NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch.
Three of five winning stories in the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been flagged as AI-generated, and it’s a lot bigger deal than you might think.

For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly […]

Utah may host one of the world’s most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backlash. Earlier this month, commissioners in Box Elder County signed off on the Stratos Project: a 40,000-acre data center stretching across the county’s Hansel Valley. It’s supposed to establish American AI dominance, but potentially at the […]
Figma’s new AI assistant will be first available on Figma Design
A UC San Diego study found GPT-4.5 was judged human more often than real people in live chats, raising sharper questions about AI disclosure, trust, and online identity.
As AI infrastructure expands across America, communities are questioning whether the benefits of data centers outweigh the costs to power grids, water supplies, and local disruption.
People are angry about AI. This spills over into believing they can discern AI content versus human content. Their anger deludes them. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
AI literacy is rapidly becoming a boardroom, regulatory and investor issue as companies move from AI experiments to real-world deployment.

Welcome to a “profound moment for humanity,” according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O’s keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google’s cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI’s incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world. When we look back at this time, I think we will realize that […]