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.

Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward

An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round

OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn’t seem to be living up to expectations.