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How Sakana AI’s new evolutionary algorithm builds powerful AI models without expensive retraining

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly s to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders.Subscribe Now A new evolutionary technique from Japan-based AI labSakana AIenables developers to augment the capabilities of AI models without costly training and fine-tuning processes. The technique, calledModel Merging of Natural Niches(M2N2), […]

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Spotlight on AI at TechCrunch Disrupt: Don’t miss these sessions backed by JetBrains and Greenfield

TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just about showcasing the startups of tomorrow — it’s also about surfacing the boldest ideas shaping technology today. Thanks to the support of our partners JetBrains and Greenfield, theTechCrunch Disrupt 2025program, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, brings two must-see sessions that put AI front and center. 1:40 p.m. –

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How Intuit killed the chatbot crutch – and built an agentic AI playbook you can copy

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly s to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders.Subscribe Now In the frenzied land rush for generative AI that followed ChatGPT’s debut, the mandate from Intuit’s CEO was clear: ship the company’s largest, most shocking AI-driven launch by Sept. 2023.

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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

Meta says it’s changing the way it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety, a spokesperson exclusively told TechCrunch, following an investigative report on the company’s lack of AI safeguards for minors. The company says it will now train chatbots to no longer engage with teenage users on self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or potentially inappropriate

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Host an event beyond the main event: Apply to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025is where over 10,000 founders, VCs, and tech innovators collide on October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. But the conversations don’t end when the venue doors close. They spill across San Francisco — throughout the week — into the rooms, rooftops, and lounges where the real connections happen. Host your own gathering

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Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary — starting with strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta. At the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched a new venture called Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary of

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Vocal Image is using AI to help people communicate better

With 4 million app downloads, Estonia-based startupVocal Imageaims to help people improve their voice and communication skills with AI-powered coaching. But out of its 160,000 active users, it may be its CEO, Nick Lakhoika, who best embodies its mission.  Lakhoika was born in Belarus, didn’t speak English until his relocation to Estonia, and once struggled

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In crowded voice AI market, OpenAI bets on instruction-following and expressive speech to win enterprise adoption

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly s to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders.Subscribe Now OpenAIadds to an increasingly competitive AI voice market for enterprises with itsnew model, gpt-realtime, that follows complex instructions and with voices “that sound more natural and expressive.” As voice AI

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Trump administration’s deal is structured to prevent Intel from selling foundry unit

The Trump administration seems intent on controlling Intel’s ability to make key business decisions around its floundering foundry business unit. Intel’s CFO David Zinsner shared new details about the company’s recent deal with the Trump administration, which gave theU.S. government a 10% equity stake, at a Deutsche Bank conference on Thursday, according toreporting from the

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