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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/signals-meredith-whittaker-wants-you-to-remember-that-ai-chatbots-are-not-your-friends/
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search So … what’s your In the Weights score? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search/
This startup built a fish-killing robot and chefs love the results Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/founders-funds-outlier-bet-on-humanely-killed-fish/
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic Jumper isn’t the only big name leaving Google DeepMind. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic/
Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about While it’s not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about/