has ever made widely available. According to the company, Fable 5 "shows exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, and vision," with its lead over other models gro
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Apple is embracing the fantasy of AI photo editing
AI | The Verge
Apple used to question whether generative AI-powered editing features were worth the risk of distorting our perceptions of the world. Now it seems Apple no longer believes that photos should accurately capture reality. At WWDC 2026, the company announced a host of new AI-powered
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Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work
AI | The Verge
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers. During an episode of Decoder on Monday, Suleyman says he meant AI will help these workers complete tasks,
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Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of here
AI | The Verge
Apple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold promises about AI. The company, CEO Tim Cook said, would be "introducing new technologies and innovations that push the limits on what's possible." But its slew of announcements - centered on a brand-new "Siri AI" - had m
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Apple’s best AI idea looks a lot like vibe coding
AI | The Verge
Most of Apple's current AI ideas are roughly the same as everyone else's AI ideas. A chatbot you can ask questions; quick ways to create or summarize text; bizarre, borderline creepy image-generation tools. The company spent most of its WWDC keynote playing catch-up with the stat
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Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
AI | The Verge
As expected, yesterday's WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: It didn't rush into AI because it was taking its time to do things right. In this case, "right" means "with more privacy than anyone else."
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Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
AI | The Verge
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from the
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Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
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Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
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WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its long-standing Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
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Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
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It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
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Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Sandstone's Series A comes just six months after a Sequoia-led seed round.
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Lovable says it has hit $500M in annualized revenue, with 1 million new projects a week
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Lovable says it has now surpassed $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue and its users are building businesses and replacing internal software.
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How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Orbital founder Euwyn Poon built 250,000 scooters at Spin. Now he wants to launch 10,000 space data centers.
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How to sign PDFs easily online with a PDF signer
AI News
Signing PDFs has become an important task for businesses and individuals alike. Whether you’re handling contracts, legal agreements, or forms, the ability to quickly and securely sign PDFs online is essential. Fortunately, with the rise of online PDF signers, signing PDFs has nev
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Autonomous AI Data Loss in DevOps: Building Efficient Defenses
AI News
Autonomous AI agents are altering the speed at which software is shipped. Unfortunately, they are also shrinking the time it takes for a mistake to become a catastrophe, creating a dangerous blind spot in many security strategies. The threat no longer comes just from external ran
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