ChatGPT In the current business world, efficiency is paramount. Whether you are leading a team, working for a startup, or coping with...

<p>Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newly released AI agent, called Operator. We also look at where TikTok stands after being resuscitated, whether it’s time to go back to Tumblr, and more! Let’s get into it. OpenAI launched a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose AI agent that can [&hellip;]</p>

<p>LG Electronics is betting on robotics as its next big growth driver. The South Korean electronics company said on Friday that it has agreed to acquire an additional 30% stake in Bear Robotics, a California-based startup it previously backed that is building AI-powered server robots for restaurants. The deal gives LG a majority ownership of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After releasing two developer beta versions last year, Google introduced the first public beta for Android 16 on Thursday. New features include live updates on the lock screen (like Live Activities on iOS), Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec for high-quality video recording, and a framework for developers to make their apps adaptable for different screen [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Social network X has grown its in-app revenue over the past year, despite a decline in active users, new data shows. Global consumer spending in the X mobile app across both iOS and Android has climbed by 76.3% year-over-year, when comparing two similar periods in January, according to data from app intelligence firm Appfigures. However, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf. Now, we&#8217;re seeing OpenAI&#8217;s first real attempt. OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is launching a research preview of Operator, a general-purpose [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Password managers have become commonplace at this point. But businesses often have different needs than consumers. Teams, after all, often have to share credentials to access resources, all while IT and security teams need ways to control who has access to them. Passbolt, which is announcing an $8 million seed round Thursday, aims to become [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It can be challenging for developers of fintech apps to integrate repayment, balance transfer, and bill pay functionality. Devs often have to deal with a patchwork of brittle screen-scraping APIs to extract data from users&#8217; financial institutions — or worse, tools to process mounds of physical checks and paperwork. Three friends and entrepreneurs — Jose [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they&#8217;re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text. The models, SmolVLM-256M and SmolVLM-500M, are designed to work well on &#8220;constrained devices&#8221; like laptops with less than around 1GB of RAM. The team says that they&#8217;re also ideal [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up&nbsp;here. OpenAI is making gains at the expense of its chief rivals. On Tuesday, the company announced the Stargate Project, a new joint venture involving Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, Oracle, and others to build AI infrastructure for OpenAI in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, which briefly went dark in the U.S. before a rapid return. Instagram recently faced backlash after ending its third-party fact-checking program.&nbsp; At the same time, startups like Favorited are attracting attention from investors, creators, and viewers. On Wednesday, the livestream app announced its $1.3 [&hellip;]</p>

Generative AI Generative AI, a subset of artificial intelligence, leverages advanced algorithms to create text, images, videos, and even...

A new AI orchestration startup from the founders of Lithuanian unicorn Nord Security is setting out to help enterprises put their AI projects into production, with an initial focus on bringing greater visibility, security, and adaptability to large language models (LLMs). Nexos.ai, as the startup is called, is the handiwork of Tomas Okmanas

François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. The startup, Ndea, will consist of an AI research and science lab. It's looking to develop and operationalize AGI. AGI, which stands for artificial general intelligence, typically refers to AI that can perform any

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up&nbsp;here. This week was something of a swan song for the Biden administration. On Monday, the White House announced sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips — restrictions that tech giants, including Nvidia, loudly criticized.

Microsoft is launching a pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles several, but not all, of the company's existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365. The new plan, Copilot Chat not to be confused with Microsoft's Copilot Business Chat or GitHub Copilot Chat is underpinned by OpenAI's GPT-4o AI model and lets users

Hinge today launched a new AI-powered feature called “Prompt Feedback,” which aims to improve your dating profile by analyzing how you answer prompts and assessing if it needs to be more specific or authentic.&nbsp; Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini, Prompt Feedback evaluates each response and offers personalized advice tailored to help you share interesting details

Paying users of OpenA's ChatGPT can now ask the AI assistant to schedule reminders or recurring requests. The new beta feature, called tasks, will start rolling out to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro users around the globe this week. With tasks, users can set simple reminders with ChatGPT such as, Remind me when my passport

<p>The world of fashion is moving at a faster pace each year. Most retailers introduce new styles each season, and fast-fashion companies like Shein, H&amp;M, and Zara update their collections continuously. To keep pace with the rapid demand for new styles, brands and manufacturers have been turning to tech to accelerate their design process. Raspberry [&hellip;]</p>

Artificial Intelligence (AI)  has evolved from a futuristic concept to an essential part of our daily routines. From smart devices  to...