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The author of SB 1047 introduces a new AI bill in California

The author of California’s SB 1047, the nation’s most controversial AI safety bill of 2024, is back with a new AI bill that could shake up Silicon Valley. California state Senator Scott Wiener introduced a new bill on Friday that … Continue reading

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Google Play update makes it easier to find Android apps with widgets

Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make it easier for app developers to reach their users. Widgets, which offer at-a-glance views of an app’s most important information — like the day’s … Continue reading

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TSMC pledges to spend $100B on US chip facilities

Chipmaker TSMC said that it aims to invest “at least” $100 billion in chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. over the next four years as part of an effort to expand the company’s network of semiconductor factories. President Donald Trump … Continue reading

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Google releases SpeciesNet, an AI model designed to identify wildlife

Google has open-sourced an AI model, SpeciesNet, designed to identify animal species by analyzing photos from camera traps. Researchers around the world use camera traps — digital cameras connected to infrared sensors — to study wildlife populations. But while these … Continue reading

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Podcasting platform Podcastle launches a text-to-speech model with more than 450 AI voices

Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will also be available, allowing them to directly integrate the text-to-speech … Continue reading

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Google upgrades Colab with an AI agent tool

Google Colab has integrated Google Labs’ Data Science Agent to help data scientists and ML engineers quickly clean their data and get insights on the datasets they upload. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid

Reddit co-founder and investor Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviser specializing in social media, Reuters reports. “He has that broad portfolio of experience … of where social media was and, I … Continue reading

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Mozilla rewrites Firefox’s Terms of Use after user backlash

Critics said the new terms implied Mozilla was asking users for the rights to whatever data they input or upload through Firefox. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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UK probes how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect child privacy

The U.K.’s privacy watchdog has launched investigations into three social media companies over how they go about protecting the privacy of children on their respective platforms. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today that it’s looking into how TikTok uses … Continue reading

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T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K

It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is: T-Mobile, the mobile telco owned by Deutsche Telekom … Continue reading

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