Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta

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.

OpenAI's new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.

Fal provides developers with over 600 image, video, audio, and 3D models, it says, and boasts that its cloud has thousands of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs and is fine-tuned for speedy inference.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race.

Members of Breakthrough Energy's policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward clean energy.

Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.

The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a landline or older device.

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

The startup released its beta version of the new AI office management product in May and officially launched it on Tuesday. The company last raised a $16 million Series A in 2022 led by a16z, and...

OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.

YouTube’s detection technology identifies and manages AI-generated content featuring the likeness of creators, such as their face and voice.

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...

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

A developer at Trenchant, a leading Western spyware and zero-day maker, was suspected of leaking company tools and was fired. Weeks later, Apple notified him that his personal iPhone was targeted...

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Aura, founded by early Twitter employees, has launched the $499 Ink frame, its first 13-inch color e-paper photo frame. Using Spectra 6 e-ink technology, it offers a cordless design with up to...

For new subscribers, the updated prices go into effect on Tuesday, while existing customers will see the change on their first billing cycle on or after November 20.