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Engineers collaborating around a holographic display in a futuristic city, analyzing AI-driven job market data amidst tech layoffs.
Creative AI

AI's impact on engineering jobs resilience shows surprising strength

In May, I saw tech layoffs hit their highest single-month total in years!

Isabella Rossi·Jun 25
Cerebras AI chip architecture visualized on a stock market floor with downward trending graphs, symbolizing a stock plunge.
Industry Applications

Cerebras stock plunges as AI chip market shows signs of maturing

Shares of AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems plunged almost 20% on Wednesday, despite the company nearly doubling its revenue in its first quarter as a public entity, according to TechCrunch .

Rui Almeida·Jun 25
Futuristic AI interface connecting with software developers, symbolizing innovation and collaboration in AI-driven software engineering.
Startup Spotlight

Infosys Former Chief's Startup Secures $32 Million to Challenge IT Services

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has launched Hang Ten Systems, an AI services startup, securing $32 million in seed funding.

David Katzman·Jun 25
Diverse group of founders collaborating in a futuristic co-working space, with the TechCrunch Founder Summit logo projected holographically.
Research & Breakthroughs

Save 30% on TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 Passes for Groups

Founders can save up to $190 on their pass to the TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, but this opportunity vanishes in just four days.

David Katzman·Jun 24
An advanced AI interface, glowing with neural networks, actively learning from conversation data and refining complex code streams in a futuristic development environment.
Industry Applications

Anthropic Claude AI Learns From Channel Conversations

Within Anthropic itself, an internal version of Claude Tag is already approving and incorporating 65% of the code changes submitted by its product team.

Rui Almeida·Jun 24
Close-up of a glowing AI edge chip with complex circuitry, set against a backdrop of a futuristic city, representing advanced processing power.
Hardware & Gadgets

AI Edge Chips in 2026: Performance Outlook and Challenges

By 2026, a single edge AI chip will process more data locally than a small data center did a decade ago, handling complex inference tasks at unprecedented speed.

Armen Bedrosian·Jun 24
Advanced Nvidia AI servers utilizing a closed-loop warm-water liquid cooling system, showcasing a commitment to sustainability and reduced water consumption in data centers.
Research & Breakthroughs

Nvidia's new AI servers use liquid cooling, cut water use

Nvidia's newest AI servers will entirely use a warm-water closed-loop liquid cooling system that can operate at temperatures up to 45°C (113°F), according to Fortune .

David Katzman·Jun 23
Futuristic AI chip manufacturing facility with advanced technology and holographic displays, symbolizing Groq's significant funding for expansion.
Industry Applications

Groq Secures $650 Million to Fuel AI Chip Expansion

Groq's cloud platform now processes trillions of tokens weekly for 5 million developers, according to SiliconANGLE .

Rui Almeida·Jun 23
AI code scanning and repairing a digital planet representing open-source software, highlighting the Patch the Planet initiative's impact on cybersecurity.
Product Reviews

OpenAI launches Patch the Planet to secure open-source software

In just its first week, OpenAI's 'Patch the Planet' initiative uncovered hundreds of bugs and generated 64 pull requests with 51 issues filed across 19 open-source projects, according to The...

Isabella Rossi·Jun 23
Futuristic cityscape with robots and humans working together, symbolizing AI's impact on the workforce and Oracle's restructuring.
Startup Spotlight

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs Amid AI-Driven Workforce Restructuring

Oracle, a tech giant, slashed approximately 21,000 roles globally in the past year, incurring $1.

David Katzman·Jun 23
A small business workshop with a robotic arm and human workers collaborating, showcasing AI-driven automation and business growth.
Automation & Robotics

SMEs Lag on AI, but New Businesses Are Moving Fast — Here's How to Close the Gap

While many established SMEs lag in AI adoption due to cost, data, and skills barriers, new businesses are integrating AI from day one. Owners can close this competitive gap by diagnosing their specific challenges and leveraging tailored support programs.

Isabella Rossi·Jun 23
Futuristic cityscape with holographic NLP data streams and developers collaborating around an AI core, representing advanced natural language processing tools.
Developer Tools

Top 10 NLP Tools for 2026: How to Pick the Right One for Your Role and Deployment Needs

Choosing the right NLP tool in 2026 requires understanding the landscape of cloud APIs, open-source libraries, and end-user platforms, rather than comparing disparate features. This guide provides a framework to match tools to your role, deployment needs, and desired trade-offs in control, cost, and scalability.

Armen Bedrosian·Jun 21
AI system analyzing a complex document, bypassing traditional OCR to create searchable PDFs for RAG.
Industry Applications

New RAG Methods Bypass Traditional OCR for Searchable PDFs

A new benchmark reveals traditional optical character recognition (OCR) frequently fails across 11 challenging document types, directly impacting AI-powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system

Rui Almeida·Jun 21
Abstract digital representation of a person's identity being analyzed by AI nodes, symbolizing digital recall and footprint.
Explainers

Former OpenAI Staff Launch AI Recall Site for Digital Identity

Celebrities like Macaulay Culkin and Luciano Pavarotti currently rank highest on In the Weights, a new free tool measuring how strongly AI models recall information about a person.

Meera Iyer·Jun 21
AI pioneer John Jumper, Nobel laureate and creator of AlphaFold, transitions from DeepMind to Anthropic, signaling a major shift in AI talent.
Research & Breakthroughs

AI Pioneer John Jumper Departs DeepMind for Anthropic

On Friday, June 19, 2026, John Jumper, the Nobel laureate behind Google DeepMind's groundbreaking AlphaFold, publicly announced his departure to join AI startup Anthropic, according to Tech Times and

David Katzman·Jun 21
A diverse data team struggling to repair a complex, broken data pipeline system amidst a futuristic, chaotic digital environment.
Explainers

Data Teams Confront Barriers to Self-Healing Architecture

Despite a 500% surge in 'self-healing' product marketing over three years, a recent survey reveals 70% of data teams still spend over half their week on manual data pipeline repairs.

David Katzman·Jun 21
Abstract visualization of artificial intelligence, symbolizing the transformation of a company from physical goods to AI.
Startup Spotlight

Allbirds rebrands to Smartbird, new CEO unveils AI plan

Allbirds, once synonymous with sustainable wool sneakers, sold its entire shoe business for $43 million before rebranding as an artificial intelligence firm.

David Katzman·Jun 20
Diverse Indian individuals using AI assistants for phone calls, booking cabs, and managing smart homes, showcasing Reliance Jio's widespread AI integration.
Consumer Tech

Mukesh Ambani rolls out AI for Reliance calls, apps, and homes

For over 524 million Jio subscribers, an AI assistant that can join phone calls, transcribe conversations, and book cabs will soon be available across 22 Indian languages, requiring no app download.

Meera Iyer·Jun 20
Digital barrier preventing foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model, symbolizing global access restrictions.
Creative AI

US ban halts Anthropic's Fable 5 release for foreign nationals

Just three days after Anthropic launched its highly anticipated Claude Fable 5 model, the US government ordered its suspension for all foreign nationals on June 12.

Isabella Rossi·Jun 20
A gavel striking down on glowing AI code in a courtroom, with the US Capitol building blurred in the background, representing a legal block on AI technology.
Creative AI

US government's Anthropic AI ban blocked by court

On June 12, the Trump administration attempted to ban foreign nationals from using Anthropic's newest AI models, Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5. However, a court issued a preliminary injunction, preventing the ban from taking effect.

Meera Iyer·Jun 20
A shadowy, high-tech control room with screens showing global data, symbolizing covert surveillance operations and international export of spy gear.
Product Reviews

Bulgaria Licensed Spy Gear Exports to Repressive Regimes 2018-2023

Between 2018 and 2023, Bulgaria licensed the export of advanced surveillance equipment to over a dozen countries, including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, according to Human Rights

Armen Bedrosian·Jun 20
A vibrant cityscape at dawn, illustrating how AI tools seamlessly integrate and automate operations for small businesses, boosting efficiency and innovation.
Product Reviews

Build Your Small Business AI Stack in 2026: Start With the Plumbing, Then Add the Specialists

In 2026, the most crucial AI decision for small businesses is choosing a core workflow automation platform, such as Zapier, Make, or n8n, to connect specialized AI tools effectively and affordably. The right platform acts as essential plumbing, impacting budget and functionality.

Isabella Rossi·Jun 20
Abstract visualization of a neural network and data streams, representing high-performance AI and vector database technology.
Developer Tools

When Redis Is the Right Vector Database: A Decision Framework for AI Workloads

This article presents a decision framework for determining if Redis is the right vector database for your AI workloads. It emphasizes that Redis is a strong candidate when low-latency vector search needs to be tightly coupled with other real-time data operations and your team already operates Redis.

Armen Bedrosian·Jun 18
An advanced AI system processing and understanding complex visual data from charts and diagrams, enhancing RAG capabilities.
Industry Applications

Vision LLMs unlock chart and diagram understanding for RAG systems

In a recent benchmark, Vision LLMs correctly answered complex questions about historical voter turnout from a multi-decade Indian election chart, a task impossible for traditional text-based AI, accor

Rui Almeida·Jun 15