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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT

ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Eva Longoria as new investors

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

YouTube launches Communities, a Discord-like space for creators and fans to interact with each other

At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to interact with...

TechCrunch Minute: Everything you need to know about iOS 18

It’s time to upgrade your iPhone to iOS 18. We know – updating your phone is annoying, and sometimes those...

Luminate’s hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care

The pitch sounds a bit sci-fi: a helmet called Lily that people undergoing chemotherapy wear to prevent the hair loss,...

Nurture teaches kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment

Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children...

YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google’s AI video model

The main attraction of YouTube’s Made On event on Wednesday morning was, you guessed it, artificial intelligence. The company announced...

YouTube Studio now lets creators brainstorm video ideas with the help of AI

At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced that creators can now brainstorm ideas for videos with...

Last Week: Amplify your brand by hosting a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Extend the buzz of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 beyond the main event by hosting an exclusive Side Event. Expose your brand...

The 22-year-old building Roblox developer tools to make gaming more efficient

Gamebeast is a live operations tooling platform that lets developers modify games without needing to release a new version or...

Generative AI startup Runway inks deal with a major Hollywood studio

Runway, a startup developing AI video tools, including video-generating models, has partnered with Lionsgate—the studio behind the “John Wick” and...

Era Ventures raises $88M first fund for transforming the “built” environment