Perplexity makes it easier to run AI workflows entirely on your own Mac

Ex-Nvidia-turned-VC Amulya Vishwanath: ‘Physical AI is in it’s LEGO era’

It’s the moment everyone is waiting for — the ChatGPT moment for robotics, Amulya Vishwanath explained to TechCrunch’s Equity.

People Using AI to Make Smart TVs Dumb Again Is the Most 2026 Thing Ever

That’s not to say it’s not a noble cause, though.

FairStress: A deeper evaluation of fairness in LLM decision-making

OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out

Microsoft keeps ‘Ask Copilot’ as dedicated actions disappear between mid-November and early December

Spotify pulls 50M AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations

Spotify says it has taken more than 50 million AI-generated “slop” and spam tracks out of its recommendations this year, on top of 75 million spam tracks it has deleted. It found these were the tracks listeners skipped or rejected most.

Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language

Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.