From: today

Did Chinese AI Steal From Anthropic, and OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

Ai News Business

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from  Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use.

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From: today

Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI

Ai News Business

The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take.

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From: yesterday

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

Ai News The Big Story

“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”

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From: yesterday

Working to automate nuclear plant operations

MIT School of Engineering

PhD student Lauren Fortier is building on the experience she gained operating a nuclear plant for the Navy to solve a critical hurdle in the wider adoption of the energy source.

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From: yesterday

How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers

Tech Crunch AI

We spoke with several cybersecurity researchers, who look for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit them, about how OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s guardrails affect their work.

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From: yesterday

Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup

Tech Crunch Startups

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to Australia — and we're partnering with Stripe to find the country's most exciting early-stage startups.

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From: yesterday

Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics

Tech Crunch Transportation

Shashua has been invited to take the chairman of the board seat.

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From: yesterday

AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack-scale system

Tech Crunch AI

AMD is challenging its chipmaker rival with a new rack-scale system that will start shipping to customers later this year.

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From: yesterday

Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce

Tech Crunch Apps

In a memo to staff that was posted online, Conte said the company's core business is strong, but the platform has to respond to market changes and adjust its cost structure to remain stable.

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From: yesterday

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks

Tech Crunch Fundraising

In the AI-funding frenzy, many startups are raising back-to-back rounds at ever-increasing valuations — but even by those standards, Corgi stands out.

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From: yesterday

Tesla’s door handles may spur new US safety rules

Tech Crunch Transportation

The new rule-making process follows a series of incidents, including fatal ones, in which people have become stuck inside cars.

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From: yesterday

Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates

Tech Crunch Climate

Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.

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From: yesterday

Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models

Tech Crunch AI

Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email.

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From: yesterday

Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending

Ai News Business

The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”

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From: yesterday

AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing

Tech Crunch AI

AegisAI co-founders developed AI agents that quickly analyze each message as a human would, paying attention to small anomalies that even the most elaborate checklist wouldn’t catch.

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From: yesterday

US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers

Tech Crunch Security

An updated government advisory warns that Iranian hackers are exploiting systems used by water and energy providers.

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From: yesterday

Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded

Tech Crunch AI

Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative media. On Thursday, the startup launched Runway Media Router through Runway Dev, ...

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From: yesterday

OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users

Tech Crunch AI

Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.

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From: yesterday

Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse

Tech Crunch Transportation

The number of paid robotaxi miles traveled fell 36% in the second quarter, despite expanding to new cities, according to Tesla's own figures.

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From: yesterday

Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

Tech Crunch AI

David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.

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From: yesterday

Google will now let you sign in to your account with a selfie video

Tech Crunch Apps

The tech giant says selfie videos give users more options to sign in if they're ever locked out or don't have access to their usual phone or computer.

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From: yesterday

Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon

Tech Crunch AI

If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.

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From: yesterday

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors 

Tech Crunch AI

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

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From: yesterday

Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code

Tech Crunch Startups

Imagi announced a $4.5 million seed round, with investors including Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and artist Will.i.am. 

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