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In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI is the most “profound technology humanity is working on — more profound than fire or electricity.”

The company behind the popular iPhone customization app Brass, sticker maker StickerHub and others is out today with a new AI chat app called SuperChat, which allows iOS users to chat with virtual characters powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, what makes the app different from the default ChatGPT experience or the dozens of generic AI […]

Superchat’s new AI chatbot lets you message historical and fictional characters via ChatGPT by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube TV just won its first-ever Technical Emmy award for its “Views” suite of features, which let users access sports highlights, key plays, player stats and game scores. At the 74th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards last night, YouTube TV was declared the winner for the category “AI-ML Curation of Sports Highlights.” “Thank you […]

YouTube TV nabs its first-ever Technical Emmy win for ‘Views’ feature by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Current payment rails, particularly in the U.S., are decades old. In recent years, fintech companies have built new ones, but it takes years and millions of dollars to do.

Decentralized finance may be the answer to banking’s payment rails problem by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

The Y Combinator alumnus quickly adapted its technology after the Inflation Reduction Act changed the economics of carbon capture.

Noya pivots to embrace modular direct air capture, lands $11M Series A by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

A month ago, Adobe announced Firefly, its entry into the generative AI game. Initially, Firefly’s focus was on generating commercially safe images, but the company is now pushing its technology beyond still images. As the company announced today, it will soon bring Firefly to its Creative Cloud video and audio applications. To be clear, you […]

Adobe brings Firefly to its video tools by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Hello, friend! Much like yourself, the TechCrunch+ crew has been working to stay up to date, and get ahead on all things generative AI. With the rapid evolution of AI models, it’s hard to keep up. But don’t worry. TechCrunch+ has your back. Building off of TechCrunch’s regular drumbeat of AI coverage, we’re going deeper […]

What’s new in the world of generative AI? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This technology could alter the entire planet. These groups want every nation to have a say. Picture two theoretical futures: one in which nations counteract climate change by reflecting sunlight back into space,…

The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out. Razor Group, one of the string of startups that has made a name for itself as a “roll-up” startup — raising big money to acquire and consolidate Amazon (and other marketplace) retailers — is now making a different kind […]

Razor Group, an e-commerce aggregator, closes Series C at $88M at $1.2B valuation, acquires Stryze to consolidate by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch