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Chinese regulators have proposed restrictive rules around AI models like ChatGPT being built in the country, requiring user identification, security reviews, and prohibiting “any content that subverts state power, advocates the overthrow of the socialist system, incites splitting the country or undermines national unity.” The rules come hot on the heels of Chinese tech companies […]

Prohibition of AI that ‘subverts state power’ in China may chill its nascent industry by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Former cop and self-declared “geek” Eric Adams held a press conference in Times Square today to let the city know how much he loves police robots. New York City’s mayor presided over a press conference alongside police officials to discuss a pair of pilots designed to increase the city’s surveillance. “I’ve stated this from day […]

New York’s mayor wants you to know how much he loves police robots by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Kobie Fuller, a partner at Upfront Ventures, had a notion that there are certain characteristics that every successful enterprise software company shares. You might think that’s not something that’s easily quantifiable or identifiable, maybe just something that any investor knows or senses when they see it. But Fuller decided to sit down and figure out […]

Upfront’s Kobie Fuller has designed an investment framework for modern enterprise software by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Turo, the peer-to-peer car rental company, plans to block access to third-party services like CarSync and Fleetwire starting April 30, according to an email that hosts received and TechCrunch viewed. Turo confirmed the move, which hosts say will cut them off from essential fleet management tools that allow them to share multiple cars on the platform. […]

Turo is blocking access to third-party services and hosts are freaking out by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Venture capitalists and private equity firms have invested over $40 billion into battery technology startups, and some of those investments are now coming to fruition.

Over 300 gigafactories will make tomorrow’s EVs. We mapped them all. by Miranda Halpern originally published on TechCrunch

VCs haven’t given up faith in work software, according to a new Deloitte report — even in a period of economic uncertainty.

VCs still think work software is a wise investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Hackers using spyware made by a little known cyber mercenary company used malicious calendar invites to hack the iPhones of journalists, political opposition figures, and an NGO worker, according to two reports. Researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab analyzed samples of malware they say was created by QuaDream, an Israeli spyware […]

Mercenary spyware hacked iPhone victims with rogue calendar invites, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Ford said Tuesday it will spend $1.34 billion (C$1.8B) to turn its 70-year-old Oakville facility in Canada into an assembly plant for its next-generation of electric vehicles. The campus, which first opened in 1953, will be renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex. The company said Tuesday it will begin modernizing the 487-acre site in the second […]

Ford to spend $1.3B to transform Canada factory into EV manufacturing hub by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch