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Deepgram’s Aura gives AI agents a voice

Deepgram’s Aura gives AI agents a voice | TechCrunch Deepgram has made a name for itself as one of the go-to startups for voice recognition. Today, the well-funded company announced the launch of Aura, its

Discord opens up to games and apps embedded in its chat app

Discord opens up to games and apps embedded in its chat app More developers will be able to build minigames for Discord.

TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform

TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform Politicians at all levels of US government have pushed to ban TikTok.

Axion Ray’s AI attempts to detect product flaws to prevent recalls

Axion Ray's AI attempts to detect product flaws to prevent recalls | TechCrunch Axion Ray, a company developing an AI-powered product to detect and (with any luck) prevent recall-level product issues, has raised $17.5 million in new funding.

Empathy closes $47M for AI to help with the practical and emotional bereavement process

Empathy closes $47M for AI to help with the practical and emotional bereavement process | TechCrunch Death, as the famous saying goes, is one of the inevitable certainties of life. But that doesn't make coping with it any easier -- not least because while

DoorDash’s new AI-powered ‘SafeChat+’ tool automatically detects verbal abuse

DoorDash’s new AI-powered ‘SafeChat+’ tool automatically detects verbal abuse | TechCrunch DoorDash hopes to reduce verbally abusive and inappropriate interactions between consumers and delivery people with its new AI-powered feature that DoorDash is leveraging AI to review in-app conversations and determine if a customer or Dasher is being harassed.

Midjourney bans all Stability AI employees over alleged data scraping

Midjourney bans all Stability AI employees over alleged data scraping Midjourney claims the alleged activity caused a 24-hour service outage.

Tesla’s going back to court over Autopilot’s role in a deadly 2018 crash

Tesla’s going back to court over Autopilot’s role in a deadly 2018 crash Tesla is going to court the week of April 8th.

Google won’t let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country

Google won't let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country | TechCrunch Google has started rolling out restrictions on Gemini for election-related queries globally.

Nanonets gets Accel’s backing to improve AI-based workflow automation

Nanonets gets Accel's backing to improve AI-based workflow automation | TechCrunch Nanonets, a startup using AI to automate back-office processes, has raised $29 million in a new funding round led by Accel.

Pienso builds no-code tools for training AI models

Pienso builds no-code tools for training AI models | TechCrunch Pienso, a platform building no-code tools to train and fine-tune AI models, has raised $10 million in a new funding round.

Applied Intuition lands $6B valuation for AI-powered autonomous vehicle software

Applied Intuition lands $6B valuation for AI-powered autonomous vehicle software | TechCrunch Applied Intuition lands a super-powered round led by Lux Capital and Elad Gil and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Mary Meeker, and F1 champ Nico Rosberg.