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Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy

The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots, and Instinct.

Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior

Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing that LLM role-play falls short for market research and brand strategy.

Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits

"We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone."

RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a national following by channeling the energy of Americans who are worried about the influence of corporations, including makers of vaccines, drugs, processed foods and pesticides .

LibreOffice says 'no AI' is now a software feature

The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy.

Ad wars shift from attention to intent

New tools help advertisers move closer to what consumers actually want.

Mistral's new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals

French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals.

Developers are burned out, disengaged, and facing an AI-powered reset, a survey of 30,000 workers found

Developers are widely adopting AI coding tools, but many are exhausted by the shift and wary of trusting the output, Stack Overflow's survey found.

Pinterest's AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans

Pinterest’s new AI-powered Beauty Guides translate hair and nail Pins into salon terminology, with estimated costs, appointment times, and maintenance needs.

France: between the bond market and the barricades

The country is being hit by a pre-election debt sell-off. Many fear it could shake the Eurozone

Google DeepMind's Lila Ibrahim, world's top AI 'readiness' officer, on preparing for what's to come

Google DeepMind Chief AI Readiness Officer Lila Ibrahim may be the only person with that title, and as intelligence risks rise, she takes it very seriously.

The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed

The full Q&A breakout session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register now to join and save up to $100.