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One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch sets a September 18 deadline to book exhibit tables for Disrupt 2026, warning that limited Expo Hall space may sell out early.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibitor tables must be booked by September 18, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The package includes a 6' x 30" Expo Hall table for all three days, 10 team passes, lead-generation tools via the Disrupt app, event branding, and press-list access. Organizers warn tables can sell out before the deadline. This is conference marketing with no security or AI impact.

TechCrunch · AI · 4d agoOther 3 sources

Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events

TechCrunch's final deadline to host official Disrupt 2026 Side Events closes September 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT with no further extensions.

Applications to host official Side Events at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 close on September 11, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with no further extensions. Approved events receive promotion via TechCrunch's website, agenda, app, newsletters, and social channels, and hosts can offer attendees 25% off Disrupt tickets. Regular ticket pricing ends September 26, 2026. This is event marketing with no security or AI impact.

TechCrunch · AI · 4d agoOther 3 sources

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg will join a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 discussing his entrepreneurial and angel investing career.

Actor-investor Mark Wahlberg will speak with Keebeck Wealth Management founder and CEO Bruce K. Lee on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, held October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone West. The session covers his ventures, angel investing, and growing focus on healthcare and wellness startups. The piece is promotional conference coverage noting ticket prices rise on September 25.

TechCrunch · AIupdated · 4d agofirst · 5d agoOther 3 sources

Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

ControlAI's Connor Leahy argues superintelligence risks are too great for alignment and containment, advocating halting its development with new legislation.

On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan interviews Connor Leahy, AI researcher and U.S. Executive Director of nonprofit ControlAI. Leahy argues the risks of superintelligent AI have grown too large to manage through alignment and containment, and advocates stopping companies from developing superintelligence altogether. He cites recent safety incidents, including OpenAI's Hugging Face breach, and says what sounded far-fetched six months ago is now backed by a wave of new legislation.

TechCrunch · AI · 6d agoAI safety & security

ControlAI’s Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it’s an adversary’

ControlAI's Connor Leahy argues superintelligence is an unmanageable adversary, backs the Sanders-Casar 'Ban Superintelligence Act' and international verification agreements.

On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy argued that alignment and containment alone cannot manage superintelligence risk and advocated halting frontier development, citing the Sanders-Casar 'Ban Superintelligence Act' and parallel UK legislation ControlAI advised on. He characterized frontier AI labs as political actors, pointed to the OpenAI-related Hugging Face breach as evidence of danger, and called AI self-improvement the point of no return, endorsing international 'trust but verify' agreements.

TechCrunch · AI · 6d agoAI policy

Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know

TechCrunch updates its plain-English glossary defining common AI terms from AGI and agents to chain-of-thought reasoning.

TechCrunch maintains a regularly updated glossary of AI terminology, defining terms such as AGI, AI agents, API endpoints, chain of thought, coding agents, compute, deep learning, and diffusion. It highlights 'opaque recurrence', the reasoning technique in OpenAI's new Astra model that has drawn attention from AI safety researchers. The piece is an educational living document rather than new research or a product announcement.

TechCrunch · AI · 8d agoAI industry

Google’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library

Google's Gemini Spark agent can now edit images, curate albums, and create calendar events in Google Photos for eligible US subscribers.

Google announced that its personal agent, Gemini Spark, can now manage Google Photos libraries, including editing images, curating albums, creating shared albums, converting concert flyer photos into calendar appointments, and running workflows. Google Photos lead Shimrit Ben-Yair said the capabilities roll out over the next few weeks to eligible Gemini AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US, in English, with no international timeline given. The move illustrates the industry's push to demonstrate consumer AI value amid criticism that labs have poorly communicated AI's benefits.

TechCrunch · AI · 11d agoAI industry

Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Applications to host TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events close tonight at midnight PT ahead of the October conference.

TechCrunch reminds readers that applications to host Side Events at Disrupt 2026, held October 10-16 in San Francisco, close at midnight PT. Approved hosts get visibility on the official events page and a 25% ticket discount to share. This is promotional event content with no security or AI relevance.

TechCrunch · AI · 11d agoOther

How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools

TechCrunch analysis argues AI-driven vulnerability discovery and exploitation may constrain government use of hacking tools and spyware.

The piece reports that AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities, which could raise the cost and detectability of government hacking operations. It argues this shift may make it harder for governments to rely on hacking tools and commercial spyware. The analysis also suggests the trend could reignite policy debates around mandated backdoors in consumer devices.

TechCrunch · Security · 15d agoAI policy

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