TechCrunch AI News — 2026-06-01

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• Image 3: Gas turbines are visible at an xAI data center on Riverport Rd in Memphis, TN on April 25, 2025.
• Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy
• Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis
• SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers
• ‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
• Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant
• I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
• Image 9: Web search bar on laptop screen 3d render - illustration of website form for research of information on computer
• As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026
• Coders are refusing to work without AI—and that could come back to bite them
• So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that
• What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
• Image 13: pumping air into a floating piggy bank
• After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
• Image 14: Cognition founder and CEO Scott Wu
• Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans
• Image 15: Disrupt breakout
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026