
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is hosting an AI Stage conference where leaders from major AI companies will discuss how artificial intelligence is changing business practices. Anthropic and OpenAI are among the participants, with sessions covering topics like enterprise AI deployment, AI-native go-to-market strategies, security challenges with autonomous AI systems, and how AI is reshaping business models. The conference runs October 13-15 in San Francisco and will address practical questions founders face regarding AI product pricing, security gaps, and building companies in an AI-native world.
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Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.
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Introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering eligible academic labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and tools to advance life sciences research.

Bank of America has hired 1,000 outside contractors to fix software vulnerabilities uncovered by AI models like Anthropic's Mythos, CNBC reports. The article Bank of America puts 4,000 people on fixing vulnerabilities uncovered by Anthropic's Mythos and other AI models appeared first on The Decoder.

We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December.
ServiceNow Inc. today announced new controls for governing artificial intelligence agents alongside updates to its EmployeeWorks information portal (pictured) that let employees build specialized assistants and automate routine tasks without writing code. The announcements address two connected challenges for businesses expanding their use of autonomous AI: giving workers tools that can act across enterprise systems […] The post ServiceNow adds AI agent controls and employee automation too

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.