Apple's Image Playground doesn't suck anymore | TechCrunch
…AI art is generally pretty corny, but at least Apple won’t use your private photos for AI training, unlike many of its competitors . Catch up on WWDC 2026 Everything announced, from…
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How memory tools can make AI models worse | TechCrunch
…The more context the model had, the worse it performed. “With no memory or personalization present the AI model correctly assesses that the company is a capital intensive business that suffers from…
Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant | TechCrunch
…users develop on their own. That customization loop — where the assistant learns from user behavior and becomes more capable over time — is the same dynamic that has made consumer AI tools sticky…
Exclusive: Uber to deploy 500 data-collection vehicles this year
…Uber said its aim is to develop the world’s most geographically diverse set of training data specifically geared towards autonomous driving. If successful, this dataset will give its AV partners a…
Cerebras IPO makes billions for Benchmark but VC Eric Vishria almost didn't take the meeting | TechCrunch
…Cerebras was pitching a new kind of giant-sized chip, designed for AI training, one the processor world was not prepared to manufacture. Vishria was intrigued enough to discuss it with some…
Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View | TechCrunch
…He thinks the real breakthrough is the AI’s spatial continuity. If you turn 360 degrees, the AI correctly remembers and simulates the environment behind you. From that point on, the model…
Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market | TechCrunch
…The Indus app is powered by Sarvam’s locally trained 105-billion-parameter model — a measure of the AI’s scale and sophistication — and launched at the AI summit . The app supports…
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills | TechCrunch
…model development, prompt engineering, and new AI workflows. In practical terms, GM is looking for people who know how to build with AI from the ground up — designing the systems, training the…
Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic's Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI's returns | TechCrunch
…GitHub Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch
…Then it translates this information into its custom AI models, trained on the enzyme problems Imperagen seeks to explore. Finally, to retain its AI models, Imperagen uses robots and automation to generate…