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A new Chinese video-generating model appears to be censoring politically sensitive topics [596d]
Star Catcher wants to build a space power grid to supercharge orbital industry [596d]
Mistral’s Large 2 is its answer to Meta and OpenAI’s latest models [596d]
Researchers are training home robots in simulations based on iPhone scans [596d]
Apple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps [596d]
Alternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling [596d]
Bing previews its answer to Google’s AI Overviews [596d]
This Week in AI: How Kamala Harris might regulate AI [596d]
VCs are still pouring billions into generative AI startups [596d]
TechCrunch Minute: A UK school was reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology [596d]
Colin Kaepernick lost control of his story. Now, he wants to help creators own theirs [596d]
CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage [596d]
TikTok Lite exposes users to harmful content, say Mozilla researchers [596d]
‘Model collapse’: Scientists warn against letting AI eat its own tail [596d]
Announcing the agenda for the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 [596d]
After AgentGPT’s success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents [596d]
Astranis is set to build Omega constellation after $200M Series D [596d]
CityRock launches second fund to back founders from diverse backgrounds [596d]
X launches underwhelming Grok-powered ‘More About This Account’ feature [596d]
Lakera, which protects enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities, raises $20M [596d]
Google Play gets ‘Comics’ feature for manga readers in Japan [596d]
Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer [596d]
Google adds AI-powered comparisons, collections and more data controls to Play Store [596d]
Backed by Microsoft, AWS, and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches first open map datasets [596d]
Vanta trust management platform raises $150M Series C, now valued at $2.45B [596d]