OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September
A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI’s structure, leadership, and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.
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You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people’s videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you’ll see an option to “reimagine” it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into […]
Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads
Google’s AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you search for a product, Google’s Gemini AI chatbot will surface relevant items and generate a “custom explainer” about why you should purchase a specific one. The update comes just one day after Google revealed a new Search box for larger, more conversational […]
AI search startups are blowing up
AI search has quietly become one of the most attractive targets in consumer AI.
Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create six-minute songs
Stability Audio 3.0 small model can run on-device and generate two-minute long tracks
It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems
We’re about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two distinct technologies for invisibly tagging image, video, and audio files with information about their origins, are getting their biggest expansion to date, and with it, the […]
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in one week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups ends May 27
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. Pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt, get investor access, win $100K, plus more scaling perks. Nominate an early-stage founder or submit your startup here.
NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. Pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt, get investor access, win $100K, plus more scaling perks. Nominate an early-stage founder or submit your startup today.
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly […]