Meta launches “Vibes”.
In a move no one wanted, Meta is introducing a new feed called “Vibe” in Meta AI app and Meta.AI to share and create AI-generated videos. Think of Tiktok or Instagram reels. But every video I encounter is essentially an AI slop. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the deployment of Vibes in an Instagram post […]
The virus call recording app Neon will go dark after publishing the user’s phone number.
A virus app called Neon offers to record phones and pay for audio so that it can be sold to AI companies, but since its launch last week it has rapidly risen to the rank of free iPhone apps. App Intelligence Provider According to App Figures, the app already has thousands of users and has […]
Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military forces over palestinian surveillance
Microsoft blocked access to some of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s technology and services after an internal investigation revealed that the organization appears to be using the technology to store surveillance data on calls made by Palestinians. Tech Giant announced Thursday that it had decided to “suspend and disable” certain subscriptions from the Israeli military. […]
The startup founder says Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee is a “talent tariff” that hurts innovation
Amr Awadallah, founder of AI startup Vectara, responded two times when he heard about the changes to the H-1B visa program, which increases the application fee for each visa to $100,000. He was not surprised. But he was disappointed. “We can’t afford to pay $100,000,” Awadallah told TechCrunch. He employs one employee on the H-1B, […]
Openai launches ChatGpt Pulse and actively writes morning briefs
Openai is launching a new feature inside ChatGpt, known as Pulse. This generates personalized reports that users are sleeping. Pulse offers users 5-10 briefs that can speed up a day, and aims to encourage users to check ChatGPT first in the morning, just like checking social media and news apps. Pulse is part of a […]
Threads are developing tools that can “tag” algorithms to configure feeds
Instagram is experimenting with bringing tools to its X rival threads with its own algorithms. This feature was discovered during development by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi. AlessandroPaluzzi discovered the code and told TechCrunch it was related to the algorithm configuration tool that also appears on Instagram. When contacted, Instagram confirmed for the time being that […]
Steph Curry’s VC company has helped AI startups wanting to fix their food supply chain
The food supply chain is notoriously messy. Orders arrive through various channels, staff manually enter into clumsy enterprise software systems, and compliance is often dependent on spreadsheets. For decades, software vendors have been trying to modernize the workflows behind the global movement of perishable products. Now, Y-combinator startups called Burnt Thinks Ai Agents software that […]
Openai says that GPT-5 will stack up on humans with a wide range of jobs
Openai released a new benchmark on Thursday. This tested the performance of the AI model compared to human experts in a wide range of industries and employment. This test, GDPVAL, is an early attempt to understand how close OpenAI systems are to outperform humans in economically valuable work. Openai says it has discovered that the […]
Elon Musk’s Xai offers Grok to the Federal Government for 42 cents
Elon Musk’s Xai has reached an agreement with the US government’s purchasing department, selling the AI chatbot Grok to the federal government for less than a dollar, opposing Openai and humanity. Under the agreement between Xai and the General Services Agency (GSA), the federal agency will be charged at 42 cents and will use Xai’s […]
Meta deploys teen accounts worldwide on Facebook and Messenger
Meta announced on Thursday that it will be expanded to Facebook and Messenger teens around the world after being made available only to US, UK, Australia and Canada users. The account, which has built-in protection and parental control for younger users, first launched on Instagram last fall. The teenage account was originally launched shortly after […]