Generative AI

Snapchat’s AI bot isn’t very smart, but at least it won’t send nudes

Snapchat now has an AI bot that you can send snaps to, and if you’re a premium subscriber, it can even send you pictures back. So, what happens if you send Snapchat’s My AI bot nudes? This is the

AI-generated hate is rising: 3 things leaders should consider before adopting this new tech

For all of its power and potential, generative AI makes it easy, fast and accessible for bad actors to produce harmful content.

Startups may have room to innovate as enterprise providers puzzle out how to price AI tools

Nearly every tech company seems to be working on AI tooling, and everyone is at least talking about using it. But how the heck are companies going to charge for it?

Factors to consider before pricing AI-enabled SaaS

SaaS companies should be solving for simplicity and adoption in their AI feature pricing. This is a time for learning and iteration.

Baidu’s $145M AI fund signals China’s push for AI self-reliance

The U.S.-China decoupling is giving rise to a divided tech landscape between the two major economies, shaping the development of the red-hot area of generative AI, which turns text into various forms

The elephants in the room at Computex

This year’s Computex, the first since Taiwan eased pandemic-related travel restrictions, was a celebration of the world’s computing and chip industries. But amid the exhibitions, speeches and pro

What’s new in the world of generative AI?

Building off TechCrunch's regular drumbeat of AI coverage, we're going deeper into the weeds concerning how startups can take advantage of AI.

Blink launches Blink Copilot to bring generative AI to security operations

Blink CEO Gil Barak says there have been three distinct periods when it comes to security operations automation. The first required experts to code workflows, taking weeks or months to produce a singl

Roll wants to recreate dolly shots and more using generative AI

Those familiar with Faizan Buzdar, who was until recently the VP of product management at Box, likely associate the entrepreneur with Convo, the digital workspace platform popular among newsrooms (inc

TechCrunch+’s holiday reading list

It's Memorial Day here in the United States, which means that the flow of tech news is slower than normal.

All the Nvidia news announced by Jensen Huang at Computex

Jensen Huang wants to bring generative AI to every data center, the Nvidia co-founder and CEO said during Computex in Taipei today. During the speech, Huang’s first public speech in almost four year

Skyflow expands its regional footprint as it adds generative AI support to its data privacy tooling

So far, Skyflow has found notable international adoption. The company does more than 40% of its current business with non-American customers.

Daylight’s sunset and Meta’s year of focus

 Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Mary Ann and Alex were a dynamic duo this week, taking

Google Search ads will soon automatically adapt to queries using generative AI

Google is going to start using generative AI to boost Search ads’ relevance based on the context of a query, the company announced at its Google Marketing Live event today. Last year, the tech g

Microsoft launches an AI tool to take the pain out of building websites

Microsoft wants to take the pain out of designing web pages. AI is its solution. Today marks the launch of Copilot in Power Pages in preview for U.S. customers, an AI-powered assistant for Microsoft&#

Microsoft goes all in on plug-ins for AI apps

Microsoft aims to extend its ecosystem of AI-powered apps and services, called “copilots,” with plug-ins from third-party developers. Today at its annual Build conference, Microsoft announ

Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants

Anthropic, the prominent generative AI startup co-founded by OpenAI veterans, has raised $450 million in a Series C funding round led by Spark Capital. Anthropic wouldn’t disclose what the round

Red Hat brings generative AI to IT automation with Ansible Lightspeed

Red Hat is holding its annual customer summit in Boston this week, and today it announced a couple of enhancements to Ansible, its open source IT automation tool, including the new AI-fueled Lightspee

Adobe brings Firefly’s generative AI to Photoshop

Photoshop is getting an infusion of generative AI today with the addition of a number of Firefly-based features that will allow users to extend images beyond their borders with Firefly-generated backg

Procedural justice can address generative AI’s trust/legitimacy problem

Companies building AI platforms can engage society in the process and earn — not demand — trust and legitimacy.
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