Garp https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface About Contact Neptune Medical earns FDA clearance for its Triton 1 robotic system Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team Anthropic wants you to know Claude leads a quarter of its research, but “lead” doesn’t mean what you think US government website used Chinese model the FBI called “malicious” California Governor Newsom signs executive order demanding “kill switch” for AI models Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Large Rounds For AI Infrastructure, Space Tech And Investment Management Lead Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI Reimagining robotics for sustainability Icarus Robotics flies ISS-bound robot in microgravity for the first time F-Prime Capital to give insights on the state of robotics investments at RoboBusiness A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers The picks-and-shovels strategy behind the robotics boom World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack OpenAI’s internal systems in under 72 hours SoftBank agrees to acquire Robotics and AI Institute OpenAI reportedly closes in on solving the Hodge conjecture, its second Millennium Prize Problem NATO-backed startup adapts AI for autonomous drone recon and attack missions AI agent swarms are a massive waste of tokens with zero quality gain, says OpenAI Codex developer Investigation details how billions’ worth of export-restricted Nvidia AI chips are sold to China — report details how Chinese firms skirt Trump’s regulations Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new “misaligned” agent incidents AI text watermarking can make models more vulnerable to adversarial prompts Anthropic keeps pushing Claude Code toward autonomous coding with new parallel agent workflows Making global data easier to explore Google announces new experimental “CC” AI agent for families Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Robotics investments reach $4.9B in August 2026 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Floating Nuclear Power, Robot Report Cards And Voice AI For Farmers Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers Cute Critters Come to the Cloud: ‘Aniimo’ Launches on GeForce NOW An OpenAI model kept slipping prompt injections into its own notes, and researchers still aren’t sure why Exclusive: Fintech Offers Startups Alternative To Venture Debt With A New Model To Finance Customer Acquisition Costs Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior Anthropic merges Claude Chat, Cowork, and more into a single product onsemi Embedded Power Platform Announced Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel Exclusive: Open Chinese models close gap with Silicon Valley’s frontier AI models Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed Mozilla’s new Smart Window assistant runs on Mistral’s models Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia