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When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' need...
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.
Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websit...
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Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinforma...
Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the mis...
YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.
Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music
Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.
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Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path to...
Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and...
Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry'...
Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key...
Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads
Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder
Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher ben...
WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data
A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.
Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company
Journalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken. But could AI actually make things better?
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes
Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sk...
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Will the HomeView be Apple’s first smart home success?
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a ...
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Can the AI industry persuade data center opponents by getting rid of NDAs?
On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.
These execs think voice AI hasn’t reached its ChatGPT moment yet
Voice AI's often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’
In a Saturday morning post, Microsoft's CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?