From: today

These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn

Ai News Culture

Three Arizona women have filed a lawsuit against a group of men that alleges they used the women’s photos to make AI porn influencers, then offered online courses showing others how to do it.

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Reid Hoffman Thinks Doctors Should Ask AI for a Second Opinion

Ai News Science

The LinkedIn cofounder now has an AI drug discovery startup—and thinks not asking chatbots for medical advice is “bordering on committing malpractice.”

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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

Tech Crunch AI

You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.

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Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India

Tech Crunch Fintech

PhonePe and Google Pay command 80% of India's UPI instant payments network. Rivals are set to meet with regulators to lobby for restrictions.

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From: yesterday

Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending

Tech Crunch AI

The e-commerce giant is making more money than expected from AWS but it's also spending a lot, and will continue to do so in the near term, its chief executive said.

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From: yesterday

Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B

Tech Crunch AI

The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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From: yesterday

On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets

Tech Crunch AI

Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI.

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Meta is still burning money on AR/VR

Tech Crunch AI

Meta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.

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Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal

Tech Crunch AI

Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.

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From: yesterday

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’

Ai News Business

Tensions flared on the third day of trial in Musk v. Altman as OpenAI’s lawyers cross-examined Musk.

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Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Tech Crunch AI

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.

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Google Cloud surpasses $20B, but says growth was capacity-constrained

Tech Crunch AI

Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.

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From: yesterday

Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models

MIT Research

A new debiasing technique called WRING avoids creating or amplifying biases that can occur with existing debiasing approaches.

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From: yesterday

Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One

Tech Crunch AI

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

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Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix

Tech Crunch Climate

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

Ai News Gear

“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.

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Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Ai News Culture

Researchers show scammers are using AI-manipulated footage of celebrity interviews to trick users into sharing their personal data.

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From: yesterday

Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

Tech Crunch AI

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

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From: yesterday

Sanctioned Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Releases Image Model Built for Speed

Ai News Business

With US restrictions limiting its access to advanced tech, SenseTime is doubling down on open source with a new model optimized to run on Chinese-made chips.

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Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality

Tech Crunch AI

Google recreates Cher's closet from "Clueless" with AI.

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More Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Tech Crunch AI

Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.

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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

Tech Crunch Startups

On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million seed round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov with out big-name VCs participating.

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Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Tech Crunch Apps

Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.

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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Tech Crunch Transportation

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

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