Spotify can now build you a personalized podcast playlist from just a simple prompt

Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature now works for podcasts, letting Premium users describe what they want to hear and get a personalized AI-curated episode lineup that refreshes daily or weekly.

4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes

4 days left to save up to $482 on your TechCrunch disrupt 2026 ticket. These low rates will disappear on April 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here.

The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets 

On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors into active participants.

AI And Criminal Justice: How Does It Work?

AI in criminal justice demands human oversight, bias awareness, and education to protect fairness and humanity

AI And The Search For History’s Hidden Laws

As algorithms decode the building blocks of life, they may also reveal recurring patterns in human civilization.

Gemini is making it faster for distressed users to reach mental health resources 
Gemini is making it faster for distressed users to reach mental health resources 

Google says it has updated Gemini to better direct users to get mental health resources during moments of crisis. The change comes as the tech giant faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging its chatbot “coached” a man to die by suicide, the latest in a string of lawsuits alleging tangible harm from AI products. When […]

AI has turbocharged coding, but stirred a slop problem of its own

Everyone’s a coder now, thanks to AI. But more code means more bugs, more vulnerabilities, and not enough engineers to catch them.

Emotionally Manipulating AI And Not Letting AI Sneakily Emotionally Manipulate You

Research reveals that AI contains emotion vectors. You can invoke those vectors. You can avoid them. This is about emotional manipulations. An AI Insider scoop.

AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

Rocket’s new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.

Microsoft’s Agent Stack Confuses Developers While Rivals Simplify

Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure’s agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.