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Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup | TechCrunch

Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years. As a result, model providers have seen increased business, along with investor int

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
ElevenLabs CEO says the voice AI startup crossed $330M ARR last year | TechCrunch

ElevenLabs, the AI voice-generation startup, crossed $330 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), CEO Mati Staniszewski said in an interview with Bloomberg. “Really, what this [growth in ARR] shows

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Apple launches 'Creator Studio' bundle of apps for $12.99 per month | TechCrunch

Apple is launching a new Creator Studio subscription bundle that offers access to six creative apps as well as premium content in iWork apps, the company announced on Tuesday. The bundle costs $12.99

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Neo humanoid maker 1X releases world model to help bots learn what they see | TechCrunch

The robotics company behind the Neo humanoid robot, 1X, has unveiled a new AI model that it says understands the dynamics of the real world and can help bots learn new information on their own. This p

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million Series A | TechCrunch

Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI in their attacks. At the same time, cyber defenders are also turning to the technology to fight back. Depthfirst, a security startup positioning itself at the

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build a voice agent factory | TechCrunch

Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja wanted to build AI voice agents, but when they went to build the product, they felt many of these voice agents had design flaws. Some of these agents were being built

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won't let your electricity bill go up | TechCrunch

Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the comi

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google's AI agent shopping protocol -- Google says she's wrong | TechCrunch

Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post on X viewed nearly 400,000 times

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Ring founder details the camera company's 'intelligent assistant' era | TechCrunch

What does it take to bring a burned-out founder back to the company he sold to Amazon? For Jamie Siminoff of the video doorbell maker Ring, it was the potential of AI — and the Palisades fires that de

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
宇树机器人再破世界纪录,1秒10米“贴地飞”,连头都不要了

智东西(公众号:zhidxcom) 作者 | 程茜 编辑 | 云鹏 人形机器人又破纪录了? 智东西4月12日消息,昨日下午,宇树科技在B站和社交平台X上发出一段新视频,其人形机器人H1跑步速度达到每秒10米,宇树官方称H1用“普通人的体质,跑出了世界冠军的速度”,再次刷新人形机器人的世界纪录。 宇树科技发布的这条视频在B站浏览量已经超过70万次、社交平台X上的浏览量超过23万次。 视频中的H1,腿

发布时间:2026-04-11来源:智东西
Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare — but maybe not as a chatbot | TechCrunch

Dr. Sina Bari, a practicing surgeon and AI healthcare leader at data company iMerit, has seen firsthand how ChatGPT can lead patients astray with faulty medical advice. “I recently had a patient come

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Gemini's new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more | TechCrunch

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new beta feature in the Gemini app that allows the AI assistant to tailor its responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, starting with Gm

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation | TechCrunch

Skild AI, which makes foundation models for robots, seems to have more than tripled its valuation in just seven months. The startup has raised a $1.4 billion Series C round that values it at more than

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Google AI Mode Will Help You Buy Tickets to Concerts, Sporting Events

Buying event tickets seems to have become more difficult in recent years -- just ask Taylor Swift's fans about their struggles to get tickets to her Eras tour. Now Google wants to use artificial intel

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET