​Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.  

​OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be better aligned, better contained, or both.  

​Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads’ DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI assistant.  

​Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way people discover information online.  

​At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide, covering everything from fusion breakthroughs to the grid strain AI is putting on the entire economy.  

​This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.  

​After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase.   

​The massive seed round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners.  

​Starting with Spotify, Snapchat users will be able to link their accounts, choose who can see their listening activity, and see what their friends are listening to in real time.  

​[[{“value”:” A child growing up today will not encounter artificial intelligence only in a computer class. AI may help a farmer understand crop conditions, support a healthcare worker, improve product design, automate a machine, assist a customer, or make public services more accessible. The real question for schools is therefore not simply, “Should students learn AI?” […] The post AI…