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TechCrunch AI 10 Jul 2026

OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI's latest family of models promise improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.

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TechCrunch AI 10 Jul 2026

OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension. 

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TechCrunch AI 10 Jul 2026

Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI

While Google prohibits misleading and deceptive ads, an ad can still leverage AI to create some type of synthetic or digitally altered content. Until now, that's something Google only required election ads to disclose.

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TechCrunch AI 10 Jul 2026

Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September

The company is taking a modular approach to designing these chips, anticipating that their needs will change as AI evolves rapidly by the time the chips are in production.

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Data Center Dynamics 10 Jul 2026

Volt teams up with NorthC to launch Dutch AI cloud

Could eventually be run from firm's planned AI gigafactory

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TechCrunch AI 09 Jul 2026

Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI

Claude’s new Reflect dashboard doesn’t just visualize how you use AI. It also subtly reinforces how much of your daily work now depends on Anthropic’s chatbot.

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OpenAI News 09 Jul 2026

GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Learn how GPT-5.6 powers Microsoft 365 Copilot with stronger AI capabilities across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and Cowork for faster, higher-quality work.

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TechCrunch AI 09 Jul 2026

Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on GitHub by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.

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