What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of France’s most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. But compared to its $6 billion valuation, its global market share is still
Read moreApple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal. Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple,
Read moreMarjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok
Last week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok experienced a “bug” that made it tell users about the “white genocide” conspiracy theory in South Africa, even when prompted with questions that had nothing to do with the topic … and soon after, Grok expressed skepticism over the Holocaust death toll, which it
Read moreTechCrunch Mobility: Uber Freight’s AI bet, Tesla’s robotaxi caveat, and Nikola’s trucks hit the auction block
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! For those U.S.-based readers out there, enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend, and if you’re on the road, expect it to be
Read moreOpenAI upgrades the AI model powering its Operator agent
OpenAI is updating the AI model powering Operator, its AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and use certain software within a cloud-hosted virtual machine to fulfill users’ requests. Soon, Operator will use a model based on o3, one of the latest in OpenAI’s o series of “reasoning” models. Previously,
Read moreStartups Weekly: Cutting through Google I/O noise
Google I/O didn't stop startups from taking their chances and announcing some big deals this week.
Read moreMicrosoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more
One of Microsoft’s latest AI models can accurately predict air quality, hurricanes, typhoons, and other weather-related phenomena, the company claims. In a paper published in the journal Nature and an accompanying blog post this week, Microsoft detailed Aurora, which the tech giant says can forecast atmospheric events with greater precision
Read moreDigg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla
The deal could be interesting if it went through, as Digg could leverage Pocket's existing user base to fuel interest in its relaunch.
Read moreIs Elon Musk really getting the hell out of DOGE?
The circus moves on. Elon Musk isn't as publicly, obviously involved in Washington as he used to be, that much is clear. But celebrations of his political exile are premature. Sure, it's true that Musk and Donald Trump's bombastic joint press conferences have faded. Trump is no longer shooting Tesla
Read more12 New AI-Powered Tools, Features & Advancements Announced at Google I/O 2025
Google I/O is Google’s flagship event featuring the latest announcements and updates in technology. The event showcases ambitious research prototypes, showcasing how AI is transforming from lab to everyday tools, and is a crucial moment for Google to reveal its future. This year’s proceedings highlighted the ongoing advancements in Google’s
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