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I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to itAfter obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhereThe company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centersBoom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledgeAI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.Meta opens early access program for new Muse featuresAnyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud dealAnthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stocMark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not hisMark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financingThe funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and AnthropicWhen AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the webThe findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other testFrontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes offMuse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agent's promotion across its own apps and beyond.Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure factsThe latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPOAnthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardwareAt TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development. Save up to $200 on your pass before today ends.Affected by layoffs? Don’t miss this $75 deal for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ PassYour next opportunity could be one conversation away. Get your Expo+ Pass for just $75. Limited to the first 100 qualifying people.Last 24 hours to save up to $200 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Reason 5 of 5 to attend: MomentumLast 24 hours to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. Leave the event further in your startup's trajectory than where you started. Don't miss your chance to save and to push the needle.Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AIThe venture firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passBuy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT.