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Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of sex discrimination, the Wall Street Journalhas reported. “The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Beiermeister told the Journal. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment and also contacted an email […]

The AI industry’s pursuit of licensable content has beena messy affair, filled with lawsuits and accusations of copyright infringement. Now, as tech companies look for legally safe sources of AI training data, Amazon is reportedly considering launching a marketplace where publishers can license their content directly to AI companies. The InformationreportedMonday that the e-commerce giant

Czech ice dancers Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek made their Olympic debut on Monday, an unfathomable feat that takes a lifetime of dedication and practice. But the sibling duo used AI music in their rhythm dance program, which doesn’t break any official rules, but serves as a depressing symbol of how absolutely cooked we are.

Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, TechCrunch AI editor Russell Brandon sits down with all three founders to discuss why investors wrote such a large check for a lab with no product, what becomes possible with radically more efficient AI, and why they’re prioritizing creativity over credentials.  Why the Flapping Airplanes team is focused on research first, commercialization later  What

Boston Dynamics, the Massachusetts robotics company known for its four-legged robots and humanoids, is going through a leadership change.  Robert Playter announced in an internal memo on Tuesday that he would be stepping down as the company’s chief executive,as first reported by A3. Amanda McMaster, the company’s chief financial officer, will stand in for the top job while the company looks for

Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrotein a late-night poston X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.” On its own, it’s a pretty standard tech departure announcement

​The new animated profile picture feature applies motion effects to static photos, making the subject appear to be waving, making a heart shape, or wearing a virtual party hat. To achieve the best results, Facebook recommends using a clear photo of a single person facing the camera. Photos can be pulled directly from a user’s

Modern enterprises generate enormous amounts of security data, but legacy tools like Splunk still require companies to store all of it in one place before they can detect threats – a slow and costly process that’s increasingly breaking down in cloud environments where volumes are exploding and data lives everywhere.  AI cybersecurity startup Vega Security

Hauler Herohas picked up fresh funds as demand for its AI-powered waste management software continues to pile up. The New York-based startup raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Frontier Growth with participation from I2BF Global Ventures, K5 Global, and Somersault Ventures, among others, TechCrunch has learned. Hauler Hero has raised more

India has ordered social media platforms to step up policing of deepfakes and other AI-generated impersonations, while sharply shortening the time they have to comply with takedown orders. It’s a move that could reshape how global tech firms moderate content in one of the world’s largest and fastest growing market for internet services. The changes,published(PDF)