Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human roles
The CEOs of Read AI and Lucidya told TechCrunch at Web Summit Qatar that they see AI tools replacing tasks, rather than workers.
Co-founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on-device model inference with Mirai
Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops.
Altman and Amodei share a moment of awkwardness at India’s big AI summit
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of unity, all executives on stage obliged, except OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, who held their hands conspicuously apart.
Google adds music generation capabilities to the Gemini app
Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music
Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises
The creative company’s monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools.
India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses
The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline.
U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’
OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from “Cameo” to “Characters.”
Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S.
Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price.
Airbnb expands its “Reserve Now, Pay Later” globally
The feature allows users to cancel eligible bookings if there is a change of plans — without losing money upfront.
Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models
Cohere’s Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges