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The FTC comes after neobank Dave for misleading marketing, hidden fees

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday that it will be taking action against the online cash app and neobank Dave, which it says used “misleading marketing to deceive consumers.” At issue is how Dave marketed $500 cash advances … Continue reading

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The other election night winner: Perplexity

On Tuesday, two AI startups tried convincing the world their AI chatbots were good enough to be an accurate, real-time source of information during a high-stakes Presidential election: xAI and Perplexity. Elon Musk’s Grok failed almost instantly, offering wrong answers … Continue reading

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OpenAI acquired Chat.com

OpenAI bought Chat.com, adding to its collection of high-profile domain names. As of this morning, Chat.com now redirects to OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the acquisition via email. Chat.com is one of the older domains on the … Continue reading

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What Trump’s win might mean for Elon Musk

Elon Musk – the billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, and the owner of The Boring Company, Neuralink, and X – took a sharp swing to the right this election to support president-elect Donald Trump, using his vast wealth, … Continue reading

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This Week in AI: It’s shockingly easy to make a Kamala Harris deepfake

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It was shockingly easy to create a convincing Kamala Harris audio deepfake on Election Day. It cost me $5 and took … Continue reading

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Pinstripe wants to redefine the way online sellers sell secondhand clothing

Pinstripe aims to reimagine the secondhand market by offering sellers the opportunity to have both a digital storefront and a physical retail presence. Launched in June, the platform offers an alternative approach compared with other marketplaces like Archive, Depop, Facebook … Continue reading

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What Trump’s victory could mean for AI regulation

A grueling election cycle has come to a close. Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the U.S., and, with Republicans in control of the Senate — and possibly the House — his allies are poised to bring sea … Continue reading

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AI coding assistants can help startups develop products, seed VCs believe

By now, there’s hardly a coder in the world who isn’t using an AI copilot in some way. But using GitHub Copilot or Cursor.AI to ask technical questions and get debugging help could be just the beginning. AI coding may … Continue reading

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How Trump’s election could affect the startup-friendly Inflation Reduction Act

While Trump’s administration is unlikely to be supportive of certain climate tech startups, it will have a harder time ending the broadly popular law. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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What’s next for the startup-friendly Inflation Reduction Act

While Trump’s administration is unlikely to be supportive of most climate tech startups, it will have a harder time ending the broadly popular law. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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