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FeaturedWe Reviewed 149 AI Tools. Here's What They Actually Cost in 2026
*Last updated: August 2026* The most common question we get is some version of: do I actually have to pay for this stuff? It's a fair question, and it's surprisingly hard to answer from the outside. Every AI tool's pricing page is designed to move you toward a subscription. Nob...
FeaturedThe Plain-English AI Glossary: 25 Terms That Actually Matter in 2026
There is a specific moment that stops people from using AI, and it usually isn't the technology. It's a sentence like this one, pulled from a product announcement: *"Our new multimodal foundation model supports a 200K context window with improved RLHF alignment and reduced hallu...
FeaturedAI Agents Are Getting Their Own Computer Chips — Here's Why That Matters
The Next Big Bet in AI Isn't What You'd Expect If you've been following AI news at all, you know Nvidia as the company that makes the powerful chips (specialized computer processors) that power everything from ChatGPT to Gemini. But Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang just announced somet...
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Phasis develops platform for agentic orientation using World APIs and reality layers
When the founders at Phasis Inc. sought to develop a platform for orienting AI agents, they turned to graphs as a way to obtain a measurement of culture. The company wanted to better understand relations not just between people, but between a person and their values, beliefs and subcultures. The goa
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes
Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch.
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Silicon Valley responds to Trump’s hands-off approach to AI regulation at Tech Week
Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it.And after months of debate about leading AI companies’ unchecked AI agen
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts tomorrow: Your final chance to secure up to $100 ticket savings
Tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT, it all begins z— 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech operators will gather at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for three days of ideas, connections, and startups shaping what comes next. This is your last 24 hours to secure ticket savings of up to $10
Mistlabs takes its Ambi AI system out of beta on Apple devices with $26M in funding
Ambient intelligence startup Mistlabs Ltd. today brought its Ambi artificial intelligence system out of beta test on Apple Inc. devices, backed by $26 million in new funding. Ambi is designed to act without being asked. Chief Executive Peter Mo said most AI platforms are built to complete tasks, and
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