<p>The rebooted version of social site Digg aims to bring back the spirit of the old web.</p>

<p>Character.AI&#8217;s new multimedia features include AvatarFX, plus Scenes and Streams, which allow users to create videos featuring their characters and then share them on a new social feed.</p>

<p>Updated 1:13 p.m. Pacific: A Salesforce spokesperson told TechCrunch that Moonhub has not, in fact, been acquired (by the company&#8217;s definition of the term). Rather, Moonhub is shutting down, and only some of the company&#8217;s team — not the whole team, as MoonHub implied in its post about the news — will be joining Salesforce. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>IBM on Monday said that it has acquired Seek AI, an AI platform that allows users to ask questions about enterprise data using natural language, for an undisclosed sum.</p>

<p>Millions of people are now using ChatGPT as a therapist, career advisor, fitness coach, or sometimes just a friend to vent to. In 2025, it&#8217;s not uncommon to hear about people spilling intimate details of their lives into an AI chatbot&#8217;s prompt bar, but also relying on the advice it gives back. Humans are starting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Time is running out. Exhibitor tables for TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston, are nearly gone — and the final deadline to secure your spot is this Friday, June 6.&nbsp; TC All Stage is the go-to summit for founders at all stages. Designed to deliver actionable insights and practical guidance, it also connects [&hellip;]</p>

<p>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). Put your AI knowledge to the test for a chance [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three days from now, the future of AI walks through the doors of TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This Thursday, June 5, TC Sessions: AI brings together the minds shaping what’s next. Builders, dreamers, and disciplined thinkers tackling what AI can — and should — become. Whether you’re fine-tuning LLMs or figuring out [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment are in talks to license their work to AI startups Udio and Suno, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The deals would set forth a framework for how AI companies compensate artists for their work. The record labels are pushing to receive a small [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Samsung is in investment talks with Perplexity that would see the Korean firm incorporating the AI company&#8217;s tech into its devices, Bloomberg reported.</p>

<p>A growing number of startups are anthropomorphizing AI to build trust fast &#8212; and soften its threat to human jobs.</p>

<p>Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. </p>

<p>In “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,” Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey examines our AI-obsessed moment through one of its key figures — Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.</p>

<p>TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5 — and today’s your shot at AI trivia glory and two tickets for the price of one. 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. Every day [&hellip;]</p>

<p>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 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis.</p>

<p>An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of updates made to Meta apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, according to internal documents reportedly viewed by NPR.</p>

<p>TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5, and we’re kicking Day 3 of AI trivia into high gear. This is your chance to prove you know your stuff — and score a major ticket deal while you&#8217;re at it. Answer a few AI-focused trivia questions, and you could win two tickets [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google AI Edge Gallery allows users to find, download, and run compatible models that generate images, answer questions, write and edit code, and more. </p>

<p>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 sound bites. Whether you&#8217;re training your first model or managing a multibillion-dollar portfolio, this is where the future of AI feels tangible. Let’s be [&hellip;]</p>