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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs
[[{“value”:” Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
OpenAI is removing ChatGPT’s AI voice that sounds like Scarlett Johansson
[[{“value”:” OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT after users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday. The voice, called Sky, is now being paused after OpenAI used it when demoing its new GPT-4o model last week. “We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Microsoft Build 2024: All the AI and hardware products Microsoft announced
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TechCrunch Space: Star(side)liner
[[{“value”:” Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. For those who haven’t heard, the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been pushed back yet again to no earlier than May 25. From NASA: “The additional time allows teams to further assess a small helium leak in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft’s service module traced to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
These 81 robotics companies are hiring
[[{“value”:” When I attended Automate in Chicago a few weeks back, multiple people thanked me for TechCrunch’s semi-regular robotics job report. It’s always edifying to get that feedback in person. While it’s true that the industry has seen ups and downs in terms of both funding and hiring in recent years, there’s never been a more […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
VinFast crash that killed family of four now under federal investigation
[[{“value”:” The top vehicle safety regulator in the U.S. has launched a formal probe into an April crash involving the all-electric VinFast VF8 SUV that claimed the lives of a family of four, TechCrunch has learned. The crash happened in Pleasanton, California at about 9 p.m. on April 24. Police told local news outlets at the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
NYC-Dublin real-time video portal reopens with some fixes to prevent inappropriate behavior
[[{“value”:” When putting a video portal in a public park in the middle of New York City, some inappropriate behavior will likely occur. The Portal, the vision of Lithuanian artist and entrepreneur Benediktas Gylys, was designed to bring people together and let them share common experiences. After it opened earlier this month, the vast majority of […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, lowers the target for its fifth fund
[[{“value”:” Longtime New York-based seed investor, Contour Venture Partners, is making progress on its latest flagship fund after lowering its target. The firm closed on $42 million, raised from 64 backers, for Contour Venture Partners Fund V, according to an SEC filing from May 17. The firm is targeting $70 million for its fifth flagship fund […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Meta’s Oversight Board takes its first Threads case
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