Ryan is a senior editor at TechForge Media with over a decade of experience covering the latest technology and interviewing leading industry figures. He can often be sighted at tech conferences with a strong coffee in one hand and a laptop in the other. If it’s geeky, he’s probably into it. Find him on Twitter […]
Spurred by the growing threat of deepfakes, the FTC is aiming to alter an existing rule that currently bans the impersonation of businesses or government agencies to also include all consumers. The updated rule, dependent on its final phrasing and the public responses the FTC obtains, may also consider it unlawful for a GenAI platform […]
Amazon’s researchers have developed the largest text-to-speech model to date which shows “emergent” advances to sound out complicated sentences in a more natural manner. This advancement could be exactly what the technology needs to finally go beyond the uncanny valley. It was expected that these models would continue to evolve and get better, but what […]
Ryan is a senior editor at TechForge Media with over a decade of experience covering the latest technology and interviewing leading industry figures. He can often be sighted at tech conferences with a strong coffee in one hand and a laptop in the other. If it’s geeky, he’s probably into it. Find him on Twitter […]
Ryan is a senior editor at TechForge Media with over a decade of experience covering the latest technology and interviewing leading industry figures. He can often be sighted at tech conferences with a strong coffee in one hand and a laptop in the other. If it’s geeky, he’s probably into it. Find him on Twitter […]
In November, Airbnb acquired a stealth AI firm launched by the co-founder of Siri, GamePlanner.AI. This secretive startup was reportedly valued around $200 million at the time of the deal. While Airbnb did not initially disclose its plans for GamePlanner, CEO Brian Chesky recently shared a high-level overview of Airbnb’s larger AI strategy, expressing an […]
After installing a new interim CEO earlier this month, Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser, is making some major changes to its product strategy, TechCrunch has learned. Particularly, Mozilla plans to minimize its investment in several products, including its VPN, Relay and, notably, its Online Footprint Scrubber, which launched only a week ago. Mozilla […]