Elon Musk Sued By Ex-Twitter CEO, CFO For $128 Million
The billionaire is being accused of not paying employees’ severances, including former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and former CFO Ned Segal.
Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp
Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. The feature builds on the AI technology that Meta released in April, […]
Google and XPRIZE Are Awarding $5 Million to Anyone Who Develops Quantum Computing Algorithms For Real Life. Here’s What The Technology Can Do.
Google and XPRIZE want to reward individuals who can figure out real-world applications for complex technology.
TikTok says its revamped creator fund has increased total creator revenue by over 250%
TikTok announced today that its revamped creator fund has increased total creator revenue by over 250% within the last six months. The company says the fund, which launched a year ago and eventually replaced TikTok’s original $1 billion Creator Fund, is exiting beta in the coming weeks. TikTok also announced that its LIVE Subscription monetization […]
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Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI
Accenture announced today that it would acquire the learning platform Udacity as part of an effort to build a learning platform focused on the growing interest in AI. While the company didn’t specify how much it paid for Udacity, it also announced a $1 billion investment in building a technology learning platform it’s calling LearnVantage. […]
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Amazon’s new Rufus chatbot isn’t bad — but it isn’t great, either
Last month, Amazon announced that it’d launch a new AI-powered chatbot, Rufus, inside the Amazon Shopping app for Android and iOS. After a few weeks’ delay, the company began to roll out Rufus to early testers today — including some of us at TechCrunch — to help find and compare products as well as provide […]
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MrBeast Has Grown Up. He Thinks His YouTube Videos Should Too.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has 242 million subscribers on YouTube, and his numbers are still growing rapidly.
Waymo launches driverless rides for employees in Austin
Waymo will start letting its autonomous vehicles traverse Austin without a safety operator behind the wheel as of tomorrow, a crucial step before the company opens the program up to the public. The company announced Tuesday that it will begin shuttling employees around 43 square miles of the Texas capital, including the Barton Hills, Riverside, […]
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Discover Which Brands Have Ranked on the Franchise 500 for Longest, Earning a Spot in Our ‘Hall of Fame’
Looking to buy an A-list franchise? These brands have been the strongest for the longest.
Max, HBO Will Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing Soon
The streaming platform will join Netflix and Disney+ in new restrictions.
JPMorgan Says Its AI Cash Flow Software Cut Human Work By Almost 90%
The company has roughly 2,500 clients using the AI-backed tool — and it could soon charge for the service based on its success.