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Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood | TechCrunch

While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo would become an...

Inherent Labs co-founders
AI

Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch

Inherent, a London AI lab founded by Google DeepMind alumni, says its AI agent just outperformed much larger...

Claude AI app
AI

Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat | TechCrunch

A change to Claude’s memory system will eliminate one of the most annoying things about using agents —...

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Apps

Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission | TechCrunch

Apple on Thursday offered its annual update on the state of the App Store ecosystem ahead of its...

Internet users in India looking at their smartphones
Government & Policy

India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos | TechCrunch

India has extended its anti-spam regime to require caller-ID and call-management apps to share users’ spam reports with...

Media & Entertainment

Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI | TechCrunch

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress,” is having a rough time on its first press tour. The production company...

Starcloud founders (l-r) Ezra Feilden, Philip Johnston, and Adi Oltean.
Space

Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up | TechCrunch

Starcloud, a startup developing satellites that can perform AI inference in orbit, told TechCrunch that it has added...

AI

Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more | TechCrunch

Just ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, Bloomberg has published leaked renders of what Apple’s...

Startups

A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI | TechCrunch

Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn’t quite an incubator, accelerator program, or venture firm. UP.Labs,...

STAN
Gaming

Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform | TechCrunch

Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.Google’s investment...