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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

发布时间:2025-07-15来源:TechCrunch
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

发布时间:2025-07-15来源:TechCrunch
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

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
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

发布时间:2025-07-16来源:TechCrunch
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
OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and the built-in chaos of a $2B seed round

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Mira Murati, just raised one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati secured $2 billion in that seed round fo

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch
Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice | TechCrunch

Meta has refused to sign the European Union’s code of practice for its AI Act, weeks before the bloc’s rules for providers of general-purpose AI models take effect. “Europe is heading down the wrong p

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch
Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films | TechCrunch

Companies developing video AI models and tools often talk about working with Hollywood studios to make certain workflows possible. On Thursday, Netflix said that it has started using AI in movies and

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch
Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot | TechCrunch

The startup behind the viral AI coding app Cursor is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in a bid to bolster its competition with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and win over businesses look

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch
DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results | TechCrunch

Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is rolling out a new setting that lets users filter out AI images in search results. The company says it’s launching the feature in response to feedback from users w

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch
Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted | TechCrunch

A startup called Pig.dev that participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch was working on a potentially revolutionary idea: AI agentic tech to control a Microsoft Windows desktop. But in May, the

发布时间:2025-07-17来源:TechCrunch