Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
Colossal announced a new AI platform to help accelerate its de-extinction efforts and Peter Diamandis has launched a new fund to back startups who use it.
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that the surveillance company has not canceled contracts of any police department or law enforcement agency, despite reports of abuse.
The electric vehicle market in the U.S. has been growing for the last three consecutive quarters.
Startup Ambrosia Energy will build a massive factory to crank out batteries to augment solar panels, creating a round-the-clock clean power plant.
Former Apple engineers figured out how to get a biometric sensor to attach to your watch without any magnets or adhesives.
The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as involved in composition and vocals.
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease risks.
With Prismm, account holders can give designated family members access to their accounts and documents ahead of time.
Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.
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Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell.
The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.
Netflix said most of the cuts would affect its product, tech, legal, and human resources departments.
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NTangible is building an analytics platform for collegiate sports organizations and other clubs to measure an athlete’s “clutch” factor.
Scimplify’s annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company’s work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry’s focus on AI’s risks is drowning out its potential benefits.
The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins.
It’s not clear exactly for what purpose the recording device was used, but FBI director Kash Patel said the scheme was to “capture sensitive communications about the company’s super intelligence technology.”
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI’s interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key figures in the case.
Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion power plants.
Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.
The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes.
Field also worked on Apple’s secretive car project and oversaw development of the Tesla Model 3.