Generative AI
TechCrunch covers the latest news and analysis in Generative AI (GenAI). Read the latest on startups and founders building artificial intelligence tools. From OpenAI with ChatGPT, to Google with Gemini—TechCrunch covers the entire ecosystem.
Two separate studies investigated how well Google’s Gemini models and others make sense out of an enormous amount of data.
MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI
He says that the problem is that generative AI is not human or even human-like, and it’s flawed to try and assign human capabilities to it.
Adept, a startup developing AI-powered “agents” to complete various software-based tasks, has agreed to license its tech to Amazon and the startup’s co-founders and portions of its team have joined…
Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. So what’s Google Gemini, exactly? How can you use it? And how does…
AI big shot Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, a startup incubator that backs small teams of experts looking to solve key problems using AI, plans to raise upward of $120 million…
Orby AI, is building a generative AI platform that attempts to automate a range of different business workflows, including workflows that involve data entry, documents processing and forms validation.
Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, music labels accused two startups developing AI-powered song generators, Udio and Suno, of copyright infringement. The RIAA,…
You can barely go an hour these days without reading about generative AI. While we are still in the embryonic phase of what some have dubbed the “steam engine” of…
Formation builds tech-forward solutions for clinical trials and drug development.
EasyTranslate thinks augmenting LLMs with humans will give it an edge over pure AI translation services
EasyTranslate is headed in a new direction with a new, generative AI-driven platform that it calls HumanAI.
Opera said today it is releasing Opera One’s second version in developer beta with features such as new multimedia controls, split tabs, and new AI capabilities. The company is introducing…
In May, when OpenAI first demoed an eerily realistic, nearly real-time “advanced voice mode” for its AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT, the company said that the feature would roll out to…
You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first…
Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds
As browsers continue to add AI features into their products, Mozilla is looking to give users some choice in the matter. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an…
It’s unclear where Stability goes from here.
Google brings its Gemini AI to Gmail to help you write and summarize emails
Google is rolling out a new Gemini AI side panel in Gmail that can help you write emails and summarize email threads. The company is also adding the Gemini side…
EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142M for protein-generating AI
A startup called EvolutionaryScale, founded by ex-Meta researchers, has raised $142 million for its AI-powered protein-generating tech.
Etched, founded by Harvard dropouts, is building an AI chip that can only run one type of model: transformer-based models.
Emergence on Monday emerged from stealth with $97.2 million in funding.
As Apple enters the AI race, it’s also looking for help from partners. During the announcement of Apple Intelligence earlier this month, Apple said it would be partnering with OpenAI…
Dot is a new AI companion and chatbot that thrives on getting to know your innermost thoughts and feelings.
The Rockset buy fits into OpenAI’s broader recent strategy of investing heavily in its enterprise sales and tech orgs.
Style DNA gets a generative AI chatbot that suggests outfit ideas based on your color type
Style DNA, an AI-powered fashion stylist app, creates a personalized style profile from a single selfie. The app is particularly useful for people interested in seasonal color analysis, a process…
Claude 3.5 Sonnet can analyze both text and images as well as generate text, and it’s Anthropic’s best-performing model yet — at least on paper.
Amazon is bringing its generative AI listing smarts to more sellers, revealing today that those in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. can now access tools designed to improve…
Like it or hate it, artificial intelligence — especially generative AI — is the technology story of 2024. OpenAI, with its rollouts of viral services like ChatGPT and billions in…
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In spite of hype, many companies are moving cautiously when it comes to generative AI
Companies are extremely interested in generative AI as vendors push potential benefits, but turning that desire from a proof of concept into a working product is proving much more challenging.
Genspark taps generative AI to write custom summaries in response to search queries.
Decagon is a generative AI platform that automates various aspects of customer support channels.
