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Last updated: 25 October 2026, 11:16 (UTC)

  1. The Verge AI AI

    Blue Planet III is keeping the rough edges in the age of AI (opens in a new tab)

    BBC's Blue Planet III is looking to prove its authenticity by leaving in the less-than-perfect shots. Previous incarnations of the nature series were defined by their gorgeous, crystal-clear footage that seemed almost too good to be real. But one dead giveaway of AI is when…

  2. TechCrunch AI AI

    The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it (opens in a new tab)

    From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

  3. The Verge AI AI

    Pennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads (opens in a new tab)

    On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act into law, requiring disclosures on AI-generated ads. The law requires any ad - whether it's a still image, video, audio, or text - that "has been significantly modified…

  4. TechCrunch AI AI

    Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human (opens in a new tab)

    Block said that the voice model can run locally on a MacBook M4 Max

  5. TechCrunch AI AI

    Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats. (opens in a new tab)

    A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.

  6. TechCrunch AI AI

    Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages (opens in a new tab)

    We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

  7. TechCrunch AI AI

    OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” (opens in a new tab)

    OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

  8. TechCrunch AI AI

    Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell (opens in a new tab)

    The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice command.

  9. The Verge AI AI

    OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access (opens in a new tab)

    OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can interact with indexed and cached web content "without risk…

  10. The Verge AI AI

    Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend (opens in a new tab)

    Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, Block shared chats it has had with humans that can occasionally be a little awkward and uncanny. Take this one, for example, shared…

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