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Google’s GenAI model Gemini can create false content about various topics, such as the U.S. presidential election, the Super Bowl, or the Titan submersible implosion, with the right prompt. This has drawn criticism from policymakers, who are concerned about the potential misuse of GenAI tools for spreading disinformation and deception. As a result, Google is […]

TechCrunch is starting a series of interviews with outstanding women in AI, who deserve more recognition for their academic and other achievements. As the AI field keeps growing, we will publish several articles throughout the year to showcase their important work that often goes unnoticed. You can find more profiles here. Rashida Richardson is a

Stephanie Song, who used to work on the corporate development and ventures team at Coinbase, felt the frustration of having to do a lot of due diligence work every day with her team. She said in an email interview with TechCrunch that “Analysts burn the midnight oil working hundreds of hours doing the work that

Andrej Karpathy, a renowned research scientist, revealed today that he has quit OpenAI. This is the second time Karpathy has exited the top AI firm and his departure is not due to any event, issue or drama, he said. Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI, first left the company to join Tesla in 2017. He

As an enterprise communications platform, Slack has stored a lot of institutional knowledge, but retrieving that information has been hard with conventional search tools. Today Slack launched two new features aimed at making that information more available, including a new AI-powered search tool and the option to summarize information within channels. Noah Weiss, the chief

Agent-based AI approaches, such as AutoGPT, were popular last year. This year, we are witnessing startups applying some of these use cases of “let the AI do the work for you.” Mindy, which claims to be your email-based executive assistant, is one of them. Mindy is easy to use. You can email the assistant at

The draft law that outlines a risk-based approach for regulating artificial intelligence applications has received strong support from the European Parliament’s committees on civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO). The committees voted 71-8 (with 7 abstentions) this morning to approve the compromise reached with EU Member States after long and complex ‘trilogue’ negotiations at

The legal status of AI in relation to personhood is not a simple matter (i.e. “none”) — but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that, like other types of intellectual property, only a person can get its official protection. The announcement came through “guidance,” which means official policy but not binding law, and

Google’s Gemini chatbot, previously known as Bard, is making up Super Bowl stats as evidence of GenAI’s tendency to fabricate things. It claims that the 2024 Super Bowl is already over, and provides (imaginary) data to support it. According to a Reddit thread, Gemini, which runs on Google’s GenAI models with the same name, acts

Onfido, a pioneer in the field of identity verification using computer vision, machine learning, and other AI technologies, is being acquired. TechCrunch has confirmed that Entrust, a privately-held company specializing in certification and verification services related to payment cards, passwords, network access, website access, and more, is purchasing the London-based startup. Sources indicate that the acquisition price is well above