In February, Meta made an unusual move in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence: It decided to give away its A.I. crown jewels.The Silicon Valley giant, which owns Facebook, […]
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Back to news homeLawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built
In late June, Microsoft released a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that could generate its own computer code.Called Copilot, the tool was designed to speed the work of professional […]
A Coming-Out Party for Generative A.I., Silicon Valley’s New Craze
A celebration for Stability AI, the start-up behind the controversial Stable Diffusion image generator, represents the arrival of a new A.I. boom. Read More
Can ‘the Merge’ Save Crypto?
Crypto could use a bit of good news these days. And on Wednesday, it got some.Ethereum, the most popular crypto platform, appears to have successfully upgraded its software architecture from […]
Open source startups have a natural growth model: PLG
Tracking the growth and frequency of open source startups has been a long-running project at TechCrunch. This column joined the fun in the last few years, noting what seemed to […]
Crypto, where the fallen seek a fresh start
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we talked about privacy in crypto and how it’s sometimes at odds with regulation. This week, we’re covering a larger-than-life founder who is […]
Uniswap Labs COO MC Lader on the incentives behind DeFi
Crypto lending and financial services companies have been at the forefront of the industry’s latest controversies ever since the collapse of the Terra stablecoin, with many drawing parallels between the […]
10 IP and commercial contract loose ends to tie up before you approach investors
William Wilson Contributor William Wilson is a partner in Goodwin’s technology group and intellectual property practice. His practice focuses on technology transactions, including counseling, structuring and negotiating deals across industries […]
The 10 EVs and plug-in hybrids that stood out at the New York Auto Show
Electric vehicles took center stage at the New York International Auto Show this year, with an indoor track as part of the show’s 250,000-square-foot EV display leaving no doubt that […]
8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22
Wicked fast VPNs, data organization tools, auto-generated videos to spice up your company’s Instagram stories … Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves. […]