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Humanity announced on Tuesday that Claude, an AI chatbot, has been integrated with Google Workspace, allowing you to search and browse emails in Gmail. The integration is first rolled out in beta to subscribers on Anthropic’s Max, Team, Enterprise and Pro plan. Administrators who manage multi-user accounts must enable integration before users can connect Google Workspace and Claude accounts, according to humanity. Google Deepmind’s Gemini Chatbot is also integrated with Workspace, while Openai’s ChatGPT is integrated with Google Drive. However, Anthropic is one of the first third-party AI companies to provide a way to connect closely to Google’s productivity suite.…
The infamous Internet Forum 4chan was hacked on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the 4chan website had not been loaded. Social media users reported that the site was down for several hours intermittently. The message on the rival message board seen by TechCrunch praised Hack. One claimed that the hackers responsible for the violation were in the 4chan system “for more than a year.” Some screenshots showing what appears to be the backend of 4chan are distributed online and show the site’s backend, source code, and templates that ban users. Also, the leaked data includes a list of posted…
According to internal communications seen by TechCrunch, Rippling’s efforts to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz is significantly complicated by the fact that Bouaziz and his lawyer are currently in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates is a country with a reputation as a safe haven for those who want to avoid extradition. Rippling is seeking to serve Bouaziz as part of a blockbuster lawsuit against Deel in Ireland. However, the French enforcement officer was unable to find Bou Agis in his apartment in Paris, his native France last week. The lawsuit accuses Ireland’s wavy employee Keith O’Brien and Boo Agis of…
On Monday, Openai launched GPT-4.1, a new family of AI models. The company said it outperformed some of its existing models in certain tests, particularly programming benchmarks. However, GPT-4.1 did not ship safety reports that normally accompany the model release of Openai, commonly known as a model or system card. As of Tuesday morning, Openai had not yet published a safety report for GPT-4.1, but it appears it hasn’t planned. In a statement to TechCrunch, Openai spokesman Shaokyi Amdo said, “The GPT-4.1 is not a frontier model, so no other system cards will be released.” It is fairly standard for…
Figma made the headline in December 2023 when a $20 billion contract with Adobe fell apart after regulators intervened. The letter was not directed at imitation. It was sent to Lovable, a promising AI development tool that is gaining attention, along with developers looking for smarter and faster ways to build. Figma claims that the term “Dev Mode” Lovable is infringing on the trademark. Stop and denial letter to Figma’s Lovable The letter is polite. That’s also clear. Figma asks you to stop using phrases, rename that tool, and love to remove all references from public content. “I flatter you…
To highlight Stress Awareness Month, Center Parcs meetings and events revealed that outdoor work events are suitable for employee well-being, productivity and overall business performance compared to outdoor events. Center Parcs has collaborated with third-party research companies to investigate UK HR decision makers and gather specialized insights into how they can impact employees and businesses alike on company away away days, sales meetings and training days. The survey results show that while almost all (94%) companies agree that work events have a positive effect on employees, the biggest advantage comes from events held in natural environments. Over half of companies…
Tesla was notoriously struggling to expand production of its Model 3 sedan in 2018. So CEO Elon Musk said his company has been a few weeks away from collapse. That near-death experience helped create an entirely new company called Atomic, built around using AI to streamline the supply chain. Co-founded by former Tesla employees Michael Rossiter and Neil Suidan, Atomic was created within DVX Ventures, a company run by former Tesla President John McNeill. Rossiter is also a partner in DVX, leading Atomic’s $3 million seed round, with Seattle-based Madrona Ventures. “Michael and Neil experienced this pain firsthand as Tesla…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was considering removing all Facebook friends to increase the cultural relevance of the social network. The “potentially crazy idea” was revealed Monday as part of evidence introduced on the first day of the US government’s antitrust trial against Meta, as executives called it at the time. In one message to meta employees in 2022, Zuckerberg proposed a strategy of “wiping everyone’s graphs and starting again” as a possible solution to the declining importance of Facebook in the social networking field. The idea was that by forcing everyone to recreate their friend’s graphs, users could encourage them…
Virtue AI, a new AI startup focusing on AI safety and security, has come out of stealth for $30 million with seed and Series A funding combined. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with backers including Prosperity7 and Factory, Osage University Partners, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill and Stanford Professor Chris Re. The company is built around simple missions. Help businesses adopt generated AI without the usual security headaches. In many cases, businesses are forced to quickly choose to maintain shipping and safety. Virtue Ai wants to end that trade-off. Virtue AI was founded by…
On Tuesday, Notion released Notion Mail, an AI-powered email client for Gmail that integrates with the rest of Notion’s workflow management platform. Notion Mail connects to conceptual users’ Gmail accounts and uses AI to help users organize emails, draft responses, schedule meetings, and search across messages. Any concept user can sign up, and concept email AI features are free, with monthly usage restrictions or unlimited via paid tier. Notion Mail falls into an increasingly crowded category of businesses looking to improve their email inboxes using AI. One of the larger players, Superhuman raises $108 million in venture funding for clients…