Copyright Office tells Congress: ‘Urgent need’ to outlaw AI-powered impersonation
The U.S. Copyright Office has issued the first part of a report on how AI may affect its domain, and its first recommendation out of the gat...
Use the ApplyGuardrail API with long-context inputs and streaming outputs in Amazon Bedrock
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications become more prevalent, maintaining responsible AI principles becomes essential. Wit...
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hype...
Configure Amazon Q Business with AWS IAM Identity Center trusted identity propagation
Amazon Q Business is a fully managed, permission aware generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant built with enterprise grad...
Controversial internet bill KOSA passed by Senate
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has passed in the Senate after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pushed the internet bill to a vote. Pr...
The question haunting Fisker’s bankruptcy
As failed EV startup Fisker winds its way through bankruptcy, a persistent and tricky question has become a flashpoint of the proceedings: d...
Making AI models ‘forget’ undesirable data hurts their performance
So-called “unlearning” techniques are used to make a generative AI model forget specific and undesirable info it picked up from training dat...
Transition your Amazon Forecast usage to Amazon SageMaker Canvas
Amazon Forecast is a fully managed service that uses statistical and machine learning (ML) algorithms to deliver highly accurate time serie...
GovWell is bringing automation and efficiency to local governments
Government websites aren’t known for cutting-edge tech. GovWell co-founder and CTO Ben Cohen discovered this while trying to help his dad, a...
US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules
Critics have long argued that device searches at the U.S. border are unconstitutional and violate the Fourth Amendment. © 2024 TechCrunch. ...
UK’s Zapp EV plans to expand globally with an early start in India
Zapp is launching its urban electric two-wheeler in India in 2025 as it plans to expand globally. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. F...
Dear Google, who wants an AI-written fan letter?
The first time I saw Google’s latest commercial, I wondered, “Is it just me, or is this kind of bad?” By the fourth or fifth time I saw it, ...
MatPat, the first big YouTuber to successfully exit his company, is lobbying for creators on Capitol Hill
Though MatPat retired from YouTube, he’s still pretty busy. In fact, he’s been spending a lot of time on Capitol Hill. © 2024 TechCrunch. A...
A tale of two foldables
Samsung is still foldables’ 500-pound gorilla, but the company successes have made the category significantly less lonely in recent years. ...
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback
The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in f...
Max Space reinvents expandable habitats with a 17th-century twist, launching in 2026
Max Space's expandable habitats promise to be larger, stronger, and more versatile than anything like them ever launched, not to mention...
Stripe acquires payment processing startup Lemon Squeezy
Payments giant Stripe has acquired a four-year-old competitor, Lemon Squeezy, the latter company announced Friday. Terms of the deal were no...
Apple reports iCloud Private Relay global outages for some users
iCloud Private Relay has not been working for some Apple users across major markets, including the U.S., Europe, India and Japan. © 2024 Te...
Legal tech, VC brawls and saying no to big offers
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Applied Intuition closes $300M secondary four months after raising $250M
Autonomous vehicle software startup Applied Intuition has closed a $300 million secondary sale just four months after raising a $250 million...
With Google in its sights, OpenAI unveils SearchGPT
OpenAI may have designs to get into the search game — challenging not only upstarts like Perplexity, but Google and Bing, too. The company o...
Alternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling
AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few mont...
Discover insights from Amazon S3 with Amazon Q S3 connector
Amazon Q is a fully managed, generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant that you can configure to answer questions, provide ...