Rob Taylor

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 847 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal; Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers; Nvidia’s spending $4 billion on photonics to stay ahead of the curve in AI. Top Stories ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal TechCrunch AI Many consumers ditched ChatGPT’s app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude’s downloads grew. ...

Monday, March 2, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 380 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: A robot arm with puppy dog eyes is just one of Lenovo’s new desktop AI concepts. Top Stories A robot arm with puppy dog eyes is just one of Lenovo’s new desktop AI concepts The Verge AI Alongside a handful of new laptop concepts (and a range of real products too), Lenovo used MWC to announce a pair of AI-based productivity companion concepts. Both are standalone desk devices designed to boost productivity while providing office workers with a bit of artificial dystopic companionshi ...

Sunday, March 1, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 12 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute; The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom; OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’. Top Stories Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute TechCrunch AI Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. ...

Saturday, February 28, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 329 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership; Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk; Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI. Top Stories OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership OpenAI OpenAI and Amazon announce a strategic partnership bringing OpenAI’s Frontier platform to AWS, expanding AI infrastructure, custom models, and enterprise AI agents. ...

Friday, February 27, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 441 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Google and the Massachusetts AI Hub are launching a new AI training initiative for the Commonwealth.; OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience; Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture. Top Stories Google and the Massachusetts AI Hub are launching a new AI training initiative for the Commonwealth. Google AI ...

Thursday, February 26, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 375 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging; Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI; Google and Samsung just launched the AI features Apple couldn’t with Siri. Top Stories Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging TechCrunch AI ...

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 389 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users; Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire; Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model. Top Stories India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users TechCrunch AI ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India’s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down. ...

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 605 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI; Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports; Guide Labs debuts a new kind of interpretable LLM. Top Stories Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI The Verge AI ...

Monday, February 23, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 307 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI. Top Stories Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI The Verge AI In addition to summoning Bixby or Gemini, Galaxy S26 users will be able to call on Perplexity by saying “hey, Plex.” The integration of Perplexity into Galaxy AI is just one element of the company’s embrace of a “multi-agent ecosystem.” Often, people will use different AI agents for different tasks, ...

Sunday, February 22, 2026 TL;DR Today’s briefing covers 12 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats; Suspect in Tumbler Ridge school shooting described violent scenarios to ChatGPT; OpenAI says 18- to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India. Top Stories OpenAI debated calling police about suspected Canadian shooter’s chats TechCrunch AI Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of gun violence were flagged by tools that monitor ChatGPT for misuse. ...