Mac users can now disable Apple Intelligence with new tool
A new command-line tool lets Mac users quickly disable Apple Intelligence, freeing up to 12GB of storage on macOS 27 Golden Gate.
A MIT report warns AI is reducing student engagement in office hours and study groups, with over two-thirds of students feeling unprepared for AI-driven careers.
Aleph Alpha released Kolibri, a German-English model with 78 billion parameters, scoring 71% on German benchmarks.
Anthropic employees donated over $660 million in shares to charities between October 2025 and March 2026, surpassing major firms like BlackRock and Truist Financial.
A Quinnipiac University poll found 47% want AI development slowed, and 30% want it stopped until safety is verified.
OpenAI will add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT text in the EU to comply with regulations, but will let API users globally opt out, according to a report.
Reka AI released Rho-1, a 19-billion-parameter omni-model capable of handling text, images, video, and robot control in a single model, on October 5, 2026.
Meta and Microsoft sharply cut internal use of Anthropic's Claude, reducing Microsoft's annual spending by over a third and Meta's Claude Code users by half.
Google Research's Yossi Matias discusses how AI is transforming biology, infrastructure, and science, with potential breakthroughs emerging at the intersection of multiple fields.
A new MITTR report reveals that only 34% of enterprise AI projects make it to production due to knowledge gaps, with data fragmentation cited as a top challenge.
Safeworld, a new startup led by Carnegie Mellon researchers, raised over $12 million to develop safety simulations for generative AI robots. The company aims to prevent accidents by testing robots in virtual environments with human models.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature over 10,000 founders, VCs, and tech enthusiasts from around the globe from October 13 to 15.