The first bit of news out the Automate conference this year arrives by way of Alphabet X spinout, Intrinsic. The firm announced at the Chicago event on Monday […]
Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo talks about AI, chatbot platform Poe, and why OpenAI is not a competitor
Last November, Adam D’Angelo found himself at the epicenter of one of the biggest controversies in the tech industry. The board of OpenAI — the $80 billion startup […]
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi weaves a captivating cautionary tale
“Drive My Car” director Ryusuke Hamaguchi returns with a cautionary tale, “Evil Does Not Exist.” Film review.
Why it’s impossible to review AIs, and why TechCrunch is doing it anyway
Every week seems to bring with it a new AI model, and the technology has unfortunately outpaced anyone’s ability to evaluate it comprehensively. Here’s why it’s pretty much […]
Nvidia and Qualcomm join Open Source Robotics Alliance to support ROS development
The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) this week announced the launch of the similarly named Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA). The new initiative is designed to maintain development […]
Stable Diffusion 3 arrives to solidify early lead in AI imagery against Sora and Gemini
Stability has announced Stable Diffusion 3, the latest and most powerful version of the company’s image-generating AI model. While details are scant, it’s clearly an attempt to fend […]
The Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romance
In 2011, BioWare’s Dragon Age II portrayed its four main romantic conquests as bisexual, allowing them to be pursued by either the male or female version of main character Hawke. At the time, I was a young, mostly-but-not-completely out gay high school student, and I spent hours each week on the BioWare forums, hoping…
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15 best sci-fi movies on Hulu that you can watch right now
From “Alien” to “Edge of Tomorrow,” Hulu has some killer options for sci-fi fans.
Y Combinator-backed Intrinsic is building infrastructure for trust and safety teams
A few years ago, Karine Mellata and Michael Lin met while working at Apple’s fraud engineering and algorithmic risk team. Both engineers, Mellata and Lin were involved with […]
System of intelligence — generative AI at the app layer
Jonathan Golden Contributor Jonathan Golden is a partner at NEA and a former director of product at Airbnb. More posts by this contributor Changing consumer behavior is the […]