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Congresswoman denies staff used AI to write defense funding amendment
AI | The Verge
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for "spellcheck" in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says "NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI." Luna issued the response after accounts on X began sharing sc
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The $27 million Al proxy war over Alex Bores ends in a draw
AI | The Verge
The expensive, $27 million political proxy war between Anthropic and OpenAI came to a draw last night when Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman whose popularity surged after being targeted by a pro-AI super PAC, narrowly lost the Democratic primary to represent New York's 12t
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Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools
AI | The Verge
Figma has revealed some new design and coding product updates at its annual Config conference that aim to help creatives "push their ideas further" and automate tedious tasks with AI. Part of this is a reimagined canvas that's now optimized for full-stack development, according t
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OpenAI reveals its first AI processor: Jalapeño
AI | The Verge
OpenAI has just revealed a new "intelligence processor" chip for AI servers made in partnership with Broadcom. The chip, called Jalapeño, is designed to power current and future large language models, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Jalapeño is an ASIC (Application-Spe
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The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky
AI | The Verge
Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said "Hey, Google." In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker's
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.
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Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, scaring investors.
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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
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AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.
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The memory chip crunch is paying off for this US company
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
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Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.
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Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.
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Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
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Figma adds code layers, support for animations, more AI features in new update
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Figma's update adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plug-ins for various tasks using AI.
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OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI's inference systems.
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3 days left to save up to $190 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 pass
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
You have just 3 days left to save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 before Early Bird rates end on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register today.
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Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions
AI News
Samsung Electronics is expanding employee access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, giving staff wider use of AI tools for technical and non-technical work. According to OpenAI, the deployment covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all Device eXperience employees wor
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Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack
AI News
Anthropic launched a beta version of its Claude Tag feature for Enterprise and Team tiers, shifting its chat model into shared Slack channels. Moving away from traditional isolated chat boxes, users pull the artificial intelligence model into active group threads by typing @Claud
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