Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety

Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety.

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X’s new About This Account feature is going great

A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems questionable.

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Google’s new AI model puts OpenAI, the great conundrum of this market, on shakier ground

In his Sunday column for Investing Club subscribers, CNBC’s Jim Cramer writes about OpenAI and the state of the AI race.

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AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk

Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as “too much of a black box.”

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TechCrunch Mobility: Searching for the robotaxi tipping point

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

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Beehiiv’s CEO isn’t worried about newsletter saturation

Beehiiv’s co-founder and CEO Tyler Deck spoke to TechCrunch about why the company has been expanding, and where the media business is going next.

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ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy

A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing economy

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.

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More companies are shifting workers to passwordless authentication

Both workers and business leaders are tired of device passwords. More companies are doing away with them and, in the process, improving cybersecurity.

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Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

At Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference this week, IT buyers explained why Microsoft isn’t seeing runaway success with its Copilot AI assistant.

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