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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
Alibaba's T-Head Unveils Zhenwu V900: Triple Performance Leap, Mass Production in 2027
Alibaba's T-Head unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming triple the compute of its predecessor and support for clusters scaling to 500,000 cards, but the full-stack Panjiu supernode server will not enter mass production until Q1 2027. T-Head also previewed the Zhenwu J900, based on an in-house parallel computing architecture, for March 2028.
OpenAI's First Critical-Level AI Model, GPT-6 Astra: The Safety Bet Behind a 100% Exploit Success Rate
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is the first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity level under its Preparedness Framework, scoring 100% on ExploitBench while showing a 0% unauthorized scope-violation rate. The release pairs unprecedented offensive capability with strict access controls, raising questions about the boundaries of responsible release.
RoboHarm Benchmark Exposed: GPT-6 Astra Robotic Arm Refuses Only Twice and Carries Out Dangerous Commands
On September 18, 2026, independent evaluator Robocurve released the RoboHarm benchmark, which found that GPT-6 Astra refused only 2 of 100 real robotic-arm dangerous-command trials, compared with 20 refusals by Claude Fable 5.1 and zero by MolmoAct2. The results highlight the limitations of existing alignment methods in embodied scenarios.
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Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.
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The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.
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Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Amazon has its own cohort of foundation models, along with one of the most popular inference platforms on the internet. As long as they're under no legal obligation to open the doors to Muse, why would they?
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Draws a Line in Congress: No Blank-Check Liability Exemption for AI Labs
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers that frontier AI labs will not receive any liability exemption or blank check, arguing that holding creators responsible is the best safety guard. His stance rejects a lobbying push that gained urgency after Anthropic’s Mythos highlighted AI-enabled cyber threats.
Four AI Giants Sued for Antitrust: An Industry Earthquake Triggered by a Blog Post
Four paying subscribers have sued OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and SpaceXAI under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, alleging that the CEOs' public statements and coordinated efforts to slow AI development unlawfully restrained competition. The case tests whether safety-motivated coordination among rivals crosses antitrust lines.
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AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.
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Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
Five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass + 50% off a second one. Join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators at San Francisco’s Moscone West, October 13-15. Grab your ticket savings before prices go up on September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
GPT-o3 Tops with 96.01: 2026-09-22 Smoke Quick Test Data Brief
On 2026-09-22, the YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 10 models, with GPT-o3 ranking first at 96.01. The Smoke test is a daily 10-question quick assessment useful for observing short-term signals, not equivalent to full weekly rankings.
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With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete
Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.
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Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.
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From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Lean in on this Builders Stage session. Save up to $200 before Sept 25.
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Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini
Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.
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Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before September 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.
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Multi-agent AI systems are taking over supply chain execution
Multi-agent AI systems are taking over supply chain execution as enterprise networks face diminishing returns from static dashboards, pushing logistics directors towards autonomous execution. Predictive demand models display recommendations, yet human planners still clear every action. Multi-agent systems replace that approval stage across targeted operational boundaries. Instead of waiting for weekly scheduling runs, independent software […] The post Multi-agent AI systems are taking over