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Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that it’s difficult…
Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly known…
A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a…
Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest…
OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up…
Bluesky may soon add blue check verification Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse…
TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news…
White House replaces covid.gov website with ‘lab leak’ theory The government-run website covid.gov used to host information about COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatment. Now, under President Trump’s purview, the page…
ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it ‘creepy’ Some ChatGPT users have noticed a strange phenomenon recently: Occasionally, the chatbot refers to them by…
Startups Weekly: Mixed messages from venture capital Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox…