[[{“value”:” GM’s Cruise has appointed Marc Whitten — a video game veteran who was a founding engineer at Xbox and Xbox Live— as CEO. The Cruise CEO position has been vacant since December when co-founder Kyle Vogt resigned as part of a broader executive shakeup following an October 2 incident that saw one its robotaxis drag […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all
[[{“value”:” You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first announced ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, where the companies jointly announced integrations between OpenAI’s chatbot and Apple’s operating systems for iPhone, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
VW to invest up to $5B into Rivian in software deal
[[{“value”:” VW Group said Tuesday it will invest $1 billion into EV startup Rivian as part of a broad software development deal that could expand to as much as $5 billion. The deal, which was announced Tuesday afternoon, sent Rivian’s shares up more than 36% in after-hours trading. Under the deal, VW Group will use Rivian’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Fearless Fund’s founder has resigned, and it’s a sad reflection on the VC world for Black women
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Reddit’s upcoming changes attempt to safeguard the platform against AI crawlers
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The RIAA’s lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
[[{“value”:” Unfortunately for Udio and Suno, the RIAA has a few thousand smoking guns in the lawsuit: songs it owns that are clearly being regurgitated by the music models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
From Brex exec to venture capitalist
[[{“value”:” Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at a Brex exec’s jump to join venture firm a16z, Klarna selling off its payments unit and some mega-raises. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story Ali Rathod-Papier […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the fediverse
[[{“value”:” Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube, and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday, Meta announced that it’s now opening up its beta for sharing to the fediverse to Threads users who are 18 and up and who are […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds
[[{“value”:” As browsers continue to add AI features into their products, Mozilla is looking give users some choice in the matter. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an opt-in experiment offering access to different AI services in Nightly, the experimental version of Firefox. The company plans to improve the experience before bringing it to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Circular will pay competitor Oura royalties to sell its smart ring in the US
[[{“value”:” Smart ring makers Oura and Circular Tuesday announced a settlement in an ongoing patent suit. The agreed-upon terms find the French company entering into a multi-year agreement with Oura, wherein it will license the market leader’s intellectual property for devices sold in the U.S. Financial details of the agreement have been kept confidential. Oura has […] © 2024 TechCrunch….