The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead): Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses. Read More
Anthropic's Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude's app into the top 10: The numbers suggest that Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials, combined with Anthropic's recent release of its new Opus 4.6 model, worked to drive attention to Claude's app and its key differentiator from ChatGPT. Read More
Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator: Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. Read More
New data from the 2026 “AI Shift in Multilingual Translation” survey of 400+ professionals shows 96% see translation quality as mission-critical, yet only 57% maintain a consistent brand voice across languages, exposing a costly AI gap in global customer communication. Learn more by reading the full report.
Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?: Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee. Read More
Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems: A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders. Read More
The SEC closed its investigation into Fisker: The financial regulator revealed in a response to a TechCrunch records request that the probe was closed in September 2025. Read More
India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund: India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups. Read More
India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans: India turns to Alibaba.com's B2B network of 50 million buyers in 200 countries to help businesses scale global exports. Read More
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How to get into a16z's super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program: TechCrunch spoke to a16z partner Joshua Lu for some tips on standing out for the Speedrun program. Read More
