Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/tavily-raises-25m-to-connect-ai-agents-to-the-web/

Trump says he’ll announce semiconductor and chip tariffs This announcement comes as the Trump administration is also mulling over its approach to AI chip export restrictions. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/trump-says-hell-announce-semiconductor-and-chip-tariffs/

Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/reddit-plans-to-unify-its-search-interface-as-it-looks-to-become-a-search-engine/

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot/

Google says it will sign EU’s AI code of practice Google confirmed it will sign the European Union's general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/google-says-it-will-sign-eus-ai-code-of-practice/

Google’s NotebookLM rolls out Video Overviews With this new capability, NotebookLM is taking a more visual approach to helping users understand different topics and ideas. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/googles-notebooklm-rolls-out-video-overviews/

Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data Google said it has "never built a backdoor" for its services, but would not explicitly say if the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/google-wont-say-if-uk-secretly-demanded-a-backdoor-for-user-data/

Adobe adds new AI-powered image editing features to Photoshop Adobe is adding an improved background removal tool to Photoshop using AI, so the app doesn't leave weird artifacts in your images. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/adobe-adds-new-ai-powered-image-editing-features-to-photoshop/

Sex toy maker Lovense caught leaking users’ email addresses and exposing accounts to takeovers A security researcher went public after the sex toy maker asked for more than a year to fix the vulnerabilities, which leak users' private email addresses and allow for accounts to be hijacked. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/sex-toy-maker-lovense-caught-leaking-users-email-addresses-and-exposing-accounts-to-takeovers/

Harmonic, the Robinhood CEO’s AI math startup, launches an AI chatbot app The chatbot app, which is available in beta on iOS and Android, lets users access its AI model, Aristotle. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/harmonic-the-robinhood-ceos-ai-math-startup-launches-an-ai-chatbot-app/