Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’
After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.
Read moreMandelbrot area and escape times
The two latest posts have been about the Mandelbrot set, the set of complex numbers c such that iterations of f(z) = z² + c remain bounded. It’s easy to see that the sequence of iterates will go off to infinity if at any step |z| > 2. For each c, we can look at
Read moreNuclear startup Deep Fission goes public in a curious SPAC
Deep Fission had been seeking to raise $15 million in a seed round as recently as April. The reverse merger will raise twice that amount.
Read moreBluesky adds private bookmarks
Bluesky adds bookmarks so users can privately save posts they want to reference later.
Read morePinecone founder Edo Liberty discusses why the next big AI breakthrough starts with search, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search.
Read moreFlexport’s Ryan Petersen on building through chaos at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register to join.
Read moreSpace Dots raises $1.5M seed round to provide insights on orbital threats
Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTs, which launched in 2022 to detect space threats. She and her team have created a software platform for space tech manufacturers and operators to help them capture various data points, like radiation interference, as well as track any in-orbit anomalies, to help make
Read moreVC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach
The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, said it has notified current and former employees and the firm's limited partners of its January breach.
Read moreCognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation
Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures.
Read moreGoogle’s AI Mode adds 5 new languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Korean
Google's AI Mode is rolling out in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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