How Google Workspace helps small businesses scale with an AI co-founder

Google Workspace with Gemini helps small teams work smarter by acting as a digital co-founder, automating tasks and improving productivity across everyday workflows.

PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games

As part of an earnings presentation on Friday, Sony shared how it’s thinking about AI at the company, including many details about how it’s evaluating AI as part of making PlayStation games. Generative AI has recently been showing up in bigger games – though many indie developers still reject it – and while Sony calls […]

Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

When OpenAI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications between Microsoft’s top executives about investing in OpenAI and fears […]

Last 24 hours to get 50% off a second pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to buy one pass and get a second one at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Bring a partner, co-founder, or colleague at half off. Register now.

Everybody wants to rule the AI world
Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch of video calls while the current CEO is texting the former CEO about who the new CEO even is. Such was the story of The Blip, the […]

Netflix is testing its own voice search feature and it sounds less frustrating

Netflix is testing a native AI-powered voice search that lets you find shows by mood or vibe, with text-based results and no personalization yet.

AI, Democracy And The Politics Of The Kitchen Table

AI is becoming a kitchen table issue as data centers, electricity bills, jobs, privacy, children and democracy collide before the 2026 midterms.

Bumble will end the pain of swipes on dating apps. We don’t know what comes next

Dating app Bumble is scrapping swiping and its women-first messaging rule, with CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd promising a revolutionary AI-driven replacement in 2026.

Are There Attorneys Crying Wolf About AI Hallucinations When Human Lawyer Slop Is Really To Blame?

Lawyers are getting snagged by AI hallucinations in their filings. But maybe sometimes AI is a contrived excuse for what is actually lawyer slop. An AI Insider scoop.

The AI Advantage: Reid Hoffman On What Leaders Must Do Next

AI is moving from experimental tool to everyday business infrastructure, reshaping work, strategy, competition, and the way companies learn. Reid Hoffman conversation.