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Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options

SARAH PEREZ

Users will be able to choose from Alexa styles like Brief, Chill or Sweet, Amazon says.

Harbinger acquires autonomous driving company Phantom AI

SEAN O'KANE

It's the Los Angeles trucking startup's first acquisition — the latest in a series of moves to spin up new revenue streams.

Jira’s latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side

REBECCA SZKUTAK

Atlassian is unveiling "agents in Jira" which gives users the ability to assign and manage work given to AI agents the same as humans.

US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws

REBECCA BELLAN

The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries' attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners' data.

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Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows

AMANDA SILBERLING

Recent findings also show that video podcasting -- while popular -- is not necessarily replacing audio shows.

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

GEORGE HAMMOND AND STEFF CHÁVEZ, FINANCIAL TIMES

CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.

About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice

AMANDA SILBERLING

General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.

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Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options

Harbinger acquires autonomous driving company Phantom AI

Jira’s latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side

US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws

3 days left: Save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice

Have hard-won scaling lessons to share? Take the stage at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading

MAGA Is Raging Over the Epstein Files. But They're Not Mad at Donald Trump

Trump's MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account

OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve

OpenAI COO says ads will be ‘an iterative process’