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TezLab launches new AI-powered ‘car reports’ for Tesla and Rivian EVs
Modern connected vehicles, and especially EVs, generate a lot of data. But automakers don’t often give owners a good way to play around with that data. Instead, drivers are more likely to wind up in a situation like the New York Times reported on…
X changes creator payouts to depend on engagement, not ads
As X continues to alienate advertisers, even recently suing a group over their boycott of the platform, the company is shifting its creator payments policy to be less dependent on ads. Before, creators would be paid a percentage of the ad revenue from …
Shield AI’s founder on death, drones in Ukraine, and the AI weapon ‘no one wants’
Shield AI cofounder Brandon Tseng has raised over $1 billion to create AI pilots. Here’s what he’s learned in Ukraine and the future of AI-powered weapons.
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After winning Nobel for foundational AI work, Geoffrey Hinton says he’s proud Ilya Sutskever ‘fired Sam Altman’
Geoffrey Hinton accepted a Nobel Prize this week, recognizing the foundational work on artificial neural networks that earned him the nickname “godfather of AI.” In a speech Tuesday, Professor Hinton praised one student – alluding to OpenAI…
Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen says he’s been designing a robotaxi in his mind for years
About 12 years ago, not long after Tesla began delivering the Model S, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen started to think about what an autonomous vehicle might look like. Von Holzhausen played a central role at Tesla leading the design team on the M…
This Week in AI: Tech giants embrace synthetic data
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week in AI, synthetic data rose to prominence. OpenAI last Thursday introduced Canvas, a new way to interact with ChatGP…
Zoom’s custom AI avatar tool may come with risks
Zoom plans to introduce a feature to let people effectively clone themselves digitally. There’s concerns that this could be misused.
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Palantir now owns nearly 9% of EV startup Faraday Future — here’s why
Palantir now owns 8.7% of struggling electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The data-mining company was granted more than 800,000 shares in the EV startup on October 2 “…
Streamer Plex rolls out movie and TV show reviews
Following its $40 million fundraise at the beginning of this year, streaming media company Plex announced on Wednesday it’s rolling out a new TV show and movie reviews feature, putting its app in more direct competition with other apps, like Lett…