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Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent

Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more cons...

In a blog post shared Wednesday, Mira Murati's startup offered a rare glimpse in...

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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

The AI-powered search startup's valuation jumped from $18 billion two months ear...

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A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

A California bill that would regulate AI companion chat...

If SB 243 is enacted, California would become the first state to require operato...

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Amazon launches Lens Live, an AI-powered shopping tool for use in the real world

Amazon launches Lens Live, an AI-powered shopping tool ...

Lens Live will not replace Amazon's existing visual search tool, Amazon Lens, wh...

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Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Redu...

An appellate court found that the Trump administration was within its rights to ...

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OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, intro...

OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning model...

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Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in  antitrust trial

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive se...

U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would ...

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Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made...

Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its ...

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a...

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel e...

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Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield...

The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first w...

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup ...

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 4...

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a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals...

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

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Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show

Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict...

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive d...

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AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Do A.I. chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternativ...

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Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’

Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should...

A federal judge has blocked the FTC's investigation into Media Matters research ...

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Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced backlash after declaring that Duolingo wou...