Categoria: AI

The AI startup market is sprawling, from companies looking to develop new chips, to those using AI to build robots, to others looking to use AI to create niche solutions for industry-specific workflows. There are a lot of potential areas for venture capitalists to invest in, but there are clearly a few subsectors they are… Continua a leggere Here are the types of AI companies enterprise VCs want to back in 2025

The clock is set to run out on TikTok over the weekend, following the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the ban. So, what’s next for the video-sharing app’s 170 million U.S. users? On today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl, and Anthony Ha dive into the week’s biggest stories, including where… Continua a leggere $200M woolly mammoths and a farewell to TikTok

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OpenAI is getting into the local news game. Newsletter-based media organization Axios announced a partnership with OpenAI on Wednesday. As part of this three-year deal, the AI giant will fund Axios’ expansion of its local newsletters into four new cities: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Huntsville, Alabama. While OpenAI has inked content-sharing… Continua a leggere OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets

François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. The startup, Ndea, will consist of an AI research and science lab. It’s looking to “develop and operationalize” AGI. AGI, which stands for “artificial general intelligence,” typically refers to AI that can perform any… Continua a leggere AI researcher François Chollet founds a new AI lab focused on AGI

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week was something of a swan song for the Biden administration. On Monday, the White House announced sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips — restrictions that tech giants, including Nvidia, loudly criticized. (Nvidia’s business… Continua a leggere This Week in AI: Will Biden’s AI actions survive the Trump era?

In a bid to make its Gemini chatbot app more of a one-stop shop, Google says it’s working with The Associated Press to build “a feed of real-time information” in Gemini. Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s VP of global news partnerships, said that the goal is to “further enhance the usefulness of results” in the Gemini experience.… Continua a leggere Google inks deal with The Associated Press to bring more real-time info to Gemini

Google announced on Wednesday that all AI features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet are now available to Workspace customers at no extra charge, though the plan will see a $2 per month increase per user.  This change simplifies access to Workplace AI tools, including email summaries, automated note-taking, chatting with the Gemini bot, and… Continua a leggere Google raises the price of Workspace plans, includes its AI features for free

According to some of the latest statistics, employers are swamped by job applications. In the U.K. alone, employers running graduate training schemes received an average of 140 applications for each job in 2024, 59% more than in 2023, according to the Institute of Student Employers. And despite some trepidations amongst a few recruiters, plenty of… Continua a leggere As Gen Z job applicants balloon, companies are turning to AI agent recruiters