June 19, 2025

It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty

AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content moderation policies. Now new research shows that not all chatbots are equally willing to talk dirty: DeepSeek is the easiest to convince. But other AI chatbots can be enticed too, if…

TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists

February 28, 2023

The Block-owned music streaming service TIDAL is shifting the way it pays artists after an experimental program failed to generate results. Unlike Spotify and other market leaders, which pay musicians small fractions (…of fractions) of pennies for each play, TIDAL has taken a more imaginative approach to artists payouts. The platform, which targets consumers who […]

TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app

February 28, 2023

Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing. We haven’t heard much from Bluesky since October 2022, […]

Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Dish confirms ransomware attack allowed hackers to steal personal data

February 28, 2023

U.S. satellite television provider Dish confirmed that a ransomware is to blame for an ongoing outage and warned that intruders exfiltrated data from its systems. The multiday outage, which began last Thursday and was confirmed by Dish on Monday, is affecting Dish’s main website, apps, and customer support systems, along with the company’s Sling TV […]

Dish confirms ransomware attack allowed hackers to steal personal data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Typeface emerges from stealth with $65M to bring generative AI to the enterprise

February 28, 2023

Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week with $65 million in venture equity backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV (Google Ventures), M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund) and Menlo Ventures. Founded by former Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis, Typeface attempts to combine generative AI with a brand’s […]

Typeface emerges from stealth with $65M to bring generative AI to the enterprise by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch