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This Week in AI: The fate of generative AI is in the courts’ hands

Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, music labels accused two startups developing AI-powered song generators, Udio and Suno, of copyright infringement. The RIAA, the trade organization representing the music recording industry in the … Continue reading

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TikTok’s Instagram rival, Whee, has no traction

Like Instagram, Whee also supports the use of photo filters and includes messaging. However, the company’s plans for Whee aren’t clear. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Data lakehouse Onehouse nabs $35M to capitalize on GenAI revolution

You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam engine” of the fourth industrial revolution, there’s little doubt that “GenAI” is … Continue reading

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America’s drinking water is under attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran

The majority of U.S. public water systems are vulnerable to hacks, and cyber criminals are not passing up the opportunity to cause chaos.

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Apple expands its self-service repair program to Europe

First launched in the U.S. in December 2023, the diagnostic tool is now available in 32 European countries, including the U.K., France and Germany.

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Unbabel among first AI startups to win millions of GPU training hours on EU supercomputers

The European Union has announced the winners of a “Large AI Grand Challenge” it kicked off earlier this year in a bid to accelerate the pace of homegrown innovation by large-scale AI model makers. Four startups will share €1 million … Continue reading

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Apple stresses device longevity, extends self-service repair to Europe

The perfect device is one that never breaks in the first place, while still allowing for easy user repair access when needed.     © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training

Tech companies have been making subtle and not-so-subtle changes to their rules for better access to data for building A.I. We took a look at some of them.

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Consulting Firms Are the Early Winners of the AI Boom

Rattled by tech’s latest trend, businesses have turned to advisers at Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and KPMG for guidance on adopting generative artificial intelligence.

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Landlords Have Started Using A.I. Chatbots to Manage Properties

Artificial intelligence is doing everything from helping landlords communicate with tenants to managing energy use.

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