Hollywood is not taking kindly to the AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood

Tilly Norwood is not real, but the company that created her hopes that she’s the first of many AI-generated stars.

California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash 

“Are bills like SB 53 the thing that will stop us from beating China? No,” said Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy group Encode AI. “I think it is just genuinely intellectually dishonest to say that that is the thing that will stop us in the race.”

Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI

Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems.

What founders need to know before choosing their exit — straight from Roseanne Wincek, Jai Das, and Dan Springer — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Hear from Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), and Roseanne Wincek (Renegade Partners), and Dan Springer (Ironclad, and formerly Docusign) on how founders can prep for an exit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Register here to save.

Better Tomorrow Ventures closes $140M, remains bullish on fintech

The six-year-old firm’s third fund is nearly the size of it previous fund raised during the fintech boom in early 2022.

OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media push

Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company’s Sora app fits in with its broader mission.

Self-driving trucks startup Einride raises $100M

Einride raised the funds five months after founder Robert Falck left the CEO role and took over as executive chairman of the board.

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory — and one that the company has disputed before.

Visa crackdowns are blocking students’ study-abroad dreams, so India’s Leverage Edu is rerouting them

Leverage Edu places over 10,000 students annually into universities across 11 countries.

Oneleet raises $33M to shake up the world of security compliance

Founder Bryan Onel says too many companies are doing the bare minimum to meet their security compliance obligations, and raised $33 million to help his customers get both compliant and secure.