TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Blackstone’s Jas Khaira on building the next generation of AI giants

These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open. Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.

Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance. The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6.

Robotics startup FieldAI closes new funding round at $10 billion valuation. The startup, which is building a general-purpose "brain" for robots, has more than quadrupled its valuation in just over a year.

Pope Leo XIV is not a fan of AI-generated art. "There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others," the pope wrote. "Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.".

Laytr’s new app lets you save anything you find online, not just articles to read. Laytr lets you save articles, recipes, screenshots, videos, PDFs, and more for later, while keeping your archive private and synced across your Apple devices.

Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked. For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump cancelled the term.