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Bluesky says the process will still take 18-24 months, so don’t expect your new, shortened ‘bsky’ handle any time soon.

Non-Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on the platform.

French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals.

Pinterest’s new AI-powered Beauty Guides translate hair and nail Pins into salon terminology, with estimated costs, appointment times, and maintenance needs.

It’s the latest in a string of deals meant to grow Uber Eats into a food delivery behemoth.

Meta is testing a new Facebook UX in India that sends some users directly into full-screen video when they open the app, putting Reels front and center.

Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.

The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data.

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

Ghost’s first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person’s behalf.

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.

HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers.

OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.

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The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased.

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent’s infrastructure and targeting Alibaba’s map service, Amap.

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don’t hurt the real ones.

AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.

On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration’s attempts to rebrand AI.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

This new task force is Trump’s latest response to the debate over AI safety.

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.