Innovation

The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak | TechCrunch
The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models offline just before the weekend, should be a wake-up call for...
Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon | TechCrunch
Charlie Javice, the convicted Frank founder, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon, with her camp quietly courting people close to the Trump administration, according to the WSJ. So far,...
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future | TechCrunch
Anthropic’s sudden move to suspend access to its newest AI models following a U.S. government directive has raised fresh questions across the global technology industry. In India, the decision...
Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living | TechCrunch
Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has a theory about where the next wave of startup opportunity lies, and it starts with a question most founders aren’t asking:...
Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to | TechCrunch
In India, consumers receive a lot of calls every day, ranging from spam and scams to delivery people and financial service companies trying to contact them. There are apps...
South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions | TechCrunch
South Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant Coupang after a data breach last year compromised the personal data...
The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO | TechCrunch
SpaceX’s plans to add millions of new subscribers to its satellite internet network could founder over the Indian government’s fears that the company will not obey its laws. SpaceX...
Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?  | TechCrunch
The AI boom has been built on a basic assumption: Bigger models are more powerful, and the most powerful models win. Now, the industry is about to learn what happens if that assumption starts...
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced on Monday that it confidentially filed for an IPO, marking what could become the one of the defining public offerings of the decade. And then there’s OpenAI...
Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse? | TechCrunch
We're likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public. Source link
OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious chatbot instructions are hidden in webpages and other content sources. Among...
Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus | TechCrunch
After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down, the company announced Thursday. Hoffman joined the board after Microsoft bought his company LinkedIn for $26.2...