Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after 10 years
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre. Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.
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Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant. Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant.
Tinder to require new users in California to use facial recognition tech to verify their profiles
Tinder is requiring new users in California to use facial recognition technology to verify their profiles. Tinder is requiring new users in California to use facial recognition technology to verify their profiles.
Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to the Foundation Stage at TechCrunch All Stage
Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape,” happening … Read more
Jennifer Neundorfer on how AI is reshaping the way startups are built — live at TechCrunch All Stage
AI marks the most significant revolution in startup development since the advent of cloud computing. This isn’t just an incremental change; AI is fundamentally reshaping every facet of company building, from the initial spark of idea validation and the intricate process of product development to the critical areas of team structuring and go-to-market strategies. Jennifer … Read more
Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’
Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued. Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued.
Vitalik Buterin has reservations about Sam Altman’s World project
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks.
Week in Review: Meta’s AI recruiting blitz
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week, including Travis Kalanick’s possible return, CoreWeave’s CEO is now worth $10 billion, Apple users aren’t happy with how the company is promoting its new F1 movie, and much more. Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week, … Read more
Meta reportedly hires four more researchers from OpenAI
Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI. Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI.
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators. An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and … Read more