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TypeSafe AI co-founders Erik Gafni, Sasha Sheng, and Diogo Almeida.
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The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch | TechCrunch

TypeSafe AI, the developer of Jev, a new type of AI model that gained rapid popularity after launching...

Health

Free Meals and Other Perks From Big Pharma Really Do Sway Doctors, Review Finds

A new systematic review, published by Cochrane, has found a direct “dose-response” relationship between the number prescriptions for...

Police vehicles with their lights flashing alongside traffic in downtown Philadelphia.
AI

An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police | TechCrunch

An Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to the Philadelphia police.The AI reportedly...

Health

Your Ozempic Prescription May Come With a Surprising Bonus: Slower Aging

Recent data from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly suggests GLP-1s can noticeably slow down people's molecular aging clocks.

Human History

Undersea Archaeologists Recover the Only Known Ring Engraved With the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Researchers suspect that the ancient bronze signet was used to notarize official documents.

AI

Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following...

Startups

LumenUs helps automate tedious paperwork in times of grief | TechCrunch

When Sara Tashakorinia’s husband died in a car accident eight years ago, the last thing she needed was...

AI

We can’t help treating AI like it’s human. But should we? | TechCrunch

In a tan polo shirt, brown leather belt, and round bolo tie, MIT PhD student Wil Norton kind...

Health

Vitamin D2 Supplements Have a Surprising Drawback. Here’s What to Take Instead

Not all vitamin D supplements do the same job. Here’s why that matters this winter.

AI

A16z’s Olivia Moore on the state of consumer AI | TechCrunch

I wrote this week about the bleak economics of consumer AI – but where some see a crisis,...