Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement
In the complaint, the Hollywood giants allege Midjourney generates “endless” ripoffs of everything from minions to Darth Vader....
In the complaint, the Hollywood giants allege Midjourney generates “endless” ripoffs of everything from minions to Darth Vader....
The studios are seeking monetary damages, a jury trial, and an order barring Midjourney from further copyright infringement....
A new machine learning approach tries to better emulate the human brain, in hopes of creating more capable agentic AI....
Former OpenAI research leader Steven Adler published a new independent study that claims that, in certain scenarios, his former employer's AI models will go to great lengths to try to avoid being shut down....
Meta's V-JEPA 2 model is a "world model," referring to AI that is designed to understand its physical surroundings....
Apple's executives would not concede to being behind in the AI race....
Pinterests is experimenting with "auto-collages," an AI feature that allows advertisers to quickly turn their product catalogs into shoppable collages....
With its built-in AI interface, Dia hopes to give people an easy way to use AI, cutting out the need to visit tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude....
The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally....
At a mansion overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, a group of AI insiders met to debate one unsettling question: If humanity ends, what comes next?...
In a new essay published Tuesday called “The Gentle Singularity,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared his latest vision for how AI will change the human experience over the next 15 years. The essay is a classic example of Altman’s futurism: hyping up the promise of...
Commercial nuclear fusion power isn’t a reality yet. But venture capital is flowing into startups that promise that clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy is no longer just a distant dream. Most fusion companies that have raised over $100 million are based in the United...
OpenAI was targeting an early summer release date for its open model, which is slated to have similar "reasoning" capabilities to OpenAI's o-series of models....
The AI-friendly data storage startup is raising capital at a giant leap in valuation....
Apple Intelligence was designed to leverage things that generative AI already does well, like text and image generation, to improve upon existing features....
OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an AI model that the company claims is its most capable yet....
Let’s be honest: Most events aren’t built for VCs — they’re built around VCs. Panels, keynotes, maybe a few startups worth watching, and a sea of business cards you’ll forget by dinner. TechCrunch All Stage 2025 flips that script, when we fill up Boston’s SoWa...
Google is releasing Android 16 to Pixel phones and rolling out additional updates to other Pixel devices....
Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan says his battle against Google and the Trump administration is about upholding the rule of law....
Tech and startup events have a formula. You know it. We know it. We’ve all done it. But TechCrunch All Stage 2025, which we’re hosting July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, is designed to break out of that rinse-and-repeat model — and...
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Apple has announced updates to the AI models that power its suite of Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. But according to the company's own benchmarks, the models underperform older models from rival tech firms including OpenAI....
Glean announced on Tuesday that is raised a $150 million Series F led by Wellington Management at a $7.2 billion valuation....
Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers' apps for the AI era....
Mark Zuckerberg is hand-picking top researchers and engineers to join an upcoming AI research lab dedicated to “superintelligence," and Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is on the list....
OpenAI experienced a partial outage on Tuesday morning that created some issues for users trying to access ChatGPT, Sora, and the API, the company said on its status page. The company started investigating the issues late on Monday night, but the partial outage has persisted...
Mistral released Magistral, its first family of reasoning models. Like other reasoning models — e.g. OpenAI's o3 and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro — Magistral works through problems step-by-step for improved consistency and reliability across topics such as math and physics....
You asked. We listened. Due to overwhelming demand, we’re extending the deadline to apply for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. You now have 7 more days to make your move. This is your shot at Disrupt’s most competitive, highest-visibility startup program. A launchpad...
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data....
Google’s AI Overviews and other AI-powered tools, including chatbots, are devastating traffic for news publishers, per a Wall Street Journal report....