Trump nominates Sean Plankey as new CISA director
Plankey, if approved by the Senate, will serve as CISA’s third director.
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Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]
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EU AI Act: Latest draft Code for AI model makers tiptoes towards gentler guidance for Big AI
Ahead of a May deadline to lock in guidance for providers of general purpose AI (GPAI) models on complying with provisions of the EU AI Act that apply to Big AI, a third draft of the Code of Practice was published on Tuesday. The Code has been in formulation since last year, and this draft […]
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Learn what VCs want to see from founders at TechCrunch Sessions: AI
It’s no secret that AI has eaten the lion’s share of funding over the past couple of years, with investments into the sector surging 62% to $110 billion in 2024 alone, while startup funding overall declined 12%. Startups may think that just adding “AI” to their company’s name might help them secure that funding. But […]
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Musk’s Starlink to launch in India through Airtel
Airtel has tied up with SpaceX to launch Starlink in India.
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Waabi says its virtual robotrucks are realistic enough to prove the real ones are safe
Canadian robotruck startup Waabi says its super-realistic virtual simulation is now accurate enough to prove the safety of its driverless big rigs without having to run them for miles on real roads. The company uses a digital twin of its real-world robotrucks, loaded up with real sensor data, and measures how the twin’s performance compares…
The Download: making AI fairer, and why everyone’s talking about AGI
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. Two new measures show where AI models fail on fairness What’s new: A new pair of AI benchmarks could help developers reduce bias in AI models, potentially making them fairer and less likely…
Junction, an API to link health wearables with labs, raises $18M
Medical devices, wearables — we are all familiar with them. But are they linked in any way to the healthcare system and the databases that are supposed to keep us healthy? The answer in most cases is no, they are not. Vital, which is rebranding to “Junction”, provides a single API to integrate wearables and […]
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General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach.
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