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OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit

OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense...

More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees signed onto a statement suppor...

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Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states 

Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states 

The federal government has selected eight proposals to test electric aircraft ac...

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Founders Fund nears $6B close for latest growth fund, sources say

Founders Fund nears $6B close for latest growth fund, s...

The fresh fundraise comes less than a year after Founders Fund closed its third ...

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Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties

Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in cou...

Archer's countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged 'co...

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An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor

An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely ...

Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionag...

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Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy f...

The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled.

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A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen

A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen

The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week's Pentagon-Anthropic st...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transpor...

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Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in...

AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularize...

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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?

Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startup...

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the cont...

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Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedl...

The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called ...

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OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again

OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again

The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other ad...

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PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business

PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a...

David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the b...

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OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal

OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in respon...

Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI...

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Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts

Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual ...

A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with he...

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Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waym...

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OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse

OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse

A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a t...

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Nintendo sues the US government for a refund on tariffs

Nintendo sues the US government for a refund on tariffs

This lawsuit comes after a Supreme Court decision struck down some of the presid...

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X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with products

X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with p...

An ad test on X promotes Musk's Starlink beneath original content.