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US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft ↗
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.
TechCrunch07/21/2026
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated ↗
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.
TechCrunch07/21/2026
Gritt exits stealth with $32 million for robots to build solar plants — then, everything else ↗
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plans to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.
TechCrunch07/21/2026
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved ↗
The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
TechCrunch07/21/2026
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned ↗
The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient ↗
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use ↗
Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort ↗
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be? ↗
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI ↗
Adobe's Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos ↗
YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.
TechCrunch07/20/2026
What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit ↗
Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.
TechCrunch07/19/2026
Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans? ↗
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.
TechCrunch07/19/2026
‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’ ↗
"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."
TechCrunch07/19/2026
Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all ↗
Current AI, a nonprofit building AI that leaves no one culture behind, has made remarkable progress across devices, AI chat, and more.
TechCrunch07/19/2026
Kimi: Threat or menace? ↗
Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."
TechCrunch07/18/2026
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out ↗
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.
TechCrunch07/18/2026
Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs ↗
From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.
TechCrunch07/17/2026
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act ↗
Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open-weight AI models for coding.
TechCrunch07/17/2026
The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ ↗
If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?
TechCrunch07/17/2026
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