The “don’t learn to code” message was incorrect. For two years the pitch has been loud: AI will write the code, so why bother learning? Claude is building apps. Copilot completes your sentences. Tutorials are done. That story is already breaking out. Companies are investing heavily in AI and
Nvidia is not pretending every AI chip in every rack has to say Nvidia on the package. TechCrunch reported on August 31, 2026 that Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. As part of the deal, MediaTek will adopt Nvidia technology that helps it design custom chips
The U.S. military just got its own ChatGPT and its own Grok. TechCrunch reported on August 31, 2026 that the Pentagon launched ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on GenAI.mil, a secure portal that already offered Google Gemini. About 3 million civilian and military personnel can use tools
The AI boom is not just chips and chat windows. It is also power plants and the paperwork that ties them to the labs that need the electricity. Reuters reported on August 31, 2026 that the Wall Street Journal, citing draft IPO documents, said OpenAI was issued warrants worth an
Flock's cameras sit on poles and read license plates with AI. They log a car's plate, and often more than that, then network the hits so police can follow a vehicle across town. The Verge reported on August 30, 2026 that Texas Governor Greg Abbott froze
For a few years the AI hardware story was easy to repeat: Nvidia makes the GPUs, everyone else wants them, and that is the whole race. TechCrunch reported on August 29, 2026 that investors are starting to look past that line. The piece follows Nvidia's earnings from earlier