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This Week in AI: With Chevron’s demise, AI regulation seems dead in the water

Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down “Chevron deference,” a 40-year-old ruling on federal agencies’ power that required courts to defer to agencies’ interpretations of congressional laws. Chevron … Continue reading

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Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store

Noplace had already gone viral ahead of its public launch because of its feature that allows users to express themselves by customizing the colors of their profile. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch Minute: YouTube makes it easier to report and take down AI deepfakes

It’s easier than ever to make a deepfake of another person’s voice or face, but at least YouTube is making some small changes that make it slightly easier to report a video that uses your likeness without consent. You can … Continue reading

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Cloudflare launches a tool to combat AI bots

Cloudflare, the publicly-traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI vendors, including Google, OpenAI and Apple, allow website owners to … Continue reading

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Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users

Twilio says “threat actors were able to identify” phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Music video-sharing app Popster uses generative AI and lets artists remix videos

As more music streaming apps and creation tools emerge to compete for users’ attention, social music-sharing app Popster is getting two new features to grow its user base: an AI image generator for cover art and a collaboration capability where … Continue reading

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Threads nears its one-year anniversary with more than 175M monthly active users

Meta’s Threads now has more than 175 million monthly active users, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes two days away from Threads’ first anniversary. Zuckerberg revealed back in April that Threads had more than 150 million monthly active … Continue reading

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LG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to its ThinQ ecosytem

LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining 20% of Athom within the next three years. However, the … Continue reading

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Fisker asks bankruptcy court to sell its EVs at average of $14,000 each

Fisker has a willing buyer for its remaining inventory of all-electric Ocean SUVs, and has asked the Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge overseeing its Chapter 11 case to approve the sale. If approved by the judge, Fisker would be able to … Continue reading

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CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push

CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based startup said BitOasis’s team is joining CoinDCX, with the original … Continue reading

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