OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue. Over the weekend, OpenAI took what appears to be a handful of influencers to a luxury retreat in upstate New York for what was called “Summer Club.” There, the creators were treated to farm-to-table dinners, wellness activities like … Devamını oku
As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a handful of college friends trying to make their AI game engine work. The models could make functional games, but none of the games were fun — which raised the interesting question, how can you tell if a … Devamını oku
After rounds of delays , Siri AI arrived in the consumer beta build of iOS 27, launched in July. The AI assistant now does what Apple promised: it understands your personal context, taps into broad world knowledge to answer your questions, and surfaces relevant information stored on your iPhone. And yet, the arrival feels somewhat … Devamını oku
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is Congress’s AI tool of choice so far in terms of money spent, according to a report from CNBC . OpenAI received roughly 90% of all spending on AI tools by House offices, committees and institutional accounts during the year ending in March 31, per House disbursement records. CNBC found that Congress spent … Devamını oku
It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs— specialists who drop into a company to get its AI systems up and running — are springing up to help them. “AI, paradoxically, increases the demand for professional services,” says Efrat Rapoport, a former … Devamını oku
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that it may be time to “pace the rate of AI development” so that society can “harden around some of these new capability levels.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed how Altman’s … Devamını oku
Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News . U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank’s ruling focused as much on the timing of xAI’s lawsuit as on the substance of the law itself. Frank wrote that xAI filed its request for … Devamını oku
Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers , recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots. The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly , Green incongruously used the phrase “I appreciate the pushback,” leading viewers to speculate that … Devamını oku
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, posting that parents could “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests” to the company’s new product ChatGPT Work , then “every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one … Devamını oku
Screen-time apps aren’t effective for many people because, in the end, they depend on your willpower. They remind you to stop scrolling or let you set timers, but such notifications can be easy to ignore. Autonomous Key takes a different approach to this issue simply by being a physical device. It’s an NFC key that … Devamını oku