42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can ‘predict human behavior’

Here’s a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?

Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition

Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.

A fresh wave of cyberattacks has hit Europe’s supermarket refrigerators, destroying food across countries

This is the second wave of cyberattacks to hit supermarket refrigerators in a month, spoiling food and disrupting supplies.

TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here

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

AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?

On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.

OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

Borrowed reading: stories from our extended colleagues

Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld.

Ford launches a ‘privacy promise’ and explains how and why it uses customer data

Ford said it’s making an “explicit commitment” to its customers that “their vehicle data is safe” with the company.

My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell

I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

Want to Sign With a Hollywood Agent? Start Making Fun of AI

Even as studios incorporate generative tech into film and TV production, comedy content creators have broken through by roasting chatbots.