LLM & Models

Canva releases its first image generation model

Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’

Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself.

Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.

Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.

Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents

Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users

Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

What FDE means at OpenAI

What forward deployed engineering means at OpenAI

Uber brings ChatGPT Work to all employees with OpenAI

Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, helping teams research, analyze data, create presentations, and complete complex workflows.

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and scaling their companies.

Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity

Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during Q3 earnings. The AI app now has over 10M users.

Broad access through consistent standards

How OpenAI works with distribution partners to uphold consistent safeguards, support responsible access, and clarify expectations in our Usage Policies.

Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI

Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.

While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat

As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.

PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.

Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C

Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.