This Week in AI: Why OpenAI’s o1 changes the AI regulation game
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It’s been just a few days since OpenAI revealed its…
Luminate’s hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care
Luminate’s wearable device for hair retention during chemotherapy treatment is getting the testing it needs for commercial release, but the startup is already looking ahead to its next goal: powering…
Amplify your brand by hosting a Side Event at Disrupt 2024
Extend the buzz of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 beyond the main event by hosting an exclusive Side Event. Expose your brand to 10,000 Disrupt attendees and the surrounding Bay Area tech…
Era Ventures raises $88M first fund for transforming the “built” environment
The real estate market and many real estate-focused startups were hit hard when mortgage rates skyrocketed in 2022, but that didn’t stop industry veteran Clelia Warburg Peters from leaving her…
iPhone 16 Pro Max review: A $1,200 glimpse at a more intelligent future
All consumer electronics are works in progress. This is the nature of the refresh cycle. Every year or so, a new one arrives with new features, bidding you to upgrade.…
Apple Intelligence will support German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Vietnamese in 2025
Apple Wednesday announced that its generative AI offering will be available in even more languages in 2025. New additions to Apple Intelligence include English (India), English (Singapore), German, Italian, Korean,…
Google nets court win against EU’s $1.7B AdSense antitrust decision
Google has succeeded in overturning a $1.7 billion antitrust penalty handed down by the European Union back in March 2019. The €1.49 billion fine, which Google appealed, was originally issued…
Nurture wants to teach kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment
Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games…
Mistral launches a free tier for developers to test its AI models
Mistral AI launched a new free tier to let developers fine-tune and build test apps with the startup’s AI models, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. The startup…
Neuralink’s ‘breakthrough device’ clearance from FDA does not mean it has cured blindness
Neuralink, the Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company, on Tuesday received “breakthrough device” clearance from the FDA. But this does not mean the outfit has developed a cure for blindness, no…