What the Epstein files reveal about EV startups and Silicon Valley

After the Justice Department released a trove of new documents tied to infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, journalists digging through them have found extensive connections to Silicon Valley. TechCrunch’s Sean O’Kane examined how a mysterious businessman named David Stern built…

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s savior

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. We are in the midst of one of my four favorite times of year: earnings season. I enjoy these numbers because the required…

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says

India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making the country one of OpenAI’s largest markets globally. CEO Sam Altman shared this ahead of a government-hosted AI summit. In an article published in the Times of India, Altman outlined ChatGPT’s…

Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?

Elon Musk is actively working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot more unhinged, according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge about recent departures from Musk’s AI company. This week, following the announcement that Musk’s SpaceX is acquiring xAI,…

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

Elon Musk is actively working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot more unhinged, according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge about recent departures from Musk’s AI company. This week, following the announcement that Musk’s SpaceX is acquiring xAI,…

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for blatant copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently finalized a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations,…