"Count Anything" is intended to be the first AI model capable of counting objects in any type of image, from crowds to cell samples under a microscope, using nothing more than a text prompt. In a comparative test, it cuts the error rate in …
It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is warning against "token-maxing," throwing the most powerful AI models at every problem. Frontier models shouldn't be wasted on everyday tasks, he says. The marginal cost of productivity gains has to match the t…
Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 turns natural language into executable SQL queries. Built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, it tops the BIRD benchmark at 80.04 percent accuracy, well ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic. Google says the technology could improve na…
Microsoft and three Chinese universities have developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file is enough to boost GPT-5.5 by about 23 po…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 hits 88 percent accuracy on the hardest FrontierMath tier, a massive jump from Opus 4.5, which sat below 10 percent in early 2026. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 reaches about 75 percent on the same tier. The pace of improvemen…
An internal memo to 6,000 employees reveals Meta is heading toward billions in AI costs from internal use alone. Starting in 2027, budgets, allocations, and a central dashboard called "AI Gateway" will govern token consumption. CTO Andrew B…
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weights model with one trillion parameters built for programming. It still trails GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 in coding benchmarks but costs a fraction of the price. So the key question isn't…
The US government has ordered Anthropic to shut down global access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing alleged jailbreak risks. Anthropic is complying but pushing back publicly: the vulnerabilities are minor and exist in competing models like G…
Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and wh…
A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
Anthropic surveyed nearly 52,000 Americans about their hopes and fears around AI. Sixty-four percent fear job losses, and 56 percent worry about losing the ability to think for themselves. Daily AI users are far less concerned. Still, most …
The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.
OpenAI now lets Codex users bank their rate-limit resets and trigger them manually instead of watching them expire on a fixed schedule. If you hit your usage cap mid-session, you can cash in a saved reset right away instead of waiting. User…
Claude Fable 5 tops the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with 64.9 points and sets records in five of ten benchmarks. But the gain over Opus 4.8 is just 5.7 percent at double the token price. Safety filters with fallback routing push …
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half …
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half …
Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.
Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun.
After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud.
Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.
Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.
The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.
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