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The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.

GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s Grok to its vehicles.  

Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer.

The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

The U.S. automaker’s technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

GM said Cruise’s technology stack, including its AI models trained on five million driverless miles and simulation framework, feed directly into the automaker’s next-generation driver assistance and autonomy programs.  

Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.

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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.

Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities.

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The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they’re making headway.

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.

YouTube is adding an timer for the Shorts feed to curb doomscrolling

Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs.

Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes.

Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix “not worried about AI replacing creativity.”

As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn.

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 announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.

Fal.ai announced its previous round at a $1.5 billion valuation in July.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race.

Members of Breakthrough Energy’s policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward clean energy.

Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.

The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a landline or older device.

Codi launches what it hails as the first fully automated office manager.

OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.

YouTube’s likeness detection technology is now available. Creators can request the removal of AI content using their face and voice.

WhatsApp will now warn users before sharing their screen with unknown contacts, and Messenger will flag suspicious messages using AI.

Serval is using agentic AI models to automate IT service management, but the company has a unique approach that takes advantage of agentic AI’s powers while avoiding many of its pitfalls.