Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
This startup wants to turn idle car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn’t see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating. Come see MyMonthlyCar in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrup…
Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web
Amazon Web Services’ Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.
Swedish Company Uses A.I. Likeness of Greta Garbo in Ad
An ad produced by the manufacturing company SKF Group featured a digital version of the Swedish American actress, who died in 1990. Not all viewers found the replica convincing.
Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence – or SI – the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?
The podcast’s next chapter begins this week.
AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence “very carefully”.
When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers.
An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.