Anthropic's $2 trillion IPO highlights external trustees' control
Anthropic's planned $2 trillion IPO will subject its external trustees to intense scrutiny, as they hold significant influence over the AI company's board.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events Deadline Approaches
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is set to host Side Events from October 10–16, with applications closing tonight at midnight PT.
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AI-Generated Menus Face Backlash for Unnatural Aesthetic
AI-generated food menus are increasingly criticized for their unnaturally smooth and symmetrical appearance, with one expert calling the effect 'Lovecraftian food horrors.'
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OpenAI and Anthropic Experience Unplanned Outages
OpenAI and Anthropic faced service disruptions on Thursday, with OpenAI reporting ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users starting at 7:43 am PT.
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Four major AI models experience rare overlapping downtime
Four major AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google faced rare overlapping downtime on Thursday morning, with user reports spiking to over 1,300 for Grok.
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Palo Alto Networks Acquires Console for $500M
Palo Alto Networks acquired Console, a Thrive-backed AI startup, for $500 million, according to two sources. The deal was announced on Tuesday.
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AI Sentiment Turns Sour as Employee Reviews Reveal Frustration
Glassdoor analysis shows AI sentiment among U.S. workers dropped from 81% in 2019 to 43% by mid-2026, with negative comments rising to 53%.
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Screen-Free Wearables Want to Be Ignored
Screen-free wearables like Whoop and Fitbit Air are gaining traction as users seek less intrusive health tracking, with Whoop now targeting a broader audience.
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Sony Music, Warner Sue Anthropic Over Intellectual Property Theft Allegations
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have sued Anthropic, alleging a 'brazen campaign' of intellectual property theft involving copyrighted works used to train Claude.
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Cara Artist Platform Faces AI Scrapes, Sparks Collaboration on New Tool
Cara, a platform with 1.5 million artists, was scraped three times this month, prompting a collaboration with a former scraper to develop a new tool for protection.
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Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops, His Ex, and Her Friend
A Georgia police officer used Flock Safety's license plate tracking tool 56 times between March and May to monitor his ex and another officer, according to newly released documents.
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AI data centers' water use sparks local protests
Local protests in Texas to Arizona highlight concerns over AI data centers' water use, with experts noting data centers consumed 66 billion liters of water in 2023.