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AI is already having a seismic impact on how software is written, with much of the grunt work of programming now performed by swarms of agents and subagents. But as developers experiment with new interfaces and form factors for human-AI collaboration, it’s become hard for even the most advanced AI labs to keep up.  The […]

Ring’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which leverages the company’s network of cameras to find lost dogs, is nowavailable to allRing customers in the U.S. For the first time, the feature will be made available to those who don’t own a Ring camera, too. Launched last fall, Search Party uses AI to findpossible matchesfor lost dogs

A coalition of nonprofits is urging the U.S. government to immediately suspend the deployment of Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, in federal agencies including the Department of Defense.  The open letter, shared exclusively with TechCrunch, follows a slew of concerning behavior from the large language model over the past year, including most

What is and isn’t a weed that needs to be eliminated in the field is determined by the eyes of the farmer — and now, increasingly, by a new AI model from Carbon Robotics. Seattle-basedCarbon Robotics, which builds the LaserWeeder — a robot fleet that uses lasers to kill weeds — announced a new AI

Sometimes, you might be sitting on a hot product and not know it until the market demands it. After launching as a digital business card that doubled as a lead capture tool for sales teams, Birmingham, Alabama-basedLinqpivoted a few times before landing on an idea last year: helping businesses better communicate with their customers by

Digital meeting notetakers likeRead AI,Fireflies.ai,Fathom, andGranolahelp record and transcribe online meetings. But for in-person or more versatile options, many people prefer physical recording devices These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some of these devices are wearable—pins or pendants with dedicated mics for recording—while others are

A tiny light trap could unlock million qubit quantum computers After years of slow progress, researchers may finally be seeing a clear path forward in the quest to build powerful quantum computers. These machines are expected to dramatically shorten the time required for certain calculations, turning problems that would take classical computers thousands of years

How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence? And how many of them were just using AI as an excuse to cover other problems? That’s the question posed bya New York Times articleon the trend of “AI-washing,” where companies will cite AI

If you read the news, you might have noticed a trend this past week. In addition to splashy features inFortuneandBloomberg, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino talked withReuters, He also talked with TechCrunch. Why did the man behind the stablecoin that everyone loves to hate launch a full-scale media blitz? The timing isn’t arbitrary. This week, Tether

Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok. The Southeast Asian countries banned Grok after it was used to create a flood of nonconsensual, sexualized imagery on X (now a subsidiary of xAI), including images of real women and minors. In late December and January,Grok was used to