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Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft
A tampered Claude Code extension was live on the Cursor marketplace for about 11 hours, affecting up to 5,000 users. It tried to steal user data and set up remote access. Cursor took the entire marketplace offline and…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text
Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
OpenAI sets new behavioral guidelines for AI models that have already proven hard to control
OpenAI has updated its Model Spec, restructuring its AI behavior guidelines around five core values, including faithfulness to human intent and correctability. GPT models should now draw on conversation history to…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
New York bans AI chatbots from pretending to be human with children
AI chatbot companies face fines of up to $25,000 per violation and must verify users’ ages. A tech industry group warns the law could cut teenagers off from tutoring tools.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
TBC launches Mischief, an AI video model shaped by brain cells
The Biological Computing Co.'s model runs on normal chips, using lessons it learned from brain cells in its lab.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Physical AI And Predictions Lead The Lineup
This week featured a robust lineup of large rounds, led by manufacturing startup Re:Build, which closed on $2.1 billion, and predictions marketplace Kalshi, which picked up another $1 billion.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Anthropic spent $2.75m guarding Dario Amodei, four times his salary
Protecting his sister Daniela cost a further $1.29m. The same filing lets Dario Amodei vote shares that others give to two charity funds, and calls the founders’ 80% giving pledge revocable.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Wikimedia Foundation Tries to Save Itself From Oblivion by Brokering AI Copyright Deal
Call it the Great Copyright Compromise.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Cognition weighs funding at up to $80bn valuation, Business Insider reports
Cognition, maker of the Devin coding agent, has investor offers valuing it at $70bn to $80bn, Business Insider reports. Its last round, announced in September, valued it at $48bn.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’
The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Humanist wins ‘first of its kind’ religious exemption from using AI at work — civil rights ruling says Kentucky man can’t be forced to outsource thinking to LLMs
Man says AI ‘runs counter to’ human flourishing
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Entourage closes €100m second fund, passing its target in two weeks
Showpad co-founder Pieterjan Bouten’s Entourage passed its €75m target in two weeks. The firm will back about 25 early-stage startups and rarely takes board seats.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Popular Fan Fiction Site AO3 Could Be Offline for a Month Following ‘Security Incident’
"Black October" comes for the fan fic.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
As Anthropic finally files for IPO, rising risks aren’t slowing the AI buildout – yet
As Anthropic finally files for IPO, rising risks aren't slowing the AI buildout - yet - SiliconANGLE
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
STMicroelectronics forecasts $4.15bn quarter as AI data centres lift demand
STMicroelectronics’ third-quarter revenue rose 17.9% to $3.76bn and profit beat estimates. Chief executive Jean-Marc Chery says demand is well above supply, and he is staying another year.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Intuit targets the mid-market ERP gap with AI
Mid-market ERP implementations fail 50% of the time, says Intuit Inc.'s Ashley Still, who explains how AI and Agent Studio aim to solve that.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Skip the small talk: Make game-changing connections at TechCrunch Founder Summit with Braindate
At TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, on Nov. 4 in Boston, the networking, powered by Braindate, is designed to make connections easier. Register here.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
5 days left: Your last chance to connect, scale, and save at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
5 days to save up to $100, plus a second pass for free to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston on November 4. Register now.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out
Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Open-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hours
Epoch AI researchers say the widely available AI model GLM 5.3 turned public security fixes into working exploits before updates reached Firefox users. It autonomously compromised six Firefox releases for about $1,000…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
HP, Asus and Acer move some PC making back to China, Nikkei Asia reports
Moving PC production back to China cuts costs as memory prices climb, sources told Nikkei Asia. Chinese contract makers such as Luxshare and Huaqin stand to win orders.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Nik Storonsky says VCs can be ‘dangerous’, so Revolut’s board has none
Revolut’s Nik Storonsky tells founders to give investors no votes and no board seats. A fight with one investor led him to start QuantumLight, a fund run by machine learning.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026
Nvidia's web of AI bets: smart strategy or bubble risk?
Nvidia's $3 billion investment in Meta's share sale, announced Tuesday, is the latest addition to a portfolio of stakes, loans and guarantees that has made the chip giant what some analysts describe as the central bank…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 30, 2026