TECHNOLOGYTravis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFOKalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYMeta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code basesMeta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYKlaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech foundersThe serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYJeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startupThe legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYGoogle's AI reshuffle: Chief scientist Jeff Dean exits and Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEOGoogle's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday.CNBC·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYReddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation toolsReddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easier for legitimate newcomers to participate.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYMeet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield AustraliaThe applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYSure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator TrebloWe were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically. Now the company and a new detection tool seem to confirm it. On Monday, the company announced the open-source Treblo AI Music Classifier, which detects The Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYGoogle just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadershipGoogle is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will continue to lead Alphabet's IsomoThe Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYReddit is introducing a new moderator: AIReddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits - and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it's expanding who can use those tools today ahead of a full launch later this year. The companThe Verge·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYShopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing GoogleShopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.TechCrunch·3w ago
TECHNOLOGYRogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attemptYet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure for greater oversight of frontier systems.The Verge·3w ago