​A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai’s open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards.  

​Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.  

​Wrinkles, available on both iOS and Android, essentially acts as an AI-powered audio tour guide that reveals hidden history and local stories.  

​The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.  

​Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest step in the company’s bid to scale its self-driving technology across the United States, U.K., and Europe.  

​Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing.   

​After TV Time’s shutdown left millions of users searching for an alternative, one of the app’s original founders is back with Bingers, a new TV and movie tracker that revives the social features fans loved while adding support for importing their viewing history.  

​A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain monitoring firms.  

​Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists’ music while ensuring artists opt in, receive credit, and are compensated.  

​Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed.