Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI and Google lay out their competing AI visions

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review. This week had two major events from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI’s spring update event saw the reveal of its new model, GPT-4o, which…
Cody Corrall
May 18, 2024, 8:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’

Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In…
Anthony Ha
May 18, 2024, 6:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

With AI startups booming, nap pods and Silicon Valley hustle culture are back

When Jeffrey Wang posted to X asking if anyone wanted to go in on an order of fancy-but-affordable office nap pods, he didn’t expect the post to go viral.
Julie Bort
May 18, 2024, 6:04 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

VCs and the military are fueling self-driving startups that don’t need roads

A new crop of early-stage startups — along with some recent VC investments — illustrates a niche emerging in the autonomous vehicle technology sector. Unlike the companies bringing robotaxis to…
Rebecca Bellan
May 18, 2024, 3:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Deal Dive: Sagetap looks to bring enterprise software sales into the 21st century

When the founders of Sagetap, Sahil Khanna and Kevin Hughes, started working at early-stage enterprise software startups, they were surprised to find that the companies they worked at were trying…
Rebecca Szkutak
May 18, 2024, 2:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

This Week in AI: OpenAI moves away from safety

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world…
Kyle Wiggers
May 18, 2024, 1:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Meta’s latest experiment borrows from BeReal’s and Snapchat’s core ideas

Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature…
Aisha Malik
May 17, 2024, 10:04 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Adobe comes after indie game emulator Delta for copying its logo

After Apple loosened its App Store guidelines to permit game emulators, the retro game emulator Delta — an app 10 years in the making — hit the top of the…
Sarah Perez
May 17, 2024, 10:04 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Meta’s latest experiment copies BeReal’s and Snapchat’s core ideas

Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature…
Aisha Malik
May 17, 2024, 9:34 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Meta’s latest experiment copies BeReal and Snapchat’s core ideas

Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature…
Aisha Malik
May 17, 2024, 9:04 p.m.
5 min read
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