Make It Verbal: Using Google NotebookLM

NotebookLM shows demand for voice, visuals, source-grounded AI replacing text-heavy interfaces and workflows.

Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter

Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex.

The AI industry’s race for profits is now existential
The AI industry’s race for profits is now existential

Today on Decoder, let’s talk about the looming AI monetization cliff, and whether some of the biggest companies in the space can become real, profitable businesses before they careen right off it. My guest today is Hayden Field, who’s our senior AI reporter here at The Verge. She’s been keeping close tabs on both Anthropic […]

Final 2 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

Ticket discounts of up to $500 will end tomorrow, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 go up again. Miss this, and you’ll be paying more for the same access to one of the most anticipated tech epicenters of the yea…

Gen Z uses AI all the time, so why are they starting to hate it?

Gen Z uses AI more than anyone, but a new Gallup survey shows their optimism has taken a sharp hit.

Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself

YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on camera. The launch, hinted at earlier this year, reflects the platform’s fraught relationship with AI-generated content, adding more generative features while struggling to contain AI slop, deepfake scams, and impersonations. YouTube says the new tool will […]

How ‘Any Lawful Use’ Of AI Has Triggered Immense Legal And Societal Controversy

Headlines abound on “any lawful use” of AI. What is the controversy? Why does it matter? I answer those crucial questions. An AI Insider scoop.

Anthropic Taps Google And Broadcom For Hardware

Anthropic plans massive TPU-based compute expansion, building U.S. data centers to support rapid AI growth.

Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects
Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects

Google’s Gemini is getting a feature called “notebooks” to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and custom instructions into notebooks that Gemini can then use as context while you’re talking with […]

Can Musk Build His Own Semiconductor Supply Chain?

Elon Musk recently unveiled Terafab, a proposed semiconductor megafactory to produce unprecedented levels of AI computing hardware. Will he be able to pull it off?