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…

Welcome to the Jungle grabs $54 million for its slick job platform

January 26, 2023

French startup Welcome to the Jungle has raised a new $54 million (€50 million) Series C round. The startup helps other companies recruit new employees more easily by creating sophisticated profiles packed with a ton of information. In particular, Welcome to the Jungle sends a photo and video crew to your office so that they […]

Welcome to the Jungle grabs $54 million for its slick job platform by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening

January 25, 2023

There was a brief, beautiful moment for a few months in 2021 when it felt like robotic investments might be immune from broader market forces. We all fundamentally and implicitly understood this to not be the case, but it was a nice moment nevertheless. Truth is, there was a bit of insulation in there. There […]

The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

The Dos and Don’ts of Using AI to Write Your Book

January 25, 2023
AI is here, and people are freaking out. But you can’t use it for everything — unless you want to sound like everyone else or Rosie from the Jetsons. Here’s what to use it for and what not to use it for in writing your book.

Tier Mobility and Spin lay off 100 more employees

January 25, 2023

Around a year ago, Tier Mobility was winning the shared micromobility game. Fueled by its $200 million Series D fundraise in October 2021, the company went on to acquire three other micromobility operators and a computer vision startup, giving it access to e-bikes — a reach that extended beyond Europe and into the U.S. — […]

Tier Mobility and Spin lay off 100 more employees by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify, sources tell us for around $100M

January 25, 2023

Dell is making an acquisition to beef up its cloud services business, specifically its offerings in DevOps: the company is buying Cloudify, an Israeli startup that has built a platform for cloud orchestration and infrastructure automation. Cloudify’s tools are used by cloud architects and DevOps engineers to manage containers, workloads, and more across hybrid environments. […]

Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify, sources tell us for around $100M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Meta will restore Trump’s Facebook account ‘in the coming weeks’

January 25, 2023

Two years after the company formerly known as Facebook suspended then-President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, it’s bringing him back. Meta made the announcement of its decision to restore former president Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, saying that it would do so in “the coming weeks.” As a general rule, we don’t want to […]

Meta will restore Trump’s Facebook account ‘in the coming weeks’ by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Google spares three Area 120 R&D projects, including team working on a ‘Gen Z consumer product’

January 25, 2023

Last week, we learned Google’s in-house R&D group, Area 120, had been severely impacted by the broader Google workforce reduction, impacting teams working on some of Google’s more experimental ideas. However, we understand now that at least three Area 120 projects have been spared from these latest cuts, and will go on to “graduate” to […]

Google spares three Area 120 R&D projects, including team working on a ‘Gen Z consumer product’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla reports $24.3B revenue in the fourth quarter, beating Street estimates

January 25, 2023

Tesla just beat Wall Street revenue estimates for the fourth quarter of 2022. The company closed out Q4 with $24.3 billion in revenue, a 37% increase from the same quarter last year and a 13% bump quarter-over-quarter. Analysts had expected the company to earn around $24.2 billion, according to Yahoo Finance data. The electric vehicle […]

Tesla reports $24.3B revenue in the fourth quarter, beating Street estimates by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch