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The first big exit in AI
Hey folks, Heading to a Q&A with Sam Altman later today in London so a bit rushed for time to part any ‘wisdom’. I’m currently still mid-building the reference manual, but it’s coming along now! I’...
The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* Solar geoengineering, the controversial idea that ...
The search for dark matter has been blown wide open
Underneath an Apennine massif, below the Jinping Mountains of Sichuan, and at the bottom of a South Dakota mine, there is a cosmic hunt afoot.Isolated deep beneath these rocky shields, massive detecto...
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had [solved a mathematical bottleneck]($1) that had been holding back large language mod...
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs | TechCrunch
It happened to me: I opened a Google Doc to write an article, and I was immediately confronted with a text box inviting me to “write with Gemini.” I looked for some button to swipe away the garish AI ...
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid | TechCrunch
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [told grid operators]($1) on Thursday to fast-track interconnection requests from data centers and other large electricity users.Under the orders, six m...
Almost half of US singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says | TechCrunch
Dating app giant Match Group — which owns apps like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid — conducted a [study]($1) to determine how U.S. singles really feel about the relationship between AI and dating. Turns o...
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO | TechCrunch
OpenAI is bringing on some big names to the team in the lead-up to its public debut: Google DeepMind AI legend Noam Shazeer and former Trump White House AI policy official Dean Ball. Shazeer, a co-lea...
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs | TechCrunch
Snap will be spinning off an internal generative AI video team into a separate company. The new company — dubbed Dotmo — will focus on developing AI models that can create interactive gaming experienc...
The CEO of Allbirds' new AI biz has a plan. Now she needs a "brand-new team" | TechCrunch
When Allbirds pivoted to AI in April, it felt like a joke from “Silicon Valley” breaking free of the TV: The direct-to-consumer shoe purveyor whose flimsy kicks helped define what we’ll loosely call “...
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home | TechCrunch
As India searches for a homegrown contender in the global artificial intelligence race, billionaire Mukesh Ambani is positioning Reliance Industries as a national champion, rolling out AI services for...
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic | TechCrunch
Posted:John Jumper, who shared a recent Nobel Prize in chemistry, announced Friday that he’s making the leap to Anthropic after “nearly 9 years” at Google DeepMind.In a post on X]($1), Jumper wrote th...
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search | TechCrunch
Anyone who’s Googled themselves recently knows that it doesn’t quite hit the way it used to. Sure, there’s [everything going on with Google search itself]($1), but there’s also an inescapable feeling ...
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ | TechCrunch
Posted:Asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, Signal President Meredith Whittaker answered, “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are no...
Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
- **AI - **News # Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly The latest study from Pew Research finds that more people are using chatbots, but they’re wary. The latest study from Pew...
Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
- **AI - **Report - **OpenAI # Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months He rejoined the company in January after a stint as co-founder of Mira Murati’s competitor, Thinking Machines...
The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM
- **AI - **News - **OpenAI # The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, covers the week in 2023 that the OpenAI CEO was fired and re-hired. The ...