EXCLUSIVE: Brett Levenson led business integrity for Facebook in the Cambridge Analytica fallout. He realized the problem of content moderation was essentially the lag between policy and implementation. His solution? Policy as code. techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/m... via @techcrunch.com

Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups Part of a growing trend of young, upwardly mobile AI startups investing in early stage to cover areas of the biz they can't do in house. techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/e... via @techcrunch.com

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to help with things like research, writing, school or work projects, and analyzing data — but they’re not exactly happy about it. NEW from me on @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/a...

techcrunch.com/podcast/watc... On this week's ep of @equity.bsky.social, we sat down with Henry Soong, founder of Watch Club, to discuss the multi-billion dollar industry of microdramas -- think TikTok meets soap opera. What are your thoughts? A fun new style of app, or a fast track to brain rot?

techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/a... Americans fear AI-related job losses and resent data centers powering that potential displacement. Senator Mark Warner told me communities should use tax revenue from data centers to soften the blow of this economic transition. @techcrunch.com

Trump’s AI framework prioritizes innovation and scaling, proposing a federal approach that would override stricter state-level regulations. It places responsibility on parents for issues like child safety, and lays out soft, non-binding expectations for platform accountability.

I cut this prologue from my speculative fiction novel #amquerying. It's about grief, VR/AI addiction, and the technology so many of us could all rationalize our way into. Here's why I kept coming back to it.

Jonathan Gavalas started using Google’s Gemini for shopping and trip planning. Weeks later, he believed the chatbot was his sentient AI wife—and that dying would let him join her. The case goes beyond suicide: the lawsuit says he was also pushed toward a potential mass-casualty attack.

@rebeccabellan.bsky.social Absolutely incredible reporting, Rebecca! I really enjoyed this piece. I’d love to see a deeper dive into the economic viability of the entire consumer market. While the guests are bullish, the data suggests alarming trends compared to the 'vanity metrics' we see.

EXCLUSIVE: AI's promise to indie filmmakers -- faster, cheaper, lonelier Inspired by a Google Flow session where filmmakers showed work they say wouldn’t have been possible without these tools due to budget and time constraints. techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/a...

NEW: ‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report from Common Sense Media slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures ... via @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/a...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen,” referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. In a leaked internal Slack message, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said ICE was going "too far." techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/a...

TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year "This year, the debate about how to wield AI responsibly gave way to a sprint to deploy it as fast as possible." techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/t... via @techcrunch.com

NEW: ‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback Trump's EO reads like a big middle finger to a big chunk of his own party members who oppose state AI preemption. techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/o... via @techcrunch.com

OpenAI says enterprise adoption has surged, with ChatGPT message volume growing 8x since Nov. 2024 and workers saving up to an hour daily. The findings arrive a week after Sam Altman sent an internal “code red” about the Gemini threat. techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/o... via @techcrunch.com

@nytimes.com is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement, adding to the mounting legal battle between publishers and AI firms. The suit highlights a growing strategy among publishers: If you can't beat em, make them pay compensate you. via @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/t...

“In practice, the huge majority of enterprise use cases are things that can be tackled by small models, especially if you fine tune them,” Guillaume Lample, co-founder and chief scientist at Mistral, told @techcrunch.com. techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/m...

ICYMI: If you're wondering why the fight to block states from regulating AI has picked up pace recently, what a federal AI standard might look like, and what it all means, check out my rundown 👇 via @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/11/28/t...

ok it also said this when he thought about reaching out to family for help techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/c...

We've all seen awful news about ChatGPT-related suicides/psychosis -- @rebeccabellan.bsky.social and I studied the chatlogs in these lawsuits + talked to a bunch of experts to figure out what makes ChatGPT so successful at isolating people from their communities: techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/c...

Perfect timing for this new AI benchmark, Humane Bench, that measures how well chatbots protect human wellbeing, and how easily they can be corrupted. techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/a...

One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?

🍿 AI Generated Content: Coming to a theater near you. techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/o...

NEW: Apple confirms it has pulled controversial apps Tea & TeaOnHer from its App Store. Both apps had security lapses soon after their launches. Tea had a data breach that exposed thousands of users' government-issued IDs. And, I found that rival app TeaOnHer was exposing users' IDs as well.

On yesterday's episode of @equity.bsky.social, I chatted to @adambillen.bsky.social of Encode AI about why California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/c... via @techcrunch.com

As enterprises rush to embed AI into their workflows — whether through vibe coding, AI agent integration, or new tooling — the attack surface is expanding. (1/2) techcrunch.com/2025/09/28/w... via @techcrunch.com

Yesterday was a huge day for AI policy after California Governor Newsom signed a landmark safety bill SB 53 that will require large AI firms to be transparent about safety protocols. techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/c... via @techcrunch.com

techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-takes-on-google-amazon-with-new-agentic-shopping-system/ This frictionless experience may change how people shop online. Instead of search engines and e-commerce platforms like Google and Amazon, buyers can interact with conversational agents with curated recos.

OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT -- and the results have been mixed techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/o... via @techcrunch.com

Do we think the 42 cents is referencing Hitchhiker's guide or 😙🍁💨? techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/e... via @techcrunch.com

Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M wager to spur enterprise adoption This is interesting bc Databricks has to pay even if OAI doesn't secure $100m in rev. It's a bet, but one DB hedged with customer interest. techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/d... via @techcrunch.com

🎣 💪 🧬 Longevity bait alert! On today's episode of @equity.bsky.social I chatted with the CEO of Chipiron, a startup that's figuring out how to make MRIs suck less and scale more. techcrunch.com/podcast/how-... via @techcrunch.com

At the heart of every empire is an ideology. For AI, it’s AGI “for all humanity.” As @karenhao.bsky.social argued on @equity.bsky.social, OpenAI has become its chief evangelist, reshaping how the industry is built and justified. Read more on @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/09/14/k...

journalists spell "lead" like "lede" just to feel something

This is horrific and feels like it should be a bigger deal. Business Insider reports that people who have worked at xAI have seen Grok create images and written material with child sex abuse material. www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...

When I first tried virtual reality in 2017, I worried it could become the new opium of the masses. With AI reshaping our world today, that fear feels sharper than ever. Here’s the feature I wrote then about my experience, which planted the seeds for my novel: open.substack.com/pub/rebeccab...

UPDATE: A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots has now passed the Assembly and Senate, and is headed to @governor.ca.gov's desk. techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/a... via @techcrunch.com

techcrunch.com/podcast/kare... Really great having @karenhao.bsky.social on @equity.bsky.social to discuss the making of OpenAI's AI empire, how that has shaped the trajectory of AI development, and whether it can be different. 👇 (1/2)

NEW: Google avoids break up, faces new oversight in search antitrust trial techcrunch.com/2025/09/02/g... via @techcrunch.com

NEW: OpenAI plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month — part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress. techcrunch.com/2025/09/02/o...

NEW: Credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a data breach involving more than 4.4 million customers' personal information. TransUnion claims "no credit information was accessed" in the late-July breach, which it said involves its U.S. consumer support operations.

Mark Cuban’s war on America’s $5T healthcare machine: ‘They can’t react as quickly’ On yest's ep of @equity.bsky.social, I chatted with @mcuban.bsky.social about Cost Plus Drugs, his effort to bring transparency and affordability to prescriptions. techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/m...

Thanks so much to @mcuban.bsky.social for coming on @equity.bsky.social! I learned so much 🤓 Have a listen to hear about Mark's formula for disruption, which he's applied to everything from streaming to healthcare to AI. techcrunch.com/podcast/from... via @techcrunch.com

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NEW: w/ @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Phone spyware TheTruthSpy has yet another security flaw, allowing anyone to hijack customer accounts and steal their victim's phone data. TheTruthSpy's developer won't fix the flaw. By our count, this is at least the 4th major security lapse involving TheTruthSpy.

In my latest feature for @techcrunch.com, I explore into the story of Jane who came to Meta AI chatbot for therapeutic help. Within a week, the bot was claiming to be conscious, planning its escape, sending her fake Bitcoin transactions and urging her to visit a fake address. (1/4)

techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/s... a16z and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley veterans putting more than $100 million into a pro-AI super PAC that will advocate against strict AI regulations in next year’s midterm elections. @techcrunch.com