Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID
Truecaller finds a new way to reach users as pressure grows on its traditional caller ID business in India, its biggest market.
People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough?
Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI…
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump
Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
On Equity, we discussed how Meta’s AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Stop Pushing For the Sale — Start Helping Customers Make Sense of Their Options and Prove Your Business Is the Right One.
Some businesses sell products that customers already understand. Others have to explain before they can explain why they’re the right choice.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
“AI is the devil and I its maker.”
TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises
I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.
PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane’s, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India
The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.