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Retell AI lets companies build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls Call centers are embracing automation. There’s debate as to whether that’s a good thing, but it’s happening — and quite possibly accelerating. According to research firm TechSci Research, the global m...

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Retell AI lets companies build 'voice agents' to answer phone calls | TechCrunch

Retell AI, a startup backed by Y Combinator, is developing a platform for creating AI-powered 'voice agents' to answer customer service c...

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TikTok will automatically label AI-generated content created on platforms like DALL·E 3 TikTok is starting to automatically label AI-generated content that was made on other platforms, the company announced on Thursday. With this change, if a creator posts content on TikTok that was crea...

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TikTok will automatically label AI-generated content created on platforms like DALL·E 3 | TechCrunch

TikTok announced that it will start to automatically label AI-generated content that was made on other platforms

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India weighs delaying caps on UPI market share in win for PhonePe, Google Pay India’s mobile payments regulator is likely to extend the deadline for imposing market share caps on the popular UPI payments rail by one to two years, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch...

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India likely to delay UPI market caps in win for PhonePe-Google Pay duopoly | TechCrunch

India is likely to once again extend the deadline for market share caps on UPI in a move that is expected to benefit Google Pay and PhonePe.

techcrunch 2 years ago

Thai food delivery app Line Man Wongnai weighs IPO in Thailand, US in 2025 Line Man Wongnai, an on-demand food delivery service in Thailand, is considering an initial public offering on a Thai exchange or the U.S. in 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For persona...

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Thai food delivery app Line Man Wongnai weighs IPO in Thailand, US in 2025 | TechCrunch

Line Man Wongnai, an on-demand food delivery service in Thailand, is considering an initial public offering on a Thai exchange or the U.S. in 2025.

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Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting The problem is not the media, but the message. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple's 'Crush' ad is disgusting | TechCrunch

With Apple's latest ad, the problem is not the media but the message.

techcrunch 2 years ago

OpenAI offers a peek behind the curtain of its AI’s secret instructions Ever wonder why conversational AI like ChatGPT says “Sorry, I can’t do that” or some other polite refusal? OpenAI is offering a limited look at the reasoning behind its own models’ rules of engagement...

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OpenAI offers a peek behind the curtain of its AI's secret instructions | TechCrunch

OpenAI is bucking a trend a bit by publishing what it calls its "model spec," a collection of high-level rules that indirectly govern ChatGPT and o...

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Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist As part of an investigation into people involved in the pro-independence movement in Catalonia, the Spanish police obtained information from the encrypted services Wire and Proton, which helped the au...

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Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch

Spanish police requested information from Apple, and encrypted services Proton and Wire, about a pro-Catalan independence activist.

techcrunch 2 years ago

US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers’ address data The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years. The U...

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US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers' address data | TechCrunch

The federal agency took blame for the incident, saying the addresses were "inadvertently exposed as we transitioned to a new IT system."

techcrunch 2 years ago

Match looks to Hinge as Tinder fails Match Group, the company that owns several dating apps, including Tinder and Hinge, released its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, which shows that Tinder’s paying user base has decreased for ...

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Match looks to Hinge as Tinder fails | TechCrunch

Match Group, the company that owns several dating apps, including Tinder and Hinge, released its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, which sh...

techcrunch 2 years ago

Can AI help founders fundraise more quickly and easily? With venture totals slipping year-over-year in key markets like the United States, and concern that venture firms themselves are struggling to raise more capital, founders might be worried. After all,...

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Can AI help founders fundraise more quickly and easily? | TechCrunch

With venture totals slipping year-over-year in key markets like the United States, and concern that venture firms themselves are struggling to rais...

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Gratitude Plus makes social networking positive, private and personal Private social networking is making a comeback. Gratitude Plus, a startup that aims to shift social media in a more positive direction, is expanding its wellness-focused, personal reflections journal ...

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Gratitude Plus makes social networking positive, private and personal | TechCrunch

Gratitude Plus encourages users to establish healthier relationships and better mental wellness habits by offering journaling, mood tracking, and s...

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Google brings a variation on ‘Circle to Search’ to iPhone users Google has found a way to bring a variation of its clever “Circle to Search” gesture to iPhone users. The new interaction, launched in January, allows Android users to search from anywhere on their de...

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Google brings a variation on 'Circle to Search' to iPhone users | TechCrunch

The Action Button allows users to customize the functionality of the iPhone’s side button to their own needs.

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Always-on video portal lets people in NYC and Dublin interact in real time A new sculpture going live on Wednesday in the Flatiron South Public Plaza in New York is not your typical artwork. It combines technology, sociology, anthropology and art to let people interact with ...

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Always-on video portal lets people in NYC and Dublin interact in real time | TechCrunch

A new sculpture, called a Portal, gives a two-way, always-on video connection between NYC and Dublin, letting people interact in real time.

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NYT Games launches a Wordle archive with access to more than 1,000 past puzzles The New York Times Games announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a Wordle archive, offering subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out the Wordle a...

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NYT Games launches a Wordle archive with access to more than 1,000 past puzzles | TechCrunch

The New York Times Games announced on Tuesday that it's launching a Wordle archive, offering subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle...

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Apple highlights AI features, including M4 neural engine, at iPad event Apple isn’t yet ready to unveil its broader AI strategy — it’s saving that for its Worldwide Developer Conference in June — but the tech giant did make sure to mention AI technologies across its devic...

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Apple highlights AI features, including M4 neural engine, at iPad event | TechCrunch

Apple isn't yet ready to unveil its broader AI strategy — it's saving that for its Worldwide Developer Conference in June — but the t...

techcrunch 2 years ago

Apple unveils a new Magic Keyboard at iPad event At its iPad-focused event on Monday, Apple announced a new and improved Magic Keyboard, its keyboard accessory for iPad. The Magic Keyboard has been “completely redesigned” to be much thinner and ligh...

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Apple unveils a new Magic Keyboard at iPad event | TechCrunch

At its iPad-focused event, Apple announced a new and improved Magic Keyboard, its keyboard accessory for iPad. The Magic Keyboard has been "completely

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Meta’s AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October. Now, instead of only being able to create different backgrounds fo...

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Meta's AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds | TechCrunch

Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October. Now, instead ...

techcrunch 2 years ago

Rivian loses $1.45B as cost-cutting measures continue Rivian lost $1.45 billion in the first quarter, showing that its recent company-wide cost-cutting measures have a ways to go before it can approach profitability. The EV-maker brought in $1.2 billion ...

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Rivian loses $1.45B as cost-cutting measures continue | TechCrunch

Rivian lost $1.45 billion in the first quarter, showing that its recent company-wide cost-cutting measures have a ways to go before it can approach

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Brandywine Realty Trust says data stolen in ransomware attack U.S. realty trust giant Brandywine Realty Trust has confirmed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of data from its network. In a filing with regulators on Tuesday, the Philadelphia-based Brandywi...

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Brandywine Realty Trust says data stolen in ransomware attack | TechCrunch

U.S. realty trust giant Brandywine Realty Trust has confirmed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of data from its network. In a filing with

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Atlan scores $105M for its data control plane, as LLMs boost importance of data For the founders of Atlan, a data governance startup, data has always been at the heart of what they do, even before they launched the company. In fact, co-founders Prukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka got...

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Atlan scores $105M for its data control plane, as LLMs boost importance of data | TechCrunch

For the founders of Atlan, a data governance startup, data has always been at the heart of what they do, even before they launched the company. In ...