Publication: TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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Articles analyzed: 19.
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- By Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet, Kyle Wiggers, Lucas Ropek
- 7/3/2026, 9:20 PM
Hasty Generalization 18.5% - Framing Effect 14.4% - Biased Writer Voice 14.1%
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the world, and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Sit in on any product meeting, pitch, or panel these days, and you’ll hear people toss around LLMs, RAG, RLHF, and a dozen other terms that can make even very smart people in the tech world feel a little... more
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- By Lauren Forristal
- 7/3/2026, 6:43 PM
Halo Effect 21.5% - Recency Bias 17.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 15.6%
The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore — it's over which company's AI gets to act on your behalf inside the browser. Google Chrome and Apple's Safari still dominate the market overall, with Chrome's edge coming largely from how aggressively it has woven generative AI into... more
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- By Zack Whittaker
- 7/3/2026, 5:05 AM
Negativity Bias 32.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 27.1% - Biased Writer Voice 24.5%
Security researchers have confirmed that a European politician had his phone hacked with the Pegasus spyware while serving on an investigatory committee probing abuses of the notorious surveillance tool. This has reigniting fresh controversy over governments abusing spyware to collect information about their critics. The researchers at... more
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- By Tim De Chant
- 7/2/2026, 7:14 PM
Negativity Bias 34.4% - Biased Writer Voice 32.8% - Pessimism Bias 22.9%
It’s no secret that AI is a hog, consuming energy and water like no digital technology before it. Now we know just how much Big Tech’s pursuit of AI is costing the environment. Both Google and Amazon released their sustainability reports this week, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Each company has pledged to zero-out its carbon emissions... more
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- By Sarah Perez
- 7/2/2026, 6:44 PM
Framing Effect 23.1% - Appeal to Authority 21.3% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 17.3%
Meta is getting into gaming with the launch of a new app called Pocket, which allows people to generate small, interactive apps and games using AI prompts. The software, a result of Meta’s acquisition of the team at the vibe-coded gaming platform Gizmo earlier this year, describes itself as “a creative platform for making and sharing... more
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- By Lucas Ropek
- 7/2/2026, 6:31 PM
Unattributed Quote 47.4% - Halo Effect 23.9% - Status Quo Bias 18.7%
Back in April, Reuters reported that Anthropic was toying with the idea of producing its own AI chips as a means of responding to chip shortages. Now, it would appear that the company is getting serious about this idea. On Thursday, The Information reported that Anthropic was in contact with Samsung to explore a collaboration around the... more
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- By Tim Fernholz
- 7/1/2026, 3:15 AM
Halo Effect 34.9% - Confirmation Bias 10.8% - Availability Heuristic 9.2%
Vinton Cerf will step down from his role as Google’s chief internet evangelist next week, marking the conclusion of one of the most influential careers in technology history. While speaking via video feed at the Open Frontier conference hosted by the Laude Institute, Cerf was recognized by Dave Patterson, the UC Berkeley professor best... more
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- By Tim Fernholz
- 7/1/2026, 2:16 AM
Biased Writer Voice 40.4% - Unattributed Quote 23.2% - Appeal to Authority 22.2%
The U.S. has lifted a requirement that Anthropic obtain a license before exporting its Mythos and Fable models abroad, a requirement that effectively cut off public access to what are widely considered the most advanced AI models released to date. The AI lab said it would begin restoring access to the models on Wednesday, July 1. On June... more
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- By Julie Bort
- 6/30/2026, 6:13 PM
Framing Effect 31.8% - Halo Effect 26.4% - Availability Heuristic 25.3%
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has already booked $1 billion in contract orders for its product: full systems powered by those chips. Etched is currently in the process of testing that first product with customers.... more
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- By Rebecca Bellan
- 6/30/2026, 6:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 38.4% - Unattributed Quote 37.2% - Biased Writer Voice 15.3%
As shipping agentic capabilities becomes table stakes among foundation model companies, Anthropic is releasing Claude Sonnet 5, a more powerful and agentic version of the lab’s midsize model. “It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months ago, required larger and... more