Recent AI news and official updates

TechCrunch AI published: Sesame’s new iOS app brings its conversational AI agents to the public, offering more natural back-and-forth interactions designed to feel less like traditional chatbots and more like talking to a person.

TechCrunch AI published: New renders offer a closer look at Apple’s planned AI overhaul for iOS 27, including a redesigned Siri experience and standalone Siri app.

TechCrunch AI published: A new crop of AI labs are focused on recursive self-improvement — but the goal is proving elusive.

TechCrunch AI published: Enterprise AI is entering a different phase now, one where enterprises are no longer evaluating whether AI is exciting. They are evaluating whether it is safe to deploy broadly.

TechCrunch AI published: The update signals YouTube's ongoing efforts to compete with other platforms for podcast audiences.

TechCrunch AI published: General Compute is betting SambaNova will be the next breakout chipmaker.

MIT Technology Review published: This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next? Solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, hitting a $6 billion valuation. X-energy, which builds small modular nuclear reactors, followed…

MIT Technology Review published: It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. “I can…

TechCrunch AI published: Built on top of the open source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.

TechCrunch AI published: Google is embarrassing itself, again.

TechCrunch AI published: Snowflake has signed a new, enormous five-year deal with Amazon to secure chips for AI usage. Nvidia is once again being put on notice.

TechCrunch AI published: Payroll service provider Remote recently surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and became cash-flow positive, thanks to a 50% increase in revenue per employee resulting from AI adoption.

TechCrunch AI published: Google I/O made it official: AI-generated answers are now front and center in search, and most brands have almost no visibility into how AI is describing them to their customers. For anyone who has spent years building a strategy around 10 blue links, the rules just changed in a pretty significant way. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca […]

TechCrunch AI published: Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

TechCrunch AI published: As Cognition reaches $492 million in annualized revenue run rate, it more than doubled its valuation in eight months, it says.

TechCrunch AI published: ElevenLabs' new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting the rest of the track.

TechCrunch AI published: China's AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.

TechCrunch AI published: YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It's also making AI labels more prominent.

TechCrunch AI published: While these agents would be able to read and analyze users' portfolios to come up with trading strategies and suggest investments, they'll only be able to access the pre-loaded balance in the dedicated wallet to place orders.

TechCrunch AI published: "CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis," Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains.