- ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC
New York State halts construction of all new data centers
New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.
TechCrunch AI - ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC
Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius
Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius' compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source AI technology.
TechCrunch AI - ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM UTC
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?
TechCrunch AI - ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM UTC
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
TechCrunch AI - ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC
Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies
Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.
TechCrunch AI - ReportingTuesday, July 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC
New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
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