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TechCrunch Sep 5, 10:49 PM

Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

TechCrunch Sep 5, 7:35 PM

Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning

The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."

TechCrunch Sep 5, 6:05 PM

OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure

OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.

TechCrunch Sep 5, 5:00 PM

Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster

Clucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off.

TechCrunch Sep 5, 3:00 PM

Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches ...

TechCrunch Sep 4, 11:36 PM

XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation

The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.

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TechCrunch Sep 4, 11:15 PM

OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should contro...

TechCrunch Sep 4, 9:12 PM

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

TechCrunch Sep 4, 5:52 PM

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now

A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo....

TechCrunch Sep 4, 5:18 PM

What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?

It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo...

TechCrunch Sep 4, 4:51 PM

No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s Cybercab

The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis.

TechCrunch Sep 4, 4:21 PM

Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.