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Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free system under investigation after fatal crashes
[[{“value”:” Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Ford’s hands-free driver-assistance system, BlueCruise, after it was found to be active during two recent crashes that killed multiple people. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said on Monday that it has confirmed BlueCruise was active in both crashes. One of the crashes […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple’s iPadOS will have to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act too
[[{“value”:” The European Commission said it will apply its flagship market fairness and contestability rules to Apple’s iPadOS. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use
[[{“value”:” OpenAI, maker of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, has netted another news licensing deal in Europe, adding London’s Financial Times to a growing list of publishers it’s paying for content access. As with OpenAI’s earlier publisher licensing deals, financial terms of the arrangement are not being made public. The latest deal looks a touch cozier […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Ethiopian plastic upcycling startup Kubik gets fresh funding, plans to license out its tech
[[{“value”:” Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity investment. The startup’s latest investment is from African Renaissance Partners, an East African venture capital firm; Endgame Capital, an investor with a bias for technologies around climate change; and King Philanthropies, a climate and extreme poverty investor. The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
ChatGPT’s ‘hallucination’ problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU
[[{“value”:” OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union. This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonprofit noyb on behalf of an individual complainant, targets the inability of its AI chatbot ChatGPT to correct misinformation it generates about individuals. The tendency of GenAI tools to produce information that’s plain wrong has been […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Humanoid robots are learning to fall well
[[{“value”:” The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write this, the sub-40 second video is steadily approaching five million views. A day prior, the company tugged at the community’s heart strings when it announced that the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs
[[{“value”:” Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welp, Tesla earnings happened this week — and yeah that was a lot. A lot of what, you ask? A […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses 10-year mark
[[{“value”:” A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he’s led as president and CEO since September 2014. Ittycheria has taken MongoDB to the cloud, steered it through an IPO, overseen its transition from open source, launched a venture capital arm, and grown the customer base from […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown
[[{“value”:” Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Stripe’s big product announcements, a bump in valuation for a Brazilian fintech startup and much more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story Stripe announced that it will […] © 2024 TechCrunch….