Generative AI
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Future of Work
Why 2026 Tech Layoffs Are Arriving in Sudden Waves
U.S. tech layoffs have already passed last year’s pace, but the pattern has not been a steady stream of cuts.…
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AI News & Trends
Disrupt 2026 Sets the Stage for AI’s Next Big Connections
Three days remain to save up to $200 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket before prices increase. The event will…
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AI in Media & Entertainment
YouTube’s New AI Tools Aim to Give Creators More Control
YouTube is adding a new set of AI tools to Studio, giving creators more ways to study their channels, improve…
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AI Ethics & Policy
Stanford’s AI Banner Scandal Exposes a Policy Failure
Stanford put a fabricated student on campus banners. The university used AI to swap a student out of a photograph…
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Startups & Venture Capital
AI Startups Capture the Biggest Series A Checks
Series A funding has reached a new scale. Global startups secured at least 114 Series A rounds worth $100 million…
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Software Development
AI Coding’s Button-Pushing Crisis Is Here
The button is becoming the job. Powerful AI coding tools have made programmers heavily reliant on technology, raising fears that…
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Space Technology
Space Daily’s Expert Bylines Collapse Under AI Content Scrutiny
The experts were fiction. Space Daily, a space news website estimated to receive ten million page views per month, used…
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Artificial Intelligence
AI’s Price Collapse Threatens the Boom Before Safety Does
The AI boom is starting to look financially awkward. The price of AI is collapsing, but the cost of building…
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Generative AI
How Speculative Decoding Helps AI Generate Text Faster
AI text generation often depends on a target model that produces one next token at a time. Speculative decoding changes…
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Artificial Intelligence
AI Startups Face a Choice Between Openness and Control
AI startups face a strategic fork. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will examine whether companies should build around open models, proprietary systems,…
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