GM’s under-the-hood overhaul puts AI and automated driving at the center
The U.S. automaker’s technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.
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Several users reportedly complain to FTC that ChatGPT is causing psychological harm
At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.
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Shuttle raises $6 million to fix vibe-coding’s deployment problem
The platform engineering startup Shuttle announced $6 million in seed funding to handle the infrastructure problems that start where products like Lovable and Cursor leave off.
Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided
Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix “not worried about AI replacing creativity.”
Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation
As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn.
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta
Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.
OpenAI’s new browser is a broadside shot at Google
OpenAI’s new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.
Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai already raised at $4B+ valuation
Fal.ai announced its previous round at a $1.5 billion valuation in July.