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Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture Onton, which change its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge…
Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless The commercial robotaxi service launched last year. Now, the human safety operator is gone. The commercial robotaxi service launched…
Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’ An investor explains the "buy, fix, and hold" model employed by Bending Spoons and similar companies that buy distressed startups.…
YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that allows users to customize their home feed. YouTube is…
Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features. The company…
ChatGPT’s voice mode is no longer a separate interface ChatGPT now lets you use voice and text in the same screen, making conversations feel more natural as responses and visuals…
Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit WMG says artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices, and…
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized…
Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths Nick Gross says that Find Your Grind gives students the tools to explore what careers…
Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15 WhatsApp's new platform policies ban general purpose AI chatbots like Copilot from using its service. WhatsApp's new platform policies ban general…