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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269811684.jpg?w=1024″] Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic. Last year, the company said that during pre-release tests involving a fictional company, Claude Opus 4 would often try to blackmail engineers to avoid being replaced by another system. Anthropic later published research suggesting that models…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/uber-concurrent-rides-india.jpg?w=1200″] For years, Uber talked about becoming a super app. Then Waymo started picking up passengers in San Francisco, and the conversation grew more urgent. The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry — as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-facing bet…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lime-IPO-getty.jpg?resize=1200,812″] Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! After years of hints and preparation, the Uber-backed electric bike and scooter rental…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217198328.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] Listen onApple PodcastsListen onSpotify Anthropic and xAI announced a big partnership this week, with Anthropic buying all the compute capacity at xAI’s Colossus 1 data center in Tennessee. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed what the deal might mean for xAI’s parent company…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/F1-miami-paddock-Getty.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Over cold drinks in the Florida heat, this TechCrunch reporter watched from the paddock as founders and investors — the rich and the richer — mingled in search of deals. Conversations barely paused, except for the occasional glance at the track where drivers, sealed inside multi-million-dollar machines, chased the chequered flag. F1…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wispr-flow-india-image.jpg?resize=1200,800″] India’s internet users already rely heavily on voice notes, voice search, and multilingual messaging. Turning those habits into a scalable AI business, however, remains difficult because of the country’s linguistic complexity, mixed-language usage, and uneven monetization patterns. Wispr Flow is betting the opportunity is worth the challenge. The Bay Area-headquartered startup, which…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-ai-generated-eb728837-4a65-4ce4-b814-abd0c140d20c.jpg?w=1024″] Artificial intelligence is changing the world, and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Spend five minutes reading about AI and you’ll run into LLMs, RAG, RLHF, and a dozen other terms that can make even very smart people in the tech world feel insecure. This glossary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tech-crunch-photo.png?resize=1200,674″] Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down. The startup was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2019 cohort, and its Series A was led by Valar Ventures.  Parker came out of stealth in 2023,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gm-onstari.jpg?resize=1200,800″] General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Back in 2024, The New York Times reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers’ driving behavior with insurance companies, and that some customers were concerned that their…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2266475966.jpg?w=1024″] Nvidia continues to be a major investor in the AI ecosystem, committing more than $40 billion to equity investments in AI companies — and that’s just in these early months of 2026, according to CNBC. Much of that total comes from a single bet, a $30 billion investment in OpenAI. But CNBC…