AI is getting sued, regulated, and redesigned all at once. The honeymoon is over — and today's stories prove it.
• McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
McKinsey is piloting an AI-simulated client interview for entry-level candidates, requiring a 10-minute conversation with a bot designed to replicate real consulting scenarios.
• The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity
Apple has launched the HomeView, a $299 smart display designed as a communal household hub, and early impressions suggest its always-on, fixed-location simplicity may finally crack the smart home adoption problem for families.
• Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
Eight U.S. states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of misleading consumers about ChatGPT's safety and putting children at risk by prioritizing profits over safeguards.
• Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform
Figma unveiled a suite of AI-focused features at its first Config India event, including a new Markdown-based design spec editor and expanded agent tools aimed at giving teams more control over AI-generated design and code.
• Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
Startup Ricursive Intelligence, founded by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, is using AI to automate chip design — potentially compressing a two-year process into a week and addressing a projected 10,000x surge in compute demand.
• Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's controversial license plate camera and surveillance technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, arguing that privacy trade-offs are an acceptable cost of reducing crime, even as the company faces contract cancellations and layoffs.
• Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
A cyberattack on internet-connected refrigeration controllers hit roughly 700 supermarkets across France and five other European countries, spiking temperatures to 122°F, spoiling massive amounts of food, and sparking fires — all because of basic security failures.
• NLCS Game 3: Takeaways as Brewers push Dodgers to brink of elimination
The Milwaukee Brewers dealt the Los Angeles Dodgers a stunning blow in NLCS Game 3, pushing the heavily favored Dodgers to the brink of elimination in the National League Championship Series.
• NBA star out with mystery issue takes on ‘internet doctors’: ‘I don’t have HIV or AIDS’
Golden State Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis is sidelined indefinitely with an undisclosed health issue, and the 7-foot-2 star took to social media to shut down wild online speculation, explicitly denying he has HIV or AIDS.
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