The Brutalist Report

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• Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI [171d]
• SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to [171d]
• Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues [171d]
• Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead [171d]
• US lawmakers have already introduce hundreds of AI bills in 2025 [171d]
• Discord is discussing an IPO [171d]
• What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered [171d]
• Threads tests adding ‘interests’ on profiles to connect users with topical discussions [171d]
• Google removes ‘underrepresented’ language from its grant website [171d]
• Google debuts a new Gemini-based text embedding model [171d]
• Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires one-million-square-foot property in Memphis [171d]
• Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires 1 million-square-foot property in Memphis [171d]
• TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker applications close today, submit yours now [171d]
• AI-powered ‘more personalized Siri’ is delayed [171d]
• Startups Weekly: Startups raised funding to help others navigate challenges [171d]
• Health expert warns of leaning too heavily on AI for social connections [171d]
• DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app [171d]
• US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers [171d]
• Google adds a Gemini panel to Calendar to help you manage your schedule [171d]
• Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations [171d]
• Russian propoganda is reportely influencing AI chatbot results [171d]
• CollX raises $10M to grow its card collection marketplace [171d]
• Last day to apply to be a TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker [171d]
• Meta’s next Llama models may have upgraded voice features [171d]
• X now lets you query Grok by mentioning it in replies [171d]
• FBI says scammers are targeting US executives with fake BianLian ransom notes [172d]