About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice
General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.
Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows
Recent findings also show that video podcasting — while popular — is not necessarily replacing audio shows.
Music generator ProducerAI joins Google Labs
Wyclef Jean used Google’s AI music tools on his new song “Back in Abu Dhabi.”
Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show
The former HQ host Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a live mobile game show that he’s building on his own terms.
Toy Story 5 takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’
Addictive, AI-enabled tablets are taking over, and also, Woody is balding in the new Toy Story movie, out June 19.
After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting
“From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel,” one expert told TechCrunch.
OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users’ unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.
A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; now, Date Drop is the basis of his new startup
“Our matches convert to actual dates at about 10x the rate of Tinder,” Weng told TechCrunch.
Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
This news comes less than a week after Ring’s Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company’s capacity for mass surveillance.
Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars
If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place.