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teleconferencing platform, now called Beam, will ship later in 2025Google unveils new AI features coming to Gmail, Docs, and VidsGoogle updates the Gemini app with real-time AI video, Deep Research, and moreGoogle rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agentYou’ve got 6 days to save $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticketsApple reportedly plans to let developers build on top of its AITwelve Labs CEO Jae Lee is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIAmazon’s Danielle Perszyk is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIAgentic AI platform Manus launches a paid plan for teamsOnce worth over $1B, Microsoft-backed Builder.ai is running out of moneyGoogle DeepMind’s Logan Kilpatrick is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIOpenAI’s Codex is part of a new cohort of agentic coding toolsAlation acquires Numbers Station to bolster its AI agent offeringsKlarna’s revenue per employee soars to nearly $1M thanks to AI efficiency pushJudge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to courtAMD strikes a deal to sell ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business for $3BTrump to sign bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakesGoogle launches standalone NotebookLM app for AndroidxAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft AzureMicrosoft open-sources a command-line text editor and more at BuildGitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sourcesDevs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web appsNLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to webpagesMicrosoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discoveryAI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paintClock’s ticking: Save up to $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets before prices riseEx-Siri head reportedly wanted Apple to choose Google’s Gemini over ChatGPTGrok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba dealMicrosoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcastsMIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s 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say no one really knows what an AI agent isGoogle I/O 2025: How to watch all the AI and Android revealsSam Altman apparently does not respect olive oilSaudi prince launches AI venture as Trump, Musk, Altman, and Zuckerberg arrive for conferenceGoogle launches new initiative to back startups building AIGoogle’s Gemma AI models surpass 150M downloadsOpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffsThis American VC is betting on European defense tech; that’s still very unusualTrump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI trainingMicrosoft and OpenAI may be renegotiating their partnership
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Trending News: Fortnite returns to the US App Store after a five-year gapGoogle’s Sergey Brin: ‘I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass’Google commits $150M to develop AI glasses with Warby ParkerThe latest Google Gemma AI model can run on phonesGoogle is launching a Gemini integration in ChromeGoogle AI Ultra: You’ll have to pay $249.99 per month for Google’s best AIVeo 3 can generate videos — and soundtracks to go along with themGoogle introduces Shop with AI Mode with price tracking, agentic checkout and virtual try-onStitch is Google’s AI-powered tool to help design appsProject Astra comes to Google Search, Gemini, and developersIntel is reportedly exploring a sale for its networking and edge unitGoogle’s AI Mode rolls out to US, will add support for deeper research, comparison shopping, and moreGoogle’s Gemini AI app has 400M monthly active usersGoogle’s NotebookLM is getting Video OverviewsGoogle shows off Android XR-based glasses, announces Warby Parker team-upGoogle’s 3D teleconferencing platform, now called Beam, will ship later in 2025Google unveils new AI features coming to Gmail, Docs, and VidsGoogle updates the Gemini app with real-time AI video, Deep Research, and moreGoogle rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agentYou’ve got 6 days to save $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticketsApple reportedly plans to let developers build on top of its AITwelve Labs CEO Jae Lee is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIAmazon’s Danielle Perszyk is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIAgentic AI platform Manus launches a paid plan for teamsOnce worth over $1B, Microsoft-backed Builder.ai is running out of moneyGoogle DeepMind’s Logan Kilpatrick is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AIOpenAI’s Codex is part of a new cohort of agentic coding toolsAlation acquires Numbers Station to bolster its AI agent offeringsKlarna’s revenue per employee soars to nearly $1M thanks to AI efficiency pushJudge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to courtAMD strikes a deal to sell ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business for $3BTrump to sign bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakesGoogle launches standalone NotebookLM app for AndroidxAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft AzureMicrosoft open-sources a command-line text editor and more at BuildGitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sourcesDevs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web appsNLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to webpagesMicrosoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discoveryAI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paintClock’s ticking: Save up to $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets before prices riseEx-Siri head reportedly wanted Apple to choose Google’s Gemini over ChatGPTGrok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba dealMicrosoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcastsMIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefitsEpic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve FortniteY Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employeesOpenAI’s planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than MonacoAI startup Cohere acquires Ottogrid, a platform for conducting market researchAI video startup Moonvalley lands $53M, according to filingOpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPTIs $1 billion a lot of money these days?Epic Games says Apple is blocking Fortnite from the US and EU App StoresxAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbingFake fired Twitter worker ‘Rahul Ligma’ is a real engineer with an AI data startup used by HarvardVibe coding startup Windsurf launches in-house AI modelsAnthropic’s lawyer was forced to apologize after Claude hallucinated a legal citationProgrammers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its codeGoogle rolls out new AI and accessibility features to Android and ChromeCognichip emerges from stealth with the goal of using generative AI to develop new chipsHedra, the app used to make talking baby podcasts, raises $32M from a16zHarvey reportedly in discussions to raise $250M at $5B valuationGrok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African ‘white genocide’OpenAI brings its GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPTSoundCloud backtracks on AI-related terms-of-use updatesOpenAI pledges to publish AI safety test results more oftenStability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphonesDeepMind claims its newest AI tool is a whiz at math and science problemsOpenAI may build data centers in the UAEGoogle’s Gemini chatbot can now more easily analyze GitHub projectsTensor9 helps vendors deploy their software into any environment using digital twinsTensorWave raises $100M to grow its AMD-powered cloud infrastructureDatabricks to buy open-source database startup Neon for $1BGoogle tests replacing ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ with ‘AI Mode’Attend TechCrunch Sessions: AI with this new, limited-time discountxAI’s promised safety report is MIAAnthropic, Google score win by nabbing OpenAI-backed Harvey as a userAWS enters into ‘strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia-backed HumainTikTok launches TikTok AI Alive, a new image-to-video toolTencent hires WizardLM team, a Microsoft AI group with an odd historySpotify’s AI DJ now lets you use voice commands to personalize your tunesGoogle’s bringing Gemini to your car with Android AutoGoogle is bringing Gemini to Wear OS smartwatches and Google TVAudible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library Trump admin officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rulesImprovements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis findsAllTrails debuts $80/year membership that includes AI-powered smart routesMicrosoft Build 2025: What to expect, from Azure to Copilot upgradesEven a16z VCs say no one really knows what an AI agent isGoogle I/O 2025: How to watch all the AI and Android revealsSam Altman apparently does not respect olive oilSaudi prince launches AI venture as Trump, Musk, Altman, and Zuckerberg arrive for conferenceGoogle launches new initiative to back startups building AIGoogle’s Gemma AI models surpass 150M downloadsOpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffsThis American VC is betting on European defense tech; that’s still very unusualTrump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI trainingMicrosoft and OpenAI may be renegotiating their partnership
Wed. May 21st, 2025 7:53:11 AM

Kenya closes its probe of Worldcoin, opening the door to a relaunch of its orbs after a year-long suspension

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Worldcoin — the crypto “proof of personhood” startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman — has been given the green light to resume iris-scanning and other operations in Kenya after a year-long government probe over privacy concerns was dropped. Kenya was one of Worldcoin’s launch countries for its iris-scanning scheme — which the startup was building […]

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