Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The video was designed to create the false impression that Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government shutdown, which has now lasted for 16 days. In the manipulated video,…
Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they alleged that certain…
Meta has updated the policy for its WhatsApp Business API to prohibit general-purpose chatbots from operating on its platform. This change is expected to impact the WhatsApp-based assistants from companies such as OpenAI, Perplexity, Luzia, and Poke. The company introduced…
Marc Benioff, the co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, has walked back his previous comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco. He stated that after listening to fellow San Franciscans and local officials, and following the successful and…
At a time when startup hustle culture is back, and when “locked in” tech founders have even embraced the “996” way of working — 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week — there is something dystopian about using…
Kevin Hartz has a history of being an early pioneer. In 2001, he co-founded Xoom at a time when sending money internationally typically required a visit to a Western Union office. The company went public in 2013 and was later…
Wikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI-generated content. However, the online encyclopedia is not completely immune to broader trends. According to a new blog post from Marshall…
A federal judge has granted a request from Meta-owned WhatsApp for a permanent injunction. This order blocks the Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting users of the messaging application. Earlier this year, a jury decided that NSO Group must…
The Trump administration is extending its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to a new platform. The White House and numerous other government agencies joined Bluesky on Friday. In its first post, the new White House account uploaded a highlight…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. There is another twist in the road for lidar company Luminar, and it includes some inside-the-boardroom intrigue. First, let us catch up. You…
