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Hugging Face bets on cute robots to bring open source AI to life

Just five days after opening up orders on its Reachy Mini robots, AI developer platform Hugging Face says it has logged $1 million worth of sales. That’s not a bad start for a company that’s just rece

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers | TechCrunch

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab, reports Wired, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, may also join Meta. Sources to

发布时间:2025-07-15来源:TechCrunch
xAI is hiring an engineer to make anime girls | TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s xAI just released its AI companions, which include the goth waifu Ani and the homicidal red panda Bad Rudy. If you want to get in on that, you’re in luck: The company is hiring for the rol

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Google rolls out AI-powered business-calling feature, brings Gemini 2.5 Pro to AI Mode | TechCrunch

Google is rolling out an agentic AI-powered business-calling feature to all users in the United States, the company announced on Wednesday. The tech giant is also enhancing Google Search’s AI Mode by

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Nvidia's resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare-earth element trade talks | TechCrunch

Rare-earth elements appear to be behind Nvidia’s stance on China. After announcing in June plans to essentially withdraw from the Chinese market, the semiconductor chip and AI giant reversed course an

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India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle | TechCrunch

QpiAI, an Indian startup that claims to integrate AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new funding round co-led by the Indian government as the company aims t

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Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business | TechCrunch

Data-labeling startup Scale AI is laying off 200 employees, roughly 14% of its staff, and cutting ties with 500 of its global contractors, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The cuts come just a month a

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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry 'reckless' safety culture at Elon Musk's xAI | TechCrunch

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture at xAI, the billion-dollar AI start

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UAE's deal to buy Nvidia AI chips reportedly on hold | TechCrunch

The massive AI deal between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly on hold before it can be finalized due to national security reasons. The deal, which gives the green light to the

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch | TechCrunch

Fast-growing Swedish AI vibe coding startup Lovable has become Europe’s latest unicorn. Only eight months since its launch, the startup has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8

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OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT | TechCrunch

OpenAI is launching a new general purpose AI agent in ChatGPT, which the company says can complete a wide variety of computer-based tasks on behalf of users. OpenAI says the agent can automatically na

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research' mode | TechCrunch

French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot on Thursday that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google. The new update includes a new “de

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
Confident Security, ‘the Signal for AI,’ comes out of stealth with $4.2M | TechCrunch

As consumers, businesses, and governments flock to the promise of cheap, fast, and seemingly magical AI tools, one question keeps getting in the way: How do I keep my data private? Tech giants like Op

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Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI | TechCrunch

While OpenAI has cemented its lead in the U.S., Perplexity is taking a different route — quietly expanding into India to compete in the next phase of AI adoption. The search-focused AI startup is rapi

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code — without telling users | TechCrunch

Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated amon

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch