AI Safety's New Experiment: Circuit Breaker Labs Builds 'Crash-Test Dummies'; Blackstone to Talk Next-Gen AI at Disrupt 2026

With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created 'crash-test dummies' to solve that. ^[1]

Blackstone's Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on building the next generation of AI giants. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second. ^[5]

In other tech news, YouTube is taking aim at clipper accounts and will prioritize original Shorts, but the report also asks: will it hurt creators clipping their own longform videos? ^[2] A comparison of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Apple iPad Pro says choosing between these two powerhouse tablets is probably simpler than you think. ^[3] The soon-to-be merged Paramount and Warner Bros. will be known as Skydance going forward; Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced the new name in a social media post. ^[4] In addition, in a story described as a MySpace-style internet farce, Shivon Zilis announced on X that she had split from Elon Musk, the father of her four children, and cited a post from Big Tech Alert, which monitors accounts' follow/unfollow activity. ^[6]