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Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer.

The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

GM said Cruise’s technology stack, including its AI models trained on five million driverless miles and simulation framework, feed directly into the automaker’s next-generation driver assistance and autonomy programs.  

The U.S. automaker's technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.

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At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.

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Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities.

The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they're making headway.

The platform engineering startup Shuttle announced $6 million in seed funding to handle the infrastructure problems that start where products like Lovable and Cursor leave off.

YouTube is adding an timer for the Shorts feed to curb doomscrolling

Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs.

Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes.

Netflix isn't planning to use generative AI as the backbone of its content but believes the technology has potential as a tool to make creatives more efficient.

As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn.

WhatsApp will now warn users before sharing their screen with unknown contacts, and Messenger will flag suspicious messages using AI.

Serval is using agentic AI models to automate IT service management, but the company has a unique approach that takes advantage of agentic AI’s powers while avoiding many of its pitfalls.

Amodei’s response comes after last week’s dogpiling on Anthropic from AI leaders and top members of the Trump administration, including AI czar David Sacks and White House senior policy advisor for AI Sriram Krishnan -- all accusing the AI giant of stoking fears to damage the industry.  

A chaotic four-year program comes to an end after GM struggled to sell the electric vans at scale.