Big tech companies are plowing money into AI startups, which could help them dodge antitrust concerns

May 24, 2024

Another week, and another round of crazy cash injections and valuations emerged from the AI realm. DeepL, an AI language translation startup, raised $300 million on a $2 billion valuation; Scale AI, a data-labeling platform for machine learning models, secured $1 billion as its valuation nearly doubled to $13.8 billion; and H, a fledgling French […]

Harlem Capital is raising a $150 million fund

May 24, 2024

If raised, this new fund, the firm’s third, would be its largest to date.

Become Unrecognizable By the End of Summer With These 6 Habits

May 24, 2024

Summer is often a time of rest, relaxation and socializing. But, summer can also be a time for improving and living our best lives. Follow these six healthy habits and you’re bound to make this summer one you’ll never forget.

Google’s New AI Search Results Are Already Hallucinating — Telling Users to Eat Rocks and Make Pizza Sauce With Glue

May 24, 2024

From pizza sauce recipes to fun facts, some AI search results need a fact-checker.

US drug maker Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach

May 24, 2024

About half a million patients have been notified so far, but the number of affected individuals is likely far higher.

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May 24, 2024

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Last day to vote for TC Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice program

May 24, 2024

Attention, tech enthusiasts and startup supporters! The final countdown is here: Today is the last day to cast your vote for the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice program. Voting closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT, so this is your last chance to make your voice heard and help select the most promising startups to take […]

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the “edge lords” at OpenAI

May 24, 2024

Meredith Whittaker has had it with the “frat house” contingent of the tech industry. I sat down with the CEO of Signal at VivaTech in Paris to go over the wide range of serious, grown-up issues society is facing, from disinformation, to who controls AI, to the encroaching surveillance state. In the course of our […]

The Download: head transplants, and filtering sounds with AI

May 24, 2024

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. That viral video showing a head transplant is a fake. But it might be real someday. An animated video posted this week has a voice-over that sounds like a late-night TV ad, but…

Lucid Motors slashes 400 jobs ahead of crucial SUV launch

May 24, 2024

Lucid Motors is laying off about 400 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this year. The company said in a regulatory filing on Friday morning that it expects to complete the restructuring by the end of the third quarter […]

After Working at Google and Facebook, She Started a Company to Fight Forest Fires. Now The Government Is Her Customer.