Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities

Google’s AI-powered bug hunter has reported its first batch of security vulnerabilities. Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security, announced that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher, Big Sleep, found and reported 20 flaws in popular open-source software. Big Sleep, developed by…

Rivian sues to sell its EVs directly in Ohio

Rivian has filed a lawsuit in Ohio to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers, marking another chapter in the ongoing battle between new automakers and the powerful dealership lobby. The company sued Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles registrar in…

Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s rideshare business

Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has agreed to acquire Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter rideshare business for up to $125 million. The deal includes the Blade brand and its passenger operations in the United States and Europe, while Blade’s medical…

TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla’s ride-hailing gambit

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Tesla CEO Elon Musk finds himself in a challenging position. He has pushed hard for shareholders to view Tesla as an AI and…

Elon Musk says he’s bringing back Vine’s archive

Elon Musk says he’s bringing back Vine — sort of. The X owner announced over the weekend that the company discovered the video archive for the popular short-form video app, thought to have been deleted, and is working to restore…

OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users

ChatGPT’s impressive growth as a consumer app continues, with the chatbot on track to reach 700 million weekly active users this week. Earlier this year, the app had already hit 500 million weekly active users by the end of March,…

Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping

AI startup Perplexity is crawling and scraping content from websites that have explicitly indicated they don’t want to be scraped, according to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. On Monday, Cloudflare published research stating it observed the AI startup ignore blocks and…