Top 10 AI News

Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects

By Rebecca Szkutak |
Published: July 24, 2025
The Intel logo
Intel is scaling back its manufacturing initiatives, signaling a shift in strategy as the company navigates ongoing industry challenges and changing market demands.
Source: TechCrunch

Chime backer Lauren Kolodny bets on AI to revolutionize estate processing

By Marina Temkin |
Published: July 24, 2025
Lauren Kolodny
Lauren Kolodny, a prominent fintech investor, is supporting new AI-driven solutions aimed at transforming the complex process of estate management and inheritance.
Source: TechCrunch

This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired

By Sean O’Kane |
Published: July 24, 2025
cvector industrial ai startup
An industrial AI startup is attracting clients by promising long-term independence and stability, assuring customers it will not be acquired by larger tech firms.
Source: TechCrunch

AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?

By Rebecca Bellan |
Published: July 24, 2025
Open to Debate onstage
The rise of AI companions is sparking debate about their impact on human relationships, with some viewing them as a threat and others as a natural evolution of love and connection.
Source: TechCrunch

Google’s new Web Guide search experiment organizes results with AI

By Sarah Perez |
Published: July 24, 2025
Google Web Guide
Google is testing a new AI-powered feature called Web Guide, which aims to organize search results more intuitively and help users find information faster.
Source: TechCrunch

Samsung backs a video AI startup that can analyze thousands of hours of footage

By Ivan Mehta |
Published: July 24, 2025
Memories.ai founders Shawn Shen and Ben Zhou
Samsung is investing in a video AI startup capable of analyzing massive amounts of footage, aiming to streamline video content management and discovery.
Source: TechCrunch

AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
Published: July 24, 2025
Pattern of retro tin toy robots with clocks and displays painted on yellow background.
Security experts are warning that AI-generated fake bug reports are overwhelming bug bounty programs, making it harder to identify real vulnerabilities.
Source: TechCrunch

SoftBank-backed LegalOn lands $50M to streamline legal workflows with AI

By Kate Park |
Published: July 24, 2025
Nozomu Tsunoda (Group CEO of LegalOn) and Daniel Lewis (Global CEO of LegalOn)
LegalOn, an AI-powered legal tech company, has raised $50 million to enhance and automate legal workflows for in-house teams, with backing from SoftBank.
Source: TechCrunch

Google’s new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes

By Aisha Malik |
Published: July 24, 2025
Google corporate logo hangs outside the Google Germany offices
Google has introduced an AI-powered virtual try-on feature, allowing users to see how clothes might look on them before making a purchase online.
Source: TechCrunch

A new AI coding challenge just published its first results — and they aren’t pretty

By Russell Brandom |
Published: July 23, 2025
Blue code on a dark background presented at an angle.
The initial results from a new AI coding challenge reveal significant shortcomings in current AI models’ ability to solve complex programming tasks.
Source: TechCrunch

Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models

By Rebecca Bellan |
Published: July 23, 2025
A new executive order from former President Trump aims to influence the way US tech companies train AI models, potentially impacting content moderation and data selection.
Source: TechCrunch

Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership

By Maxwell Zeff |
Published: July 23, 2025
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet
Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed enthusiasm about the company’s partnership with OpenAI, highlighting new opportunities for cloud-based AI services.
Source: TechCrunch

Trump’s AI Action Plan aims to block chip exports to China but lacks key details

By Rebecca Bellan |
Published: July 23, 2025
An American flag near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan proposes restrictions on chip exports to China, but industry observers note the plan lacks crucial implementation details.
Source: TechCrunch

Trump’s AI strategy trades guardrails for growth in race against China

By Rebecca Bellan, Maxwell Zeff |
Published: July 23, 2025
The US is prioritizing rapid AI development over regulatory guardrails in an effort to compete with China, raising concerns about oversight and safety.
Source: TechCrunch

Google Photos adds AI features for ‘remixing’ photos in different styles, turning pics into videos

By Sarah Perez |
Published: July 23, 2025
Google Photos app icon
Google Photos is rolling out new AI-powered tools that allow users to remix their photos in various styles and automatically create videos from still images.
Source: TechCrunch

YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects

By Aisha Malik |
Published: July 23, 2025
YouTube logo
YouTube Shorts is introducing new AI features, including an image-to-video tool and creative effects, to enhance content creation for its users.
Source: TechCrunch

AI’s talent arms race is starting to look like pro sports

By Rebecca Bellan, Theresa Loconsolo |
Published: July 23, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc.