Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models(techcrunch.com)

252 points by bogdiyan 4 months ago | 186 comments

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions(techcrunch.com)

258 points by tambourine_man 4 months ago | 449 comments

Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone(techcrunch.com)

210 points by ZeidJ 6 months ago | 274 comments

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return(techcrunch.com)

242 points by Brajeshwar 6 months ago | 247 comments

Microsoft offers buyouts up to 7% of US employees(techcrunch.com)

22 points by darth_avocado 6 months ago | 19 comments

Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive(techcrunch.com)

676 points by jrm-veris 6 months ago | 197 comments

TechCrunch brief reporting that thousands of rare concert recordings are being uploaded to the Internet Archive for public listening.

Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'(techcrunch.com)

409 points by sbulaev 23 days ago | 229 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that a federal judge described Flock's camera network as 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance(eff.org)

408 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 122 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Matthew Guariglia arguing tech companies should not be pressured by government into conducting surveillance.

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms(techcrunch.com)

392 points by jbegley 7 months ago | 143 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau buys commercial location data to track US citizens, prompted by questioning from Sen. Wyden.

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach(techcrunch.com)

1006 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 797 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that AT&T says criminals stole calling and text records and location-related data for nearly all of its customers.

Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'(techcrunch.com)

788 points by pluc 1 month ago | 681 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that unredacted court filings show a Microsoft executive called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history.'

Everything you do is being recorded(theatlantic.com)

393 points by ike_usawa 2 months ago | 334 comments

An Atlantic article by Ross Andersen on pervasive recording by AI wearables and other surveillance, and whether people can fight back.