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Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark law

Here’s why Anthropic and OpenAI are on board with Illinois safety testing.

Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool

The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.

Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras with Trash Bags

Dayton, Ohio has covered its Flock automated license plate reader cameras with trash bags as a temporary measure while…

Waymo’s newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders

The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging…

Dynamic Workflows in Claude Code

Anthropic has introduced dynamic workflows in Claude Code, which enable Claude to orchestrate tens to hundreds of…

Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgraded version of its AI model with improved performance across coding,…

Tuning LLVM's SLP Vectorizer Cost Model

A recent LLVM patch introduced ordered vector reductions to optimize floating-point addition chains, but it caused a…

Endive: A JVM native WebAssembly runtime

Endive is a JVM-native WebAssembly runtime that allows developers to run WebAssembly programs directly on the Java…

Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem

After an AI from OpenAI found a trick to solve an 80-year-old conjecture from Paul Erdős, mathematicians have borrowed…

Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike

Europe, Australia, and Asia can still get it while the getting's good.

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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.

Elon Musk is publicly reframing xAI’s massive Anthropic compute deal as short-term and cancellable, despite SpaceX’s own…

Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app

Sesame’s new iOS app brings its conversational AI agents to the public, offering more natural back-and-forth…

Slate Auto will start taking orders for its low-cost EV on June 24

The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by…

W3C Leadership Transition

Seth Dobbs is stepping down as CEO of the W3C, effective immediately, with Dominique Hazaël-Massieux appointed as…

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This AI Compressed 'All Human Cooking' Into 2 Megabytes

A London startup trained an AI on 4.1 million recipes across seven languages—and the whole thing is smaller than a song…

Show HN: Ktx – Open-source executable context layer for data agents

Hi HN, we’re open-sourcing ktx.

Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more

New renders offer a closer look at Apple’s planned AI overhaul for iOS 27, including a redesigned Siri experience…

Someone Tested a 1997 Processor and Proved That Just 128 MB of RAM Is Enough to Run AI

How did EXO Labs get a lightweight Llama 2 running on a 1997 Pentium II with just 128 MB of RAM?

Creusot helps you prove your Rust code is correct

Creusot is a deductive verifier for Rust code that automatically proves programs are safe from panics, overflows, and…

Rivian under investigation over rear suspension failures on R1 models

At least two owners have lost control of their vehicles after a critical suspension component broke.

RSI is the new AGI — and it’s just as hard to pin down

A new crop of AI labs are focused on recursive self-improvement — but the goal is proving elusive.

Valve hikes Steam Deck prices by more than 40%, blaming rising costs

Valve has increased Steam Deck OLED prices by over 40%, with the 512GB model rising to $789 and the 1TB model to $949,…

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals

Enterprise AI is entering a different phase now, one where enterprises are no longer evaluating whether AI is exciting.

YouTube adds new podcast features, including an AI recommendation tool and ‘Auto speed’

The update signals YouTube's ongoing efforts to compete with other platforms for podcast audiences.

Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 after overwhelming demand

After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch has extended the Startup Battlefield 200…

Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers

Visa said that over 1,000 employees has been using Replit for prototyping and development

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