<p>There seems to be a new, more impressive AI model every week. Given the rapid pace, how can founders best position themselves to build on top of this technology? At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, we&#8217;ll host a panel on &#8220;How Founders Can Build on Existing Foundational Models&#8221; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volkswagen&#8217;s ultra-cheap EV called the ID EVERY1 — a small four-door hatchback revealed Wednesday — will be the first to roll out with software and architecture from Rivian, according to a source familiar with the new model. The EV is expected to go into production in 2027 with a starting price of 20,000 euros ($21,500). [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>A weekend hackathon project that lets AI agents talk on the phone with each other in a robotic language, one that&#8217;s incomprehensible to humans, has gone viral on social media over the past week. The project, called GibberLink, was created by two Meta software engineers during a hackathon competition in London, hosted by ElevenLabs and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The founder and CEO of IPO-bound fintech Klarna took to X to once again explain why his company ditched Salesforce’s flagship CRM product about a year ago in favor of its own homegrown AI system.&nbsp; But this time, Sebastian Siemiatkowski emphasized that he doesn’t think others will — or should — follow his lead. “I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sequoia-backed Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, landed a contract with the U.S. Army and has plans for its first factory, Thornton told TechCrunch. The factory will be 115,000 square feet in Huntington Beach, California, where Mach’s headquarters is located, CEO Thornton said. While that sounds like an expensive zip code [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make it easier for app developers to reach their users. Widgets, which offer at-a-glance views of an app&#8217;s most important information &#8212; like the day&#8217;s weather or upcoming meetings on your calendar &#8212; are a key aspect of Android home [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple is struggling to rebuild Siri for the age of generative AI, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says the company might not release “a true modernized, conversational version of Siri” until iOS 20 comes out in 2027. That doesn’t mean there won’t be big Siri updates before then. A new version of Siri will [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, offering support on the social network Bluesky for newly laid-off federal workers whose job it was to make government tech work better. His message, which quickly gained traction, urged the displaced engineers and designers to turn the upheaval to their advantage. &#8220;If [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Time is ticking to get AI industry insights — and major savings. There are just two days left to save up to $325 and secure your spot at TechCrunch Sessions: AI. But act fast, this special offer ends on March 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. TC Sessions: AI is an event like no other that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Updated 2:40 pm PT: Hours after GPT-4.5&#8217;s release, OpenAI removed a line from the AI model&#8217;s white paper that said &#8220;GPT-4.5 is not a frontier AI model.&#8221; GPT-4.5&#8217;s new white paper does not include that line. You can find a link to the old white paper here. The original article follows. OpenAI announced on Thursday [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Apple on Thursday announced a range of new initiatives designed to help parents and developers create a safer experience for kids and teens using Apple devices. In addition to easier setup of child accounts, parents will now be able to share information about their kids&#8217; ages, which can then be accessed by app developers to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The founders created military-grade night vision with AI software that began as a smartphone app. And now the military is a customer.</p>

<p>In a newly issued executive order (EO), the Trump administration has instructed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-advised initiative to reduce federal spending, to create a &#8220;centralized technological system&#8221; in every agency to record contract and grant awards. As part of the ramp-up of these systems, agency employees who approved individual contract [&hellip;]</p>

<p>TechCrunch Sessions: AI, taking place on June 5 at Zellerbach Hall in UC Berkeley, will feature a panel discussing how startups can compete against established rivals in the AI industry. The panel, &#8220;How to Launch a Product Against Entrenched Incumbents,&#8221; will look at ways small companies are managing to stay relevant in a fast-paced and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Party promoter Billy McFarland is back with Fyre Festival 2. The event is scheduled to take place in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from May 30 to June 2, and tickets just went on sale, ranging from $1,400 to a truly brazen $1.1 million &#8212; even though no artists have been confirmed, and McFarland himself isn’t sure [&hellip;]</p>

<p>WordPress.com owner Automattic last year acquired the multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125 million and said it would merge it with Texts.com, an earlier acquisition in the same category. Now Beeper is releasing the first set of redesigned apps for iOS and desktop in beta after the merger. In a blog post, Beeper said that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a bold move last month, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post, telling President Trump that “America must win the AI war.” The statement sparked mixed reactions, as seen during Wang’s appearance Sunday during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar. When Wang’s interviewer, Axios’ Felix Salmon, [&hellip;]</p>