LLM & Models

AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.

OpenAI and ServiceNow expand partnership across enterprise workflows

OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership to bring OpenAI models and agents into ServiceNow and ServiceNow workflows into ChatGPT and Codex.

7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open

In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect directly with experienced founders, investors, and startup leaders is almost here.

The future of the firm

How AI might enter the org chart—beneath, beside, and between us.

Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work

See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.

Legora is building the agentic operating system for legal work

See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.

VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication

A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of government

Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant

The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?

Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.

Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies

Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.

Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?

TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery

Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering

Google DeepMind released Genie 4, a world model with real-time audio, more realistic simulations, and mid-simulation text prompts, in research preview for trusted testers.

Retell uses OpenAI models to help power 100M monthly calls

GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark, while Codex helps it reach a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.

Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data

Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.