Category: Enterprise
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Google still hasn’t fixed Gemini’s biased image generator
Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict “a Roman legion,” for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic group of racially diverse soldiers while rendering “Zulu warriors” as stereotypically Black. Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized, and Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of…
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Matt Garman taking over as CEO with AWS at crossroads
It’s tough to say that a $100 billion business finds itself at a critical juncture, but that’s the case with Amazon Web Services, the cloud arm of Amazon, and the clear market leader in the cloud infrastructure market. On Tuesday, the company announced that CEO Adam Selipsky was stepping down to spend more time with…
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Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server
The announcement signifies a significant shake-up in the streaming giant’s advertising approach. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Netflix announced during its Upfronts presentation on Wednesday that it’s launching its own advertising technology platform only a year and a half after entering the ads business. This move pits it against…
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FBI seizes hacking forum BreachForums — again
The FBI along with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies seized the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums on Wednesday. For years, BreachForums has been a popular English-language forum for hackers and cybercriminals who wanted to advertise, sell and trade stolen data. Just recently, a threat actor advertised Dell customers’ personal information and data stolen from…
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Senate study proposes ‘at least’ $32B yearly for AI programs
The AI industry moves faster than the rest of the technology sector, which means it outpaces the federal government by several orders of magnitude. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. A long-running working group in the Senate has issued its policy recommendation for federal funding for AI: $32 billion yearly,…
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Temu accused of breaching EU’s DSA in bundle of consumer complaints
Consumer protection groups around the European Union have filed coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the Chinese-owned ultra low-cost e-commerce platform of a raft of breaches related to the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Temu only launched in the region about a year ago but recently reported blasting past 75 million monthly users. Penalties for confirmed…
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Google TV to launch AI-generated movie descriptions
Gemini, the company’s family of generative AI models, will enhance the smart TV operating system so it can generate descriptions for movies and TV shows. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. As anticipated, numerous AI-related announcements were made at this year’s Google I/O 2024 conference, including the unveiling of a…
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Google’s new Private Space feature is like Incognito Mode for Android
The space is available from the launcher and can be locked as a second layer of authentication. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. At its Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Wednesday, Google announced Private Space, a new Android feature that lets users silo a portion of the operating system…
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Quilt heat pump sports sleek design from veterans of Apple, Tesla, and Nest
The heat pump startup unveiled its first products and revealed details about performance, pricing and availability. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Heating and air conditioning is usually pretty boring stuff, performed by appliance-like boxes with uninspired designs, from sheet metal outdoor units to cheap plastic indoor mini-splits. Not Quilt.…
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Google Maps is getting geospatial AR content later this year
Users will be able to access the AR content by first searching for a location in Google Maps. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. At its annual Google I/O 2024 conference, Google announced that users will soon be able to access geospatial augmented reality (AR) content directly on Google Maps…