The Brutalist Report

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• Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans [12d]
• Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down-round IPOs [12d]
• Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal [12d]
• Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users [12d]
• Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji [12d]
• Tinder CEO to step down in July [13d]
• Senate votes to revoke California’s ability to set air pollution standards [13d]
• A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 AI model [13d]
• Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs [13d]
• Mozilla is shutting down read-it-later app Pocket [13d]
• Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline [13d]
• Open social web browser Surf makes it easier for anyone to build custom feeds [13d]
• Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push [13d]
• Anthropic’s new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps [13d]
• SpaceX’s Starship cleared to return to flight with expanded ‘hazard areas’ [13d]
• Vercel debuts an AI model optimized for web development [13d]
• RevenueCat raises $50M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization [13d]
• The wild story of how gut health AI toilet startup Throne raised $4M led by Moxxie [13d]
• The complete Side Events lineup at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [13d]
• OpenAI teams up with Cisco, Oracle to build UAE data center [13d]
• 4 days left: Up to $900 off your ticket and 90% off for your +1 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [13d]
• Strava is buying up athletic training apps – first Runna, and now The Breakaway [13d]
• Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats [13d]
• OpenAI’s next big bet won’t be a wearable: report [13d]
• Alt Carbon scores $12M seed to scale carbon removal in India [13d]
• Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs [13d]