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Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open-source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model, reports The New York Times. Sources …
Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing Read More
Meta announced on Monday that it will take additional measures to crack down on accounts sharing “unoriginal” content to Facebook, meaning those that repeatedly reuse someone else’s text, photos, or …
Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content Read More
The Trump administration, through the Department of Defense, plans to spend $1 billion over the next four years on what it calls “offensive cyber operations.” The provision in Trump’s landmark …
Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations Read More
Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots …
Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300% Read More
You voted — they made it onto the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 agenda! After reviewing hundreds of standout Call for Content submissions and opening the vote to the TechCrunch audience, we’ve …
Disrupt 2025 Audience Choice winners revealed Read More
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is on an app-building spree. After releasing a Bluetooth-based messaging app called Bitchat earlier this month, this weekend Dorsey revealed another app called Sun Day that …
Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure Read More Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices. A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition, according to Bloomberg, which also reports that an internal …
Meta acquires voice startup Play AI Read More
Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University. While recent coverage …
Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots Read More
The British Business Bank, owned by the UK government, is creating a £500 million (around $674 million) economic package to help support diverse and underrepresented fund managers and founders in …
UK launches £500M package to support diverse, underrepresented investors and founders Read More
One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another. According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites investors close to SpaceX, the company has agreed to …
Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI Read More