Source: TechCrunch

The Waymo robotaxi honking problem has been resolved for real this time

The group honking was an unintended consequence of Waymo’s tech.
Kirsten Korosec
Aug. 19, 2024, 11:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Now a million people can watch you fumble Zoom’s screen-share settings at once

Zoom on Monday announced a new single-user webinar feature that caps out at 1 million attendees. The addition comes less than a month after the #WinWithBlackWomen fundraiser for Vice President…
Brian Heater
Aug. 19, 2024, 10:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

What margins? AI’s business model is changing fast, says Cohere founder

OpenAI and Anthropic spend billions of dollars a year training models like GPT-4 and Claude, but competitive price dumping is making the business around these platforms rather precarious. Aidan Gomez,…
Maxwell Zeff
Aug. 19, 2024, 10:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

TechCrunch Space: Spending less

Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Did you hear? Bridgit Mendler will be joining me onstage at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt to talk all things ground stations. She’s just…
Aria Alamalhodaei
Aug. 19, 2024, 10:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Now a million people can watch you fumble Zoom’s screen share settings at once

Zoom on Monday announced a new single-user webinar feature that caps out at 1 million attendees. The addition comes less than a month after the #WinWithBlackWomen fundraiser for Vice President…
Brian Heater
Aug. 19, 2024, 9:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Gemini Live could use some more rehearsals

What’s the point of chatting with a human-like bot if it’s an unreliable narrator — and has a colorless personality? That’s the question I’ve been turning over in my head…
Kyle Wiggers
Aug. 19, 2024, 9:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that use cooperative behavior to boost troops’ intelligence and tactical…
Aria Alamalhodaei
Aug. 19, 2024, 8:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Could Trump’s AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement be illegal?

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump posted a collection of memes on Truth Social — the platform owned by his media company — that make it seem like Taylor Swift…
Amanda Silberling
Aug. 19, 2024, 8:03 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Swarmbiotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that use cooperative behavior to boost troops’ intelligence and tactical…
Aria Alamalhodaei
Aug. 19, 2024, 7:33 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Former a16z VC Balaji Srinivasan obtained a private island for his new longevity ‘technocapitalist’ school

Former a16z-investor Balaji Srinivasan has booked out an island in Singapore to create his own “Network School.”
Margaux MacColl
Aug. 19, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
5 min read
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