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Airbnb releases group booking features as it taps into AI for customer service

Airbnb is introducing a summer update with new features for group booking as the company experiments with AI in customer service.

Atlassian launches Rovo, its new AI teammate

During its Team ’24 conference in Las Vegas, Atlassian today launched Rovo, its new AI assistant. Rovo can take data from first- and third-party tools and make it easily accessible through a new

Atlassian combines Jira Software and Work Management tools

At its Team ’24 event in Las Vegas, Atlassian today announced that it is combining Jira Software with Jira Service Management into a single product under the “Jira” brand. The origin

Anthropic launches a new premium plan aimed at businesses

Anthropic, the generative AI startup backed by Amazon and Google, is launching a new paid plan aimed at business customers.

Citigroup’s VC arm invests in API security startup Traceable

In 2017, Jyoti Bansal co-founded San Francisco-based security company Traceable alongside Sanjay Nagaraj, a former investor. With Traceable, Bansal — who previously co-launched app performance m

Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions

Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. As of today, it’s kaput — sort of. CodeWhisperer is now Q Developer, a part of Amazon’s Q family of b

EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal

The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece of tech policy that coul

TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI’s media deal rush continues with FT deal

OpenAI has landed a new content deal with the FT. But instead of being a merely simple deal in which OpenAI gets words, and FT gets money, the two are teaming up a bit more deeply. Look to see FT.com

Shinkei’s humane, quality-preserving fish-harvesting tech could upend the seafood industry

Shinkei raised $6 million to help it go from pilot to production, with a goal of 10 machines in actual use by the end of the year.

Sam’s Club’s AI-powered exit tech reaches 20% of stores

Sam's Club customers who pay either at a register or through the Scan & Go mobile app can now walk out of the store without having their purchases double-checked.

SafeBase taps AI to automate software security reviews

Security review automation platform SafeBase has raised new cash from investors including Zoom's corporate VC arm.

Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses

Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI chatbots as

Devastated by his videos being posted to a porn site, this founder hit on an AI startup idea

Dan Purcell, the founder and CEO of Ceartas, recalls feeling devastated when he realized that a former partner had, unbeknownst to him, uploaded private, intimate videos of them onto a porn site. Over

neuroClues wants to put high-speed eye-tracking tech in the doctor’s office

The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. That’s why French-Belgian medtech startup neuroClues is building acc

Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform

Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And how does it stack up to the competition? To m

NIST launches a new platform to assess generative AI

NIST, the U.S. government agency charged with testing emerging tech, has created a new platform to evaluate generative AI.

Apple iPad event 2024: Watch Apple unveil new iPads right here

We’re still well over a month out from WWDC, but Apple went ahead and snuck in another event. On Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, the company is set to unveil the latest additions to the

Copilot Workspace is GitHub’s take on AI-powered software engineering

GitHub's new Copilot Workspace brings AI-powered assistive software engineering tools front and center.

TechCrunch Minute: Elon Musk’s big plans for xAI include raising $6 billion

TechCrunch recently broke the news that Elon Musk’s xAI is raising $6 billion at a pre-money valuation of $18 billion. The deal hasn’t closed yet, so the numbers could change. But it sounds like M

Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups

We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught our eye. Sure, it’s another content licensing deal, but there appears to be a bit mor
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