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SoftBank is back, and the AI hype cycle is eating itself

Listen on Apple Podcasts SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand “Crystal Intelligence.” On paper, it’s a straightforward

发布时间:2025-11-07来源:TechCrunch
OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers | TechCrunch

A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support its ambitious plans for data center construction. The letter — from OpenAI’s chief g

发布时间:2025-11-07来源:TechCrunch
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch

Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards. Four of the lawsuits address ChatGPT’s all

发布时间:2025-11-06来源:TechCrunch
'Breaking Bad' creator’s new show 'Pluribus' was emphatically ‘made by humans,’ not AI | TechCrunch

If you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: “This show was made by humans.” That terse message — placed right

发布时间:2025-11-07来源:TechCrunch
Is Wall Street losing faith in AI? | TechCrunch

A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3% — making this its worst

发布时间:2025-11-07来源:TechCrunch
Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love | TechCrunch

After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X. In an early

发布时间:2025-11-08来源:TechCrunch
Scribe hits $1.3B valuation as it moves to show where AI will actually pay off | TechCrunch

After helping thousands of enterprises document how work actually happens, Scribe has raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation to roll out Scribe Optimize, a platform that maps workfl

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
Google Maps releases new AI tools that let you create interactive projects | TechCrunch

Google Maps is adding new AI features, including a builder agent and an MCP server — a tool that connects AI assistants to Google Maps’ technical documentation — to help developers and users create in

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
习近平会见委内瑞拉总统马杜罗

当地时间5月9日晚,国家主席习近平在莫斯科出席纪念苏联伟大卫国战争胜利80周年庆典期间会见委内瑞拉总统马杜罗。当地时间5月9日晚,国家主席习近平在莫斯科出席纪念苏联伟大卫国战争胜利80周年庆典期间会见委内瑞拉总统马杜罗。新华社记者 张领 摄习近平指出,中国和委内瑞拉是相互信赖、共同发展的好伙伴,双方在国际风云变化中结下铁杆友谊。2023年我们共同宣布建立中委全天候战略伙伴关系以来,双方各领域各层级

发布时间:2025-05-09来源:新华社
6sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1mind | TechCrunch

Although LLM-powered AI agents are a fairly new phenomenon, one of the areas where they’ve been most popular so far is in sales. 1mind, a startup co-founded by Amanda Kahlow, has been quietly shipping

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping | TechCrunch

Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic. In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
Google brings Gemini to the Google TV Streamer | TechCrunch

Google announced on Monday that it’s starting to roll out Gemini to the Google TV Streamer, replacing Google Assistant. The tech giant says the change will enable users to use their voice more natural

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
Kaltura acquires eSelf, founded by creator of Snap’s AI, in $27M deal | TechCrunch

Kaltura, a New York-headquartered AI video platform company, is acquiring eSelf.ai, an Israel-based startup behind conversational avatars — AI-generated digital humans that can talk with users — for a

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
A better way of thinking about the AI bubble  | TechCrunch

People often think about tech bubbles in apocalyptic terms, but it doesn’t have to be as serious as all that. In economic terms, a bubble is a bet that turned out to be too big, leaving you with more

发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch
The circular money problem at the heart of AI's biggest deals | TechCrunch

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发布时间:2025-11-09来源:TechCrunch