[[{“value”:” Amazon has decided to discontinue its Astro for Business device, a security robot for small—and medium-sized businesses, just seven months after launch. In an email sent to customers and employees on Wednesday, provided to TechCrunch, the reason for putting Astro for Business on the shelf is a simple one: Amazon wants to focus on its […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
This Week in AI: With Chevron’s demise, AI regulation seems dead in the water
[[{“value”:” Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down “Chevron deference,” a 40-year-old ruling on federal agencies’ power that required courts to defer to agencies’ interpretations of congressional laws. Chevron deference let agencies make their own rules when Congress left aspects of its statutes ambiguous. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store
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TechCrunch Minute: YouTube makes it easier to report and take down AI deepfakes
[[{“value”:” It’s easier than ever to make a deepfake of another person’s voice or face, but at least YouTube is making some small changes that make it slightly easier to report a video that uses your likeness without consent. You can now submit YouTube takedown requests for deepfakes through the privacy request process, whereas in the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Cloudflare launches a tool to combat AI bots
[[{“value”:” Cloudflare, the publicly-traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI vendors, including Google, OpenAI and Apple, allow website owners to block the bots they use for data scraping and model training by amending their site’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users
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Nano Dimension is buying Desktop Metal
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Groups save big at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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Music video-sharing app Popster uses generative AI and lets artists remix videos
[[{“value”:” As more music streaming apps and creation tools emerge to compete for users’ attention, social music-sharing app Popster is getting two new features to grow its user base: an AI image generator for cover art and a collaboration capability where artists can remix another user’s song. Initially launched last year as a song-creation tool and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threads nears its one-year anniversary with more than 175M monthly active users
[[{“value”:” Meta’s Threads now has more than 175 million monthly active users, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes two days away from Threads’ first anniversary. Zuckerberg revealed back in April that Threads had more than 150 million monthly active users, up from the 130 million reported in February. Threads launched on July 3, 2023, at […] © 2024 TechCrunch….