OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI

by Mehboob Merchant — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies demand global defense against rogue AI

Medium·52m ago

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.

TechCrunch AI·4h ago

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph joins Google

Reuters·6h ago

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the...

TechCrunch AI·8h ago

GEO Is the New SEO — Is Your Business Even Showing Up in AI Search?

by Conseoz — Why ranking on Google isn’t enough anymore, and what Generative Engine Optimization actually means for your business in 2026.

Medium·9h ago

Google turns Gemini Live into a hands-free AI agent with Spark, Gmail actions, and more

Neowin·12h ago

Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.

TechCrunch AI·1h ago

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books

Google's AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you've purchased. The new "Expert Intelligence" feature allows you to bring titles from Google Play Books...

The Verge AI·5h ago

OpenAI, Google join dozens of tech companies to call for urgent action against AI-powered threats

Politico·6h ago

3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search

Book hotels and track airfares, plus view miles and rewards with AI Mode in Google Search.

Google AI·8h ago

I Set Up Six Claude Routines. Two Survived the Month.

by Josh Dubowsky — Here is what the two survivors had in common, and both of them written out in full.

Medium·12h ago

Open-Sourcing a Thermal Solar-Panel Fault Detector — and Why I Want Your Feedback

by Hymnelaus1 — A YOLO11-based pipeline that turns drone thermal footage into GPS-tagged inspection reports. The code, the training curves, and the full…

Medium·3h ago

A former OpenAI and Thinking Machines co-founder is joining Google DeepMind as a research VP

qz.com·6h ago

Google Just Changed How It Hires

by ノウラ | Flare — In-person interviews are back, AI is allowed in the room, and passing the committee no longer guarantees a job

Women in Technology·6h ago

The Death of the Boring Internet

by Daraksha’s Lab — The internet used to be full of strange little places. Maybe that’s what we’re losing.

Medium·9h ago

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps

Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.

TechCrunch AI·10h ago

Google’s Free AI Tool Exports Straight to Figma, No Other Tool I Tested Comes Close

by Muhammad Usama Qaisar — Free, no card required, and the only one of five that handed me clean, editable Figma layers.

Bootcamp·12h ago