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Spend management space sees a large raise, and layoffs, in the same week by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]
This Week in Apps: Users pan Snapchat’s AI, Bluesky has a moment, Apple wins antitrust appeal by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. One story that caught this reporter’s […]
The week in AI: ChatBots multiply and Musk wants to make a ‘maximum truth-seeking’ one by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
OpenAI, the startup behind the widely used conversational AI model ChatGPT, has closed its new funding round of over $10.3 billion, TechCrunch has learned. VC firms including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are in the round, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also […]
OpenAI closes its monster $10B funding round at $27B-29B valuation by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Petitioners seek to compel Meta to stop viral hate on Facebook, ramp up content review, and to create a $1.6 billion compensation fund.
Kenyan court paves way for lawsuit alleging Facebook played role in fuelling Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
The future is very much yet to be written about vertical farming. In many ways, the technology presents hope in the midst of rising food safety concerns, aging populations and potential environmental collapse. It’s also an intensely hard row to hoe, as it were. Early companies in the space are going to be the ones […]
Upward and onward by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could jeopardise the future of open source software development. That’s according to the Jack Dorsey-backed Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund which is taking on a case to defend 11 Bitcoin developers named in a lawsuit filed by Craig […]
How Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is fighting for the future of open source software by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Mobile messaging services provider Postscript took to the Twitterverse earlier this month after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from competitor Attentive.
Battle of two marketing companies by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Personas persist throughout the entire customer lifecycle and are more than just a way to segment customer types; it’s a DNA marker.
How we used data-driven personas to radically improve the customer experience by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch