Google’s endeavour to dominate the AI sector is manifested in Gemini, a comprehensive suite of generative AI models, applications, and services. In this piece, we explore Gemini, its applications, and how well it fares against its counterparts. This guide aims to make it easier for you to stay updated on the recent advancements in Gemini. […]
EyeEm, the photo-sharing community based in Berlin which exited last year to Spanish firm Freepik post bankruptcy, has begun licensing users’ photographs to educate AI models. In the early part of this month, EyeEm added a new term to its Terms & Conditions through an email notification to its users that will allow it to […]
Bot creators now have a new way to make money with Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform. On Monday, the company introduced a revenue model that allows creators to set a per-message price for their bots so they can make money whenever a user messages them. The addition follows an October 2023 release of a […]
Spotify is noted for its successful AI DJ feature, and is now incorporating AI into playlist creation. Spotify, on Monday, launched AI playlists into beta, allowing users the ability to generate a playlist from written prompts. The feature will first be accessible to users on Android and iOS devices in the U.K. and Australia. Iterations […]
Following Elon Musk’s xAI’s decision to open source its Grok large language model previously in March, the entrepreneur declared on Tuesday that the company, which was formerly known as Twitter, will extend the availability of its Grok chatbot to a greater number of subscribed users. Musk announced on x that Grok would now be accessible […]
Last month, Amazon announced that it’d launch a new AI-powered chatbot, Rufus, inside the Amazon Shopping app for Android and iOS. After a few days’ delay, the company began to roll out Rufus to early testers February 1 — including some of us at TechCrunch — to help find and compare products as well as […]
If it wasn’t clear before that Google’s Gemini chatbot was rushed out the door, it is now. Gemini’s since-removed image generator put people of color in Nazi-era uniforms. The chatbot’s commentary continues to tend toward the absurd besides, like equating Hitler’s record with Elon Musk posting memes. On Android, Gemini also breaks Google Assistant’s song […]
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 […]