Top robotics names discuss humanoids, generative AI and more | TechCrunch
Last month, I took an extended break. In a bid to keep my robotics newsletter Actuator (subscribe here) up and
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Propelled by 'science for humanity,' this Chinese AI startup sets sight on US | TechCrunch
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, many Chinese tech companies find themselves recalibrating their overseas pursuits, often sidestepping any reference to their
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Y Combinator-backed Intrinsic is building infrastructure for trust and safety teams | TechCrunch
A few years ago, Karine Mellata and Michael Lin met while working at Apple’s fraud engineering and algorithmic risk team.
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Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature via Suno integration | TechCrunch
Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno. Users
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Y Combinator-backed Guac trains algorithms to predict grocery demand | TechCrunch
Poor grocery demand forecasting is responsible for more waste than you might expect. According to one source, grocery stores in
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AI plushie Grok, voiced by Grimes, was trademarked before Elon Musk's Grok | TechCrunch
Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free
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News publisher files class action antitrust suit against Google, citing AI's harms to their bottom line | TechCrunch
A new class action lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in D.C. accuses Google and parent company
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Seed-stage startups — and their investors — react to higher hurdles for Series A funding | TechCrunch
Lightspeed Venture Partners is formalizing its scale-up efforts, as other outfits make similar moves Connie Loizos @Cookie / 8 hours
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Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round | TechCrunch
French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million,
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This week in AI: Mistral and the EU's fight for AI sovereignty | TechCrunch
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you,
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