Meta reportedly hires four more researchers from OpenAI
Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI. Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that Meta had hired influential OpenAI researcher Trapit...
Week in Review: Meta’s AI recruiting blitz
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week — Travis Kalanick is possibly returning to the world...
Vitalik Buterin has reservations about Sam Altman’s World project
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks....
FBI, cybersecurity firms say a prolific hacking crew is now...
The FBI and cybersecurity firms are warning that the prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is now targeting airlines and the...
SCOTUS porn ruling opens door to sweeping internet age verification
The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring websites with “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify...
Meta buys over 1 GW of renewables to power its...
Meta bolstered its already considerable renewable power portfolio this week with a string of deals that added over 1 gigawatt of generating...
Petlibro’s new smart camera uses AI to describe your pet’s...
Petlibro, the pet tech startup known for its automatic feeders and filtered water fountains, has just launched its latest product, the AI-powered...
SpaceX’s Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse
A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly formed city won’t say if anyone was...
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in...
Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their photos — including ones...
The founders of 01A share their playbook at Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming to Moscone West in San Francisco on October 27–29, and we’re bringing the heavy hitters to the...