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• Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI
• SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to
• Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
• Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead
• US lawmakers have already introduce hundreds of AI bills in 2025
• Discord is discussing an IPO
• What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered
• Threads tests adding ‘interests’ on profiles to connect users with topical discussions
• Google removes ‘underrepresented’ language from its grant website
• Google debuts a new Gemini-based text embedding model
• Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires one-million-square-foot property in Memphis
• AI-powered ‘more personalized Siri’ is delayed
• Startups Weekly: Startups raised funding to help others navigate challenges
• Social health expert warns of leaning too heavily on AI for social connections
• US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers
• Google adds a Gemini panel to Calendar to help you manage your schedule
• Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations
• Russian propoganda is reportely influencing AI chatbot results
• CollX raises $10M to grow its card collection marketplace
• Last day to apply to be a TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker
• Meta’s next Llama models may have upgraded voice features
• X now lets you query Grok by mentioning it in replies
• FBI says scammers are targeting US executives with fake BianLian ransom notes
• SpaceX Starship spirals out of control in second straight test flight failure
• Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup
• A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over
• Anthropic’s Claude Code tool had a bug that ‘bricked’ some systems
• Scale AI is being investigated by the US Department of Labor
• ChatGPT doubled its weekly active users in under 6 months, thanks to new releases
• Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order
• Hugging Face’s chief science officer worries AI is becoming ‘yes-men on servers’
• Shield AI raises $240M at a $5.3B valuation to commercialize its AI drone tech
• Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation
• Christie’s AI art auction reportedly exceeds expectations
• ChatGPT on macOS can now directly edit code
• Spotify says it’s fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads
• VW’s cheapest EV will have Rivian DNA and who is bidding for Canoo’s assets
• Founder of battery startup Our Next Energy returns as CEO following new funding
• OpenAI’s ex-policy lead criticizes the company for ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history
• Mistral adds a new API that turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file
• Intangible, a no-code 3D creation tool for filmmakers and game designers, raises $4M
• Turing, a key coding provider for OpenAI and other LLM producers, raises $111M at a $2.2B valuation
• A year later, OpenAI still hasn’t released its voice cloning tool
• Crogl, armed with $30M, takes the wraps off a new AI ‘Iron Man suit’ for security analysts
• UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
• A quarter of startups in YC’s current cohort have codebases that are almost entirely AI-generated
• Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
• Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threats
• Infineon teams up with India’s CDIL to explore business in light EVs, energy storage solutions
• Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’
• Canoo’s CEO is buying the bankrupt EV startup’s assets
• Eric Schmidt argues against a ‘Manhattan Project for AGI’
• Trump gives Big 3 automakers one month reprieve for Canada, Mexico tariffs
• Volkswagen’s cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software
• Revenue prediction startup Gong surpasses $300M ARR, indicating potential IPO path
• Prime Video tests AI dubbing for select movies and TV series
• Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation
• OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’
• Not all cancer patients need chemo. Ataraxis AI raised $20M to fix that.
• Apple adds AI-powered app review summaries with iOS 18.4
• OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 AI model comes to more ChatGPT users
• Former NSA official says federal worker cuts will have ‘devastating impact’ on cyber and national security
• Ryan Breslow is back as CEO of fintech Bolt, after years of controversy
• Ahead of a possible $4 billion IPO, CoreWeave’s founders already pocketed $488 million
• Google Search’s new ‘AI Mode’ lets users ask complex, multi-part questions
• Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently
• Hyundai pairs up with Yandex spinoff Avride to develop robotaxis
• Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach
• Anthropic quietly removes Biden-era AI policy commitments from its website
• Flex, a Brex for business owners, has raised $25M at a $250M valuation
• Growth at all costs is destroying the internet. PR maven Ed Zitron says that’s an opportunity for startups.
• EU must ‘fully’ apply its market fairness rulebook on Google, search rivals urge
• AI pioneers scoop Turing Award for reinforcement learning work
• YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription
• Google’s Shopping tab has a new AI tool that takes your fashion idea and suggests similar clothing
• Apply to speak at TechCrunch Sessions: AI before time runs out
• Broadcom urges VMware customers to patch ‘emergency’ zero-day bugs under active exploitation
• Apple updates the Mac Studio with M4 Max and M3 Ultra options
• Apple launches new MacBook Air with M4 chip
• GibberLink lets AI agents call each other in robo-language
• CIA director says US has paused sharing intelligence with Ukraine
• Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’
• UK’s competition regulator says Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership doesn’t qualify for investigation
• Key ex-OpenAI researcher subpoenaed in AI copyright case
• Judge rejects Musk’s attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition
• Aspiration co-founder and board member defrauded investors of $145M, prosecutors say
• Amazon reportedly forms a new agentic AI group
• X updates Communities with new filters, sorting options, and a way to see your own posts
• African VC LoftyInc Capital launches third fund for seed and Series A, reaches $43M first close
• Andy Dunn’s new app Pie uses AI to help you make friends
• Foundation Capital, an early backer of Solana and Cerebras, raises $600M fund
• Klarna CEO doubts that other companies will replace Salesforce with AI
• Amazon is reportedly developing its own AI ‘reasoning’ model
• Google still limits how Gemini answers political questions
• Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4B
• OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor lays out the bull case for AI agents
• TechCrunch Sessions: AI speaker applications close March 7, submit yours today
• Google’s March Pixel Drop adds AI-powered scam detection and live location sharing with friends
• Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg talks succession — ‘I don’t want to pass it to a committee’
• Cohere claims its new Aya Vision AI model is best-in-class