Author: Advanced AI Editor

In just 5 days, the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence will gather at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for TechCrunch Sessions: AI—a one-day summit built for real insight, not recycled soundbites. Whether you’re training your first model or managing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, this is where the future of AI feels tangible. Let’s be honest: AI has officially entered cocktail-party territory. Everyone’s talking, but not everyone knows what they’re talking about. On June 5, TC Sessions: AI cuts through the noise. You’ll hear directly from the people building foundational models, shaping safety protocols, and deciding what gets funded next. Register now to…

Artificial intelligence has no shortage of visionaries—but the ones who matter are executing. In 4 days, TechCrunch Sessions: AI brings those builders, researchers, funders, and enthusiasts under one roof at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This isn’t a parade of AI hype or a string of over-edited keynotes. It’s a single day designed for clarity, candor, and real connection. It’s also your last chance to save. Ticket prices rise soon — but right now, you can save over $300 on your pass and get 50% off a second, so your partner, co-founder, or friend can dive in with you. TechCrunch Sessions:…

(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. is nearing a wide-ranging deal to invest in Perplexity AI Inc. and put search technology from the artificial intelligence startup at the forefront of the South Korean company’s devices. Most Read from Bloomberg The two companies are in talks to preload Perplexity’s app and assistant on upcoming Samsung devices and integrate the startup’s search features into the Samsung web browser, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The firms have also discussed weaving Perplexity’s technology into Samsung’s Bixby virtual assistant, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private.…

Artificial intelligence has undoubtedly contributed to society in its early years of adoption, but it has also threatened a variety of job functions. Thus far, frontline jobs like fast food and trucking have been consumed by AI, but there’s ruminating fear that this nascent technology could eliminate even the most high-paying and highly skilled jobs. Take entry-level Wall Street banking jobs, for example. Incoming junior analysts could be in danger of losing their jobs to AI, according to a 2024 New York Times report. Indeed, big firms are reportedly considering pulling back hiring as much as two-thirds as Wall Street…

Think you know which AI beat a human champion in the game of Go? Or which company developed the Transformer architecture that powers many modern language models? This is your moment to shine — and score two tickets for the price of one ($200 value). Answer a few brain-busting questions on artificial intelligence, and if you ace it, you might just find a special promo code waiting in your inbox for 2-for-1 passes to TechCrunch Sessions: AI — happening this Thursday, June 5, at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. Every day brings new questions — so don’t get discouraged if you…

Venture investors may claim to have 10-year time horizons, but that future tech-scape seems to always have a U.S. bias. I started my tech reporting career at a publication cheekily called Rest of World during the early days of COVID, when the free-money era let VCs plow capital into emerging regions like South and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America in record sums. That trend evaporated when high inflation hit. Though global venture investing has ticked back up, it’s been tilted by massive AI deals, which are almost entirely aimed at U.S. companies. According to an April report from KPMG,…

(Bloomberg) — Abridge AI Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence to transcribe medical conversations, is raising $300 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg The round values the Pittsburgh-based company at $5.3 billion, including the investment, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The investment will nearly double Abridge’s valuation from only a few months ago, and underscores the tech industry’s interest in AI software that can make industries like health care more efficient. In February, the company announced…

The CEO of a U.K. bank whose employees work a four-day week and have full autonomy over where they do their job isn’t considering following competitors in calling staff back in. Instead, he’s planning for a future where employees may not need to work at all. Atom Bank, which employs 547 people, announced earlier this week that it was moving its headquarters from Durham to Newcastle. It marks the latest workplace move from a challenger financial institution after Wise relocated to the London area of Shoreditch and Revolut unveiled a new global HQ in Canary Wharf. Atom’s new office space,…

Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images Shares of Applied Digital (APLD) surged as much as 54% on Monday. The data-center operator announced a lease deal with Nvidia-backed AI firm CoreWeave. The 15-year agreement is expected to generate $7 billion of revenue for Applied Digital. The move: Applied Digital Corporation stock surged as much as 54% on Monday to an intraday high of $10.54. It closed 48% higher, at $10.14. The chart: Why: Shares of the AI data center operator soared on the announcement of two 15-year lease deals with CoreWeave that will generate $7 billion in revenue for Applied Digital.…

Anthropic has given its AI a blog. A week ago, Anthropic quietly launched Claude Explains, a new page on its website that’s generated mostly by the company’s AI model family, Claude. Populated by posts on technical topics related to various Claude use cases (e.g. “Simplify complex codebases with Claude”), the blog is intended to be a showcase of sorts for Claude’s writing abilities. It’s not clear just how much of Claude’s raw writing is making its way into Claude Explains posts. According to a spokesperson, the blog is overseen by Anthropic’s “subject matter experts and editorial teams,” who “enhance” Claude’s…