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Oct 05, 2026 13

OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex

An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at ...

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Oct 05, 2026 17

Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on saf...

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Oct 05, 2026 21

OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide

An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up ...

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Oct 05, 2026 15

Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen but AI is totally worth it

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The Op...

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Oct 05, 2026 15

HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become

HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early te...

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Oct 05, 2026 14

Connecting AI agents to enterprise knowledge

For all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of k...

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Oct 05, 2026 12

OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results

OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.

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Oct 05, 2026 7

Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Learn how founders are choosing between building on open or closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100 and get...

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Oct 05, 2026 10

Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map servic...

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Oct 05, 2026 7

Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time

Today, I’m talking with Senator Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Sen. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into t...

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Oct 05, 2026 9

Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your pass now...

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Oct 05, 2026 6

The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. Register now to save...