Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/of-course-groks-ai-companions-want-to-have-sex-and-burn-down-schools/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Ventures closes $100M third fund https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/the-chainsmokers-mantis-ventures-closes-100m-third-fund/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/amazons-kuiper-satellites-to-get-boost-from-rival-spacex/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/us-army-soldier-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-telcos-and-extortion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/a-former-openai-engineer-describes-what-its-really-like-to-work-there/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/meta-fixes-bug-that-could-leak-users-ai-prompts-and-generated-content/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/av-startup-pronto-ai-acquires-off-road-autonomous-vehicle-rival-safeai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-worth-12b-in-seed-round/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/google-discover-adds-ai-summaries-threatening-publishers-with-further-traffic-declines/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for 245K https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/the-rights-to-fyre-festival-sold-on-ebay-for-245k/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon