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Judge blocks California’s new AI law in case over Kamala...
A federal judge blocked one of California’s new AI laws on Wednesday, less than...
Starling Bank fined $39M for ‘facilitating financial crime’
Starling Bank, a popular challenger bank based in the U.K., has received a £29 million...
Four-legged robot learns to climb ladders
The proliferation of robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot has showcased the versatility...
Venture firm CRV returns $275 million citing overvaluation...
CRV, a more than 50-year-old venture firm, is returning to investors $275 million...
Livesteam shopping app Whatnot adds a rewards program as...
Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads...
AI coding startup Poolside raises $500M from eBay, Nvidia,...
Poolside, the AI-powered software dev platform, has raised half a billion dollars...
OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today...
This Week in AI: OpenAI is stretched thin
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in...
Ray-Ban Meta + facial recognition = Terminator vision for...
Any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove...
TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomous...
Two years ago, Xiaodi Hou was ousted from his position as CEO of TuSimple, an autonomous...
The lawmaker behind California’s vetoed AI bill, SB 1047,...
The lawmaker behind California’s recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, is going down...
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 includes...
Why is ChatGPT so bad at math?
You might've noticed that ChatGPT — and AI in general — isn't good at math. There's...
Spill, the Black-owned Twitter alternative, scores investment...
as the second anniversary of Spill rolls around, Spill has something else to celebrate:...
Character.AI hires a YouTube exec as CPO, says it will...
Erin Teague, who has been working at Google since 2016, will join the company next...
Permanent wants to permanently change where commercial...
Permanent is building a marketplace that connects commercial buyers with farms that...