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The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to Xs policies, the platform prohibits deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. Harmful content includes media that could mislead people or cause significant confusion on public issues.
If you're wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they'll tell you it's not just about electricity it's about beating China.
The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation's largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.
Silicon Valleys rule? Its not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, its becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI development. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how the line between innovation and responsibility []
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users camera rollseven if they havent been shared. The feature is currently opt in only.
ChatGPTs mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which weve been updating throughout the year.
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The collaboration will integrate Ponys self-driving software into Stellantiss electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles.
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WhatsApp is testing a way to limit number of messages someone can sending in a month without getting a response to limit spam
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All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix will be available to Apple TV subscribers.
Austin Russell was replaced in May following an ethics inquiry, but now he wants to use his new AI lab to buy Luminar.
50 fashion brands are launching their shoppable worlds for VLGE's World Fashion Week, founder Evelyn Mora says.
All staff employed by SK Telecom's new AI division are being offered a voluntary retirement program as part of a broader effort to bring together its various AI-related divisions, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversation topics. Starting in the coming months, parents will be able to turn off chats with AI characters entirely []
Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users who have set one of these languages as their default, instead of English, can now []
OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.
Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.
Ron Conway has been on the board of the Salesforce's philanthropic organization for 10 years.
Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.
Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new AI Mode that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.
Where training sets were once scraped freely from the web or collected from low-paid annotators, companies are looking to proprietary training data as a competitive advantage.
Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.
Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.
Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month.
After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution and its now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.
Yangs departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apples AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipatedSiri revamp scheduled for March.
Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.
Microsoft, Amazon and Google are ramping up efforts move production of their products and data centers outside of China, Nikkei reported, citing supply chain sources.
Jack & Jill uses conversational AI to sidestep the listing and resum shuffle. With $20 million in seed funding, the company is plotting its US expansion.
In less than a decade AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says and is doing so through an unusual VC model.
Indian quick commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. The round, which is a mix of primary and secondary investment, also has participation from existing investors, including Avenir, Avra, Lightspeed, Glade Brook, The Stepstone []
Kuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year.
PicSee is a new app that detects your friends' photos on device and allows you to send it to them.
South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns.
If the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion.
Apple is adding renewable power to offset customer charging and support its operations, including third-party manufacturing in China.
Viven's seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital.
The Chinese AV companies are already traded on the Nasdaq.
Semiconductor firm Arm is partnering with Meta to enhance the social media company's AI systems amid an unprecedented infrastructure buildout.
Nscale plans to deploy the chips over the next few years to three data centers in Europe and a fourth in the U.S.
Google now lets you recover your accounts using your phone number or trusted contacts
Google launched its new video model Veo 3.1 with improved audio output, granular editing controls, and better output for image to video. It said that Veo 3.1 builds on Mays Veo 3 release and generates more realistic clips and adheres to prompts better. The model allows users to add an object to the video and []
The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.
X is working on new transparency features to help users identify who theyre interacting with, such as account creation date, location, username change history, and how each account uses the service.