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How AI chatbots keep people coming back Chatbots are increasingly looking to keep people chatting, using familiar tactics that we’ve already seen lead to negative consequences. Sycophancy can make AI…

Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise Elon Musk's xAI company is looking to raise $4.3 billion in equity funding, adding onto the $5 billion it's seeking…

Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 TechCrunch All Stage, our founder-focused summit, is gearing up to return to Boston on July 15! We’re doing a last call…

Own, a new social media app, aims to tokenize the creator economy Own is the latest alternative to TikTok to emerge in the market, featuring blockchain technology and a token…

Senate GOP bill spares nuclear and geothermal energy while hammering wind and solar The Senate Finance Committee’s language would take a sledgehammer to some parts of the renewable-friendly Inflation Reduction…

Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training Social networks are bolstering their terms of service against scrapers and bots that crawl the website to train AI models. Days…

Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028 The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance…

UK watchdog fines 23andMe over 2023 data breach The ICO said over 150,000 U.K. residents had data stolen in the breach. The ICO said over 150,000 U.K. residents had data…

Amazon is holding Prime Day 2025 on July 8-11 Amazon has revealed that Prime Day 2025 will take place on July 8-11, extending the annual sale event to four days…

Adobe’s Firefly comes to iOS and Android Adobe is launching its Firefly mobile app on iOS and Android for consumers to create AI-powered media Adobe is launching its Firefly mobile…