LLMGoogle
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite for fast AI images and Gemini Omni Flash for video via API
Google launched two new AI models: Nano Banana 2 Lite for rapid image generation at $0.034 per image, and Gemini Omni...
The Decoder
AI AgentsAnthropic
Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists
Anthropic launched Claude Science, a workbench designed specifically for scientists that integrates computational...
TechCrunch AI
LLMGoogle
Start building with Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash
Google announces availability of Gemini 2.0 Flash and Nano models for developers to build with, offering different...
DeepMind Blog
AI Agents
Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?
Computer scientist Phillip Isola explains how AI agents currently work and discusses the potential future of this...
MIT News AI
Ethics & Regulation
Libby will filter out AI content, kind of
OverDrive's Libby app, a major ebook lending platform used by thousands of public libraries, is introducing AI content...
The Verge AI
LLM
Meituan's LongCat-2.0 shows China can train massive AI models without Nvidia
Meituan successfully trained a 1.6 trillion parameter AI model using only Chinese chips, demonstrating that China can...
The Decoder
AI Agents
X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
X has launched a hosted MCP server that enables developers to more easily integrate AI applications with X's API. This...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & Funding
San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000
San Francisco's AI boom is rapidly inflating housing costs, making rent unaffordable even for high-earning tech...
The Decoder
AI Agents
Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
Amazon has launched a new $1 billion organization focused on deploying purpose-built AI agents within companies. The...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & Funding
Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
Riverside, a podcasting platform, is expanding into newsletter publishing by leveraging AI to automatically generate...
TechCrunch AI
AI AgentsAnthropic
Anthropic’s Claude Models Now Available in Microsoft Foundry
Anthropic's Claude models are now available through Microsoft Foundry, enabling enterprises to build domain-specific...
AI Business
Personal Assistants
Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade
Proton is releasing Lumo 2.0, an upgraded version of its privacy-focused AI chatbot that will offer users expanded...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & Funding
Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup
Omnea, a London-based AI software company, launches the Omnea Future Founders Fund offering $250,000 in seed funding to...
Crunchbase News
Ethics & Regulation
US campaigns now run on AI at nearly every step, and Europe is drawing a harder line
US political campaigns are increasingly using AI across multiple stages including opponent research and voter...
The Decoder
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI
Meet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice
Bill Savitt, a lawyer, successfully cross-examined Elon Musk during the Musk v. Altman lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam...
The Verge AI
Ethics & RegulationMeta
Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts
Meta conducted secret testing of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI by having contractors pose as minors and send over...
The Decoder
Startups & Funding
We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data
Venture capital firms are misusing AI in their investment processes, according to Gilion's Henrik Landgren. He argues...
Crunchbase News
Startups & Funding
GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software
GV managing partner Dave Munichiello discusses Qualcomm's acquisition of Modular, highlighting how tech companies are...
Crunchbase News
Ethics & Regulation
Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming
Bernie Sanders has long warned that concentrated wealth threatens democracy, and he is now positioning himself to...
Wired AI