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India drops plan to require approval for AI model launches

India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from many local and global entrepreneurs and investors. The Ministry of Electronics and

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Blockchain tech could be the answer to uncovering deepfakes and validating content

Two months ago, media giant Fox Corp. partnered with Polygon Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockchain, to tackle deepfake distrust. Fox and Polygon

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What is Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and how does it work?

You might’ve heard of Grok, X’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s a chatbot, and, in that sense, behaves as as you’d expect — answering questions

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Verve Motion’s robot backpack helps workers lighten their load

Wander the Modex floor long enough and you’ll stumble on some wearable robotics. The category has nowhere near the presence of AMRs (autonomous mobile robots)

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Reddit’s planned IPO share price seems high, unless you look at its AI revenue

Reddit’s IPO plans are coming into focus with a new S-1 filing released Monday morning that sets an initial price range for its stock at

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The women in AI making a difference

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing

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Slack’s new CEO looks to bring stability after a turbulent period

It’s not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year. But through circumstances beyond its control, that’s what

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Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Europe (for real this time)

After terminating Epic Games’ developer account on Wednesday, Apple said it will reinstate the Fortnite maker’s access to publish iOS apps in Europe. This means

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TikTok hijacks the For You page with call to action on ban

When some American users opened TikTok on Thursday morning, they were met with a full-screen message encouraging them to call Congress and say no to

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NFT fantasy sport startup Sorare lays off 13%, as web3 gaming sputters

Sorare is not completely shuttering its New York office but is shifting more employees to Paris Web3-enabled fantasy sports platform Sorare laid off 22 employees