Developers detest drudgery. The entire field of programming is proof of how hard people will work to automate away the boring tasks involved in building things. And, as vibe-coding has proved, they’ve even managed to find ways to not do most of the work in putting products together. So I wasn’t very surprised to hear … Devamını oku
This generation of 20-somethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker. After dropping out of UC Berkeley, Ditto co-founders Allen Wang and Eric Liu set out to build something that would help their peers connect without having to spend hours each week navigating the … Devamını oku
OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, along with newly filed exhibits, reveals the company’s legal defense strategy. Rather than focusing on whether former Apple employees working at OpenAI had accessed certain information, the AI company argues that Apple’s own security practices and offboarding procedures weaken its claim that the information qualifies as legally … Devamını oku
Suno, the service that allows users to create AI-generated songs, today announced new tools to mark tracks made on its platform, limit downloads, and update community guidelines to prevent copycat songs. The changes come as Suno faces numerous lawsuits from labels and artist bodies . In a blog post , co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman … Devamını oku
AI lab Mirendil has signed a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to source compute capacity for its self-improving AI research, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The deal mirrors two trends shaping the AI industry: cloud giants are courting startups with huge infrastructure commitments, and AI companies are snatching up as many compute deals as they can … Devamını oku
Sidd Motwani, Ian Anderson and Shivaditya Sinha spent years building the behavioral intelligence infrastructure behind Spotify’s recommendation engine. Called Vector AI, the system is designed to predict a person’s intent and next actions instead of relying only on their past behavior. It powers about 90% of Spotify’s recommendations to its 800 million users. Now, the … Devamını oku
The customer support industry has seen a massive influx of startups like Sierra, Decagon and Parloa trying to infuse AI into automating customer calls, chat and messages so companies can handle more queries at scale. But according to Athens-based Omilia , which has been working on automating voice calls and customer support since 2002, throwing … Devamını oku
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic capabilities, including the ability to order food, book hotels, and find event tickets. The tech giant is also bringing Personal Intelligence to Ask Maps, allowing the AI tool to personalize its responses by drawing on information from a … Devamını oku
Meta, considered a bit of a straggler in the AI harnesses realm, is making strides to catch up. This week, the company released a new terminal coding agent aimed at programmers looking for assistance with complex tasks across large software code bases. Muse Code, which is currently available in beta, can accomplish “complete software engineering … Devamını oku
Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2023, Agency had raised $32 million from investors including Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, and Felicis prior to the acquisition. As part of … Devamını oku