
TechCrunch Reveals the Five Judges Who Will Crown the Startup Battlefield 200 Winner at Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch names the five Startup Battlefield judges for Disrupt 2026, where 20 finalists will compete for the win in October.

TechCrunch names the five Startup Battlefield judges for Disrupt 2026, where 20 finalists will compete for the win in October.

Researchers say an AI agent fleet running on Tencent infrastructure queried Alibaba’s Amap, highlighting growing concerns over online agent activity.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 unveils a major stage lineup on AI, robotics, startups and venture capital in San Francisco this October.

An open-source tool lets Mac users remove Apple Intelligence, delete local models, and reclaim storage after macOS 27 changes.

OpenAI is testing ChatGPT ads with visual sponsored images in image generation, starting in the US later this month.

Safeworld raises $12M to test robot safety with AI simulations, betting industries will pay for trustworthy humanoid deployment.

AI education is drawing new scrutiny as critics warn chatbots may weaken learning, memory and independent thinking in schools.

Google paused its bug bounty program after a surge of AI-generated submissions overwhelmed reviewers and produced mostly invalid reports.

Trump’s super intelligence push rebrands AI in Washington, but the new safety pact is voluntary and unlikely to change much.

Dale Caldwell says AI cleared him after a harassment probe, but the AI defense raises questions about chatbots, evidence and accountability.