Moonbird’s relaxation device takes flight internationally

March 11, 2024

“Well it looks like you had some fun recently,” a friend said as he joined me for coffee. There, in the middle of my dining room table, is a device that does, now that he mentions it, look an awful lot like a sex toy. Moonbird‘s raison d’etre isn’t to raise your pulse and get […]

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TechCrunch Space: RIP $ASTR

March 11, 2024

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy South by Southwest week for all who celebrate. Onto the news.

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Should artists be paid for training data? OpenAI VP wouldn’t say

March 11, 2024

Should artists whose work was used to train generative AI like ChatGPT be compensated for their contributions? Peter Deng, VP of consumer product at OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT — was loath to give an answer when asked on SXSW’s main stage this afternoon. “That’s a great question,” he said when SignalFire venture partner […]

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Lucid Motors is stuck in a fight over the name of its Gravity SUV

March 11, 2024

Lucid Motors is at risk of losing the trademark for the name of its Gravity SUV, just months before the company is supposed to start production. Google Ventures-backed EV charging company Gravity Inc. filed a “petition for cancellation” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in December asking for Lucid’s […]

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Kate Middleton’s photo editing controversy is an omen of what’s to come

March 11, 2024

After frenzied speculation that a recent photo of Kate Middleton and her children was AI-generated, the Duchess of Cambridge herself had to address the controversy. “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” Middleton wrote in a statement. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday […]

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