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Waymo ramps up robotaxi production at new Arizona factory

Tech Crunch Transportation

Waymo has played coy for years about exactly how many Jaguar I-Pace EVs are in its autonomous fleet — a figure that covers vehicles used in testing and commercial robotaxi operations. On Monday, the...

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Uber and WeRide set their robotaxi sights on 15 more cities

Tech Crunch Transportation

Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide plan to expand a commercial robotaxi partnership and bring the service to another 15 cities over the next five years. The expansion comes ...

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OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback

Ai News Business

The startup behind ChatGPT is going to remain in nonprofit control, but it still needs regulatory approval.

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FTC bans hidden fees for live events and short-term rentals, effective May 12

Tech Crunch Commerce

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday released new documentation detailing its new “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees.” The rule, set to take effect on May 12, prohibits hidden fees fo...

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People struggle to get useful health advice from chatbots, study finds

Tech Crunch AI

With long waiting lists and rising costs in overburdened healthcare systems, many people are turning to AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT for medical self-diagnosis. About 1 in 6 American adults alread...

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A stealth AI model beat DALL-E and Midjourney on a popular benchmark — its creator just landed $30M

Tech Crunch Startups

Recraft, the startup behind a mysterious image model that beat OpenAI’s DALL-E and Midjourney on a respected industry benchmark last year, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Accel, it ex...

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Google accidentally reveals details about its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive

Tech Crunch AI

Google will unveil a new version of its Android design language at its upcoming Google I/O developer conference, according to an event schedule posted to its website, as well as an accidentally publis...

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Meet the companies racing to build quantum chips

Tech Crunch Hardware

Quantum computing has long been announced as “just around the corner,” but several companies are now determined to make this a commercial reality, with the promise of solving complex problems beyo...

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Here are Latin America’s biggest startups based on valuation

Tech Crunch Startups

Not so long ago, the idea of public tech companies emerging from Latin America seemed far-fetched, and Mercado Libre once appeared as rare and mythical as a true unicorn. Today, however, the region is...

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Anduril is working on the difficult AI-related task of real-time edge computing

Tech Crunch AI

Anduril announced its ninth acquisition on Monday with the purchase of Dublin’s Klas, makers of ruggedized edge computing equipment for the military and first responders. Anduril wouldn’t reveal f...

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UAE Makes AI Classes Mandatory from Kindergarten—The World Needs to Follow

Unite AI Opinion

The United Arab Emirates has launched a nationwide initiative to make artificial intelligence (AI) a mandatory subject for all students from kindergarten through grade 12. Starting in the 2025–2026 ...

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Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation

MIT Interview

A new book coauthored by MIT’s Dimitris Bertsimas explores how analytics is driving decisions and outcomes in health care.

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What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Tech Crunch AI

Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of France’s most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European c...

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Layoffs hit General Fusion as the fusion power startup runs short on cash

Tech Crunch Climate

CEO Greg Twiney posted an open letter on the company’s website today pleading for money.

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New tool evaluates progress in reinforcement learning

MIT Research

“IntersectionZoo,” a benchmarking tool, uses a real-world traffic problem to test progress in deep reinforcement learning algorithms.

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Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government — Tesla is taking the hit

Tech Crunch Transportation

Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But his slide into politics — specifically his ali...

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YouTube is testing a discounted two-person Premium subscription tier

Tech Crunch Apps

YouTube is testing a new two-person Premium subscription plan in select countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The tier is being piloted in India, France, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The...

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GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked: Report

Tech Crunch Security

Hackers claiming to be part of the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed the data breach.

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11x CEO Hasan Sukkar steps down

Tech Crunch AI

Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, is stepping down from his role as CEO, Sukkar announced on LinkedIn this morning. Prabhav Jain, 11x’s CTO, has been named the company’s new CEO.  Sukk...

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Demystifying Higher Education with AI

Unite AI Thought Leaders

Higher education is at a crossroads. Budgets are tightening. Student needs are growing more complex. And the pressure to demonstrate measurable outcomes—graduation rates, job placement, lifelong val...

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OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations

Tech Crunch AI

OpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit organization, after the company initially announced that it planned to convert to a for-profit organization. Acco...

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Over 250 CEOs sign open letter supporting K-12 AI and computer science education

Tech Crunch AI

More than 250 CEOs signed an open letter published in The New York Times on Monday calling for AI and computer science to be “core components” of K-12 curricula. The signatories, which include Mic...

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Ravi Bommakanti, CTO of App Orchid – Interview Series

Unite AI Interviews

Ravi Bommakanti, Chief Technology Officer at App Orchid, leads the company’s mission to help enterprises operationalize AI across applications and decision-making processes. App Orchid’s flagship ...

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Your AI is Useless If Your Documents Are a Mess

Unite AI Thought Leaders

Imagine, a major company deploys an enterprise AI assistant to streamline information access. Three months later, they discover that some employees have been applying outdated policies, mistaken by an...

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