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A bumpy road for EV manufacturers
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups.
‘Embarrassing and wrong’: Google admits it lost control of image-generating AI
Google has apologized (or come very close to apologizing) for another embarrassing AI blunder this week, an image-generating model that injected diversity into pictures with a farcical disregard for historical context.
Miranda Bogen is creating solutions to help govern AI
TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution.
This Week in AI: Addressing racism in AI image generators
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order.
Amba Kak creates policy recommendations to address AI concerns
As a part of a multi-part series, TechCrunch is highlighting women innovators — from academics to policymakers — in the field of AI.
Former Twitter engineers are building Particle, an AI-powered news reader
A team led by former Twitter engineers is rethinking how AI can be used to help people process news and information.
Inkitt, a self-publishing platform using AI to develop bestsellers, books $37M led by Khosla
Everyone has a story in them, as someone famous once said.
Tim Cook says Apple will ‘break new ground’ in GenAI this year
Apple CEO Tim Cook is promising that Apple will “break new ground” on GenAI this year.
Gemini on Android can’t ID songs, and it’s frustrating
If it wasn’t clear before that Google’s Gemini chatbot was rushed out the door, it is now.
iOS 18: AI Server Industry Aiming to Win Business From Apple
AI server makers are hoping to obtain orders from Apple ahead of its highly anticipated unveiling of new AI features later this year, according to Taiwanese research firm TrendForce.
Microsoft’s Windows 11 Copilot gets smarter with new plugins and skills
You may not have a Copilot key on your PC’s keyboard yet, but if you’re a Windows 11 user, you’ll soon be able to use Copilot for a lot more everyday tasks on your desktop.
How much are Nvidia’s rivals investing in startups? We investigated
Over the past couple of years, Nvidia, by far the largest AI chipmaker, has ramped up its investments in startups that propel it deeper into the AI space.
The 6 best budgeting apps to replace Mint come March 2024
The popular budgeting app Mint is going away.
Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu on the nature of startups: ‘Grow faster, or die faster,’ just don’t give up
Rabbit co-founder and CEO Jesse Lyu isn’t afraid of death … the death of the company, at least.
Karine Perset helps governments understand AI
TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution.
Francine Bennett uses data science to make AI more responsible
TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution.
India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches
India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires “significant” tech firms to get government permission before launching new models.
Anthropic claims its new AI chatbot models beat OpenAI’s GPT-4
AI startup Anthropic, backed by Google and hundreds of millions in venture capital (and perhaps soon hundreds of millions more), today announced the latest version of its GenAI tech, Claude.
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as ‘parochial, magical thinking’
AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal’s principled (and uncompromising) approach may complicate interoperability efforts, warned the company’s president, Meredith Whittaker.
Multiverse raises $27M for quantum software targeting LLM leviathans
We’re still years away from seeing physical quantum computers break into the market with any scale and reliability, but don’t give up on deep tech.
ChatGPT for iPhone and iPad Can Now Read Responses Out Loud
OpenAI has announced a new Read Aloud feature for its official ChatGPT app for iPhone and iPad that allows users to have the chat bot read responses out loud in one of five voice options.
Amazon’s new Rufus chatbot isn’t bad — but it isn’t great, either
Last month, Amazon announced that it’d launch a new AI-powered chatbot, Rufus, inside the Amazon Shopping app for Android and iOS.
AI could be the solution for bureaucracy, with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
Founders have spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to build practical consumer use cases for AI and machine learning.
OpenAI says Musk only ever contributed $45 million, wanted to merge with Tesla or take control
OpenAI, the most valuable AI startup, said Wednesday it intends to dismiss all claims made by Elon Musk in a recent lawsuit and suggested that the billionaire…