In late August 2017, key figures at OpenAI (then a small nonprofit research lab) gathered to discuss how they would create a for-profit to commercialize its technology and raise the funds needed to realize AGI. Elon Musk was demanding full control of the company and had just given each of his co-founders a Tesla Model…
Using AI chatbots for even just for 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Oxford, and UCLA. Researchers tasked people with solving various problems, including simple fractions and reading comprehension, through an online platform that paid…
Anthropic just announced a new feature called “Dreaming” at the company’s developer conference in San Francisco. It’s part of Anthropic’s recently launched AI agent infrastructure designed to help users manage and deploy tools that automate software processes. This “dreaming” aspect sorts through the transcript of what an agent recently completed and attempts to glean insights…
Chrome on Android now lets users share their approximate location with websites rather than their precise location, Google announced this week. The tech giant says that while some cases require precise location, such as when you’re placing a delivery order or trying to find the closest ATM, there are instances when your approximate location is…
When companies are looking for opinions or advice on a project, they tend to go to LinkedIn or use expert networks such as GLG, Third Bridge, or Alphasights. But they often don’t find quality inputs, despite their searches. Today, these sites ask experts to fill in a form based on their job title, which is…
Three days. That’s all that’s left to decide, not just whether you’ll be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, but also who you’ll show up with from October 13 to 15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West — and how much credibility you gain from the opportunity. Right now, you can buy one pass and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. That offer ends May 8…
After exploring the bigger market for productivity tablets featuring color displays with the Paper Pro and the smaller Paper Pro Move, E Ink tablet maker reMarkable is returning to its roots with a new monochrome device called the Paper Pure. The new, $399 Paper Pure succeeds the monochrome reMarkable 2 after six years, and comes…
import sys import subprocess subprocess.run([sys.executable, “-m”, “pip”, “install”, “-q”, “nicegui”], check=True) import threading, time, random, asyncio, base64, socket from datetime import datetime from nicegui import ui, events class State: def __init__(self): self.todos = [ {“id”: 1, “task”: “Explore NiceGUI”, “done”: True, “priority”: “High”}, {“id”: 2, “task”: “Build a dashboard”, “done”: False, “priority”: “Medium”}, {“id”: 3,…
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a false promoting class-action lawsuit accusing the corporate of overhyping its Apple Intelligence options—particularly a promised AI overhaul of Siri that plaintiffs say by no means materialized and, based on their legal professionals, might not arrive for years. The announcement comes simply earlier than Apple is…
Marc Lore, the veteran e-commerce entrepreneur who sold his previous startups to Amazon and Walmart, has big plans to infuse AI into his current venture, Wonder. The centerpiece of those plans is Wonder Create, an initiative that would let anyone — from food entrepreneurs to social media influencers — use AI to design and launch…
