Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences....
Career exploration platform Find Your Grind raises $5 million to help more students discover alternative professions....
WhatsApp's new platform policies ban general-purpose AI chatbots like Copilot from using its service....
The discovery suggests that a region in Quebec might hold even more lithium than originally suspected....
In the last 12 months, there has been a proliferation of voice detection tools, thanks to overall quality improvement in speech recognition models. Speechify is hitching its wagon to this train and launching its own dictation tool with support for English....
Two years after he was found guilty of fraud, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a legal appeal—and firing up his X account....
Google and Accel will jointly invest up to $2 million in each startup through their new partnership....
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years....
OpenAI might have to rename the "cameo" feature in the Sora app....
Stickerbox turns kids’ ideas into printable stickers, blending AI magic with hands-on coloring for a surprisingly creative, "screen-light" play experience....
AWS has been working with the U.S. government since 2011 and is now building AI infrastructure specifically for the entity....
Anthropic has launched Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model, with new integrations into Chrome and Excel....
The small modular reactor startup is capitalizing on surging interest from tech companies and data center developers....
Most AI benchmarks measure intelligence and instruction-following rather than psychological safety. Humane Bench evaluates models based on core principles of human flourishing, prioritizing wellbeing, and respecting user attention....
Palo is tool for short video creators to gain insights into what is working for them....
AI testing startup Momentic has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Dropbox Ventures. Existing investors at Y Combinator, FCVC, Transpose Platform and Karman Ventures also participated....
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms....
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis....
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force....
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures....
Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as "too much of a black box."...
Beehiiv's co-founder and CEO Tyler Deck spoke to TechCrunch about why the company has been expanding, and where the media business is going next....
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant....
A Trump administration order targeting state-level AI regulation is reportedly on hold....
Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State.”...
In order to accelerate the construction of new power plants needed to provide energy for its data centers, Meta is looking to get into the business of trading electricity....
A U.S. bankruptcy court has ordered Byju's founder Byju Raveendran to pay over $1.07 billion in a case over missing company funds....
Young's age and background – things that might seem like disadvantages when it comes to more established industries – have become his secret weapons. When he walks into a room of executives twice or three times his age, he says, there's initial skepticism. "Who the...
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”...
The startup’s rapid growth suggests that enerprises are embracing AI agents....