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Judge blocks California’s new AI law in case over Kamala Harris deepfake Musk reposted

Judge blocks California’s new AI law in case over Kamal...

A federal judge blocked one of California’s new AI laws on Wednesday, less than ...

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Elon Musk’s xAI moves into OpenAI’s old HQ

Elon Musk’s xAI moves into OpenAI’s old HQ

San Francisco’s Mission district isn’t known for corporate offices, but it’s now...

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Starling Bank fined $39M for ‘facilitating financial crime’

Starling Bank fined $39M for ‘facilitating financial cr...

Starling Bank, a popular challenger bank based in the U.K., has received a £29 m...

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Livestream shopping app Whatnot adds a rewards program as GMV tops $2B

Livestream shopping app Whatnot adds a rewards program ...

Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sne...

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Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask Ray-Ban Meta AI to analyze

Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask ...

We recently asked Meta if it trains AI on photos and videos that users take on t...

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Cancer AI Alliance joins medical and tech expertise together with $40M to collaborate on next-gen care

Cancer AI Alliance joins medical and tech expertise tog...

A group of major medical institutions specializing in cancer care have formed a ...

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Former head of YC’s Continuity Fund Ali Rowghani launches new seed firm

Former head of YC’s Continuity Fund Ali Rowghani launch...

Ali Rowghani, a former Y Combinator managing director and former Twitter executi...

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Four-legged robot learns to climb ladders

Four-legged robot learns to climb ladders

The proliferation of robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot has showcased the versati...

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Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides in Austin to certain members of the public

Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides in Austin to certa...

Waymo has gotten one step closer to a commercial launch in Austin by early 2025....

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Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year

Are creators sleeping on Facebook? Though the social network has been more entic...

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AI coding startup Poolside raises $500M from eBay, Nvidia, and others

AI coding startup Poolside raises $500M from eBay, Nvid...

Poolside, the AI-powered software dev platform, has raised half a billion dollar...

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OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup to...

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J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logistics startups

J.B. Hunt and UP.Labs launch venture lab to build logis...

Transportation and freight network giant J.B. Hunt is searching for software and...

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Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for doxxing

Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision f...

Any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to pr...

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This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in ...

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OpenStack is ready for the VMware refugees

OpenStack is ready for the VMware refugees

Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has left a lot of customers uneasy (and with ri...

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TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomous truck startup

TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomo...

Two years ago, Xiaodi Hou was ousted from his position as CEO of TuSimple, an au...

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Juno, the YouTube app for Vision Pro,  pulled from App Store

Juno, the YouTube app for Vision Pro, pulled from App ...

Juno, the popular app that brought YouTube videos to Apple’s Vision Pro, is shut...

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This device charger has Apple’s Find My tech built in

This device charger has Apple’s Find My tech built in

PlugBug starts at $70 and has earned the title of "first USB-C charger that incl...

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The lawmaker behind California’s vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, has harsh words for Silicon Valley

The lawmaker behind California’s vetoed AI bill, SB 104...

The lawmaker behind California’s recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, is going down...