Perplexity's AI-powered search experience challenges Google's model by delivering conversational answers, citing sources and more.
Alphabet and Microsoft ignited a rally in technology stocks on Friday with earnings that showed big AI investments were driving growth, allaying doubts that their costly bets would take time to pay off after a soft forecast from Meta Platforms. Alphabet rose 10%, crossing $2 trillion in market value with a gain of about $180 billion as it sweetened the pot for investors with its maiden dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback. The world's fourth most valuable firm flirted with the milestone on...
As generative AI grows, how will users' search behaviors change and what does it mean for optimizing content?
There's increasing buzz that the tech behind ChatGPT will make future industrial and humanoid robots far more capable.
Making life better for people with disabilities is a laudable goal, but accessibility tech hasn’t traditionally been popular among VCs. In 2022, disability tech companies attracted around $4 billion in early-stage investments, which was a fraction of fintech’s intake, for example. One reason is that disability tech startups are often considered too niche to attain […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
ASUS adds that attendees will have a chance to see its new device lineup at Computex 2024.
Regulators are now asking how to control artificial intelligence-powered militarized robots. Regulators, civilians, and military officials from all over the world have reportedly convened during the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons.
London-based AI unicorn Stability has laid off about a tenth of its workforce as part of a “strategic plan to reduce” costs just weeks after the departure of its founder and CEO. The layoffs, affecting around 20 staff, were announced by Stability in a company-wide memo on Wednesday evening, first published by Business Insider. The […]
While buzzy AI startups like OpenAI and Stable Diffusion have caught marketers’ attention, many lesser-known gen AI startups have secured investments and contracts with major brands such as L'Oréal, ESPN, Pepsi, and Garnier. AI funding in the U.S. grew by 14% year-over-year in 2023, (OpenAI released ChatGPT in Nov. 2022), raising $42.5 billion across 2,500 equity rounds, per CB Insights. There is a ballooning number of gen AI startups—Dealroom counts some 1,200—which are solving problems...
Samsung is the latest company to profit from AI demand, as its profits have increased more than fourfold compared to a year earlier.
AI computing firm Blaize said on Monday it has raised $106 million in funding, including from existing investors such as Mercedes-Benz and Temasek. Other existing investors such as Bess Ventures, Franklin Templeton and Denso, besides new investors such as Rizvi Traverse, Ava Investors and BurTech LP also participated in the fundraising, the company said in a statement, without disclosing the details on its valuation. The fundraise reflects the frenzy that had helped the AI sector attract a major...
We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught our eye. Sure, it’s another content licensing deal, but there appears to be a bit more in the tie-up than just content flowing one way and money the other. We also dug into the xAI […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.