Fuel Your Hustle With One-Stop Shopping at Costco
Save time and money on everything your business needs with a Costco Gold Star Membership.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TopTechTrends
How Generative AI Is Changing the Game for Content and Creativity
AI-driven personalization reshapes how we connect with content and each other.
Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model. VLAs are a new phenomenon for robotics, leveraging […]
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The Key to Better SEO Actually Comes From Your Customers — Here’s How
Discover the difference user-generated content can make for SEO.
Delta Offers Plane Crash Survivors $30,000 Each With ‘No Strings Attached’
The payment does not stop the passengers from filing lawsuits.
Instagram’s new ad format lets creators get paid for testimonials in comments
Instagram is introducing a new way for creators to work with brands to make money by recommending products. On Thursday, Meta introduced an addition to its Partnership Ads called Testimonials, which allows creators to get paid via written endorsements, shared as comments on the brand’s social media posts and advertisements. The new ad format is […]
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Spotify partners with ElevenLabs to expand its library of AI-narrated audiobooks
On Thursday, Spotify announced that it now accepts audiobooks narrated using ElevenLabs’ AI voice technology. Given that ElevenLabs is currently among the most recognized AI audio providers, this new partnership is expected to boost the quantity of AI-narrated audiobooks on the platform. To upload an audiobook narrated by AI, authors need to download the file […]
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
The California agency said National Public Data failed to register in the state as a data broker.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Substack now lets creators monetize videos and post them directly from its app
As TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains uncertain, Substack tries to lure creators to its platform by doubling down on video. The company announced on Wednesday that it’s now allowing creators to monetize their videos on the platform, and letting them publish video posts directly from the Substack app. Previously, creators have been able to […]
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Arize AI hopes it has first-mover advantage in AI observability
The AI observability platform has raised $70 million in Series C funding.
© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.