A developer exploited an API flaw to provide free access to GPT-4

A developer is attempting to reverse-engineer APIs to grant anyone free access to popular AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 — legal ramifications be damned. The developer’s project, GPT4Free, blew... Read more »

Apple is reportedly developing an AI-powered health coaching service

Apple is developing an AI-powered health coaching service codenamed Quartz, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The tech giant is reportedly also working on technology for... Read more »

Rocket engine startup Ursa Major quietly closed $100M in new funding

Ursa Major has quietly closed $100 million in new funding, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch and multiple sources. Funders to the Series D include BlackRock and Space Capital.... Read more »

Bobsled raises $17M Series A to make cross-cloud data sharing easier

Bobsled, a startup that is building a cross-cloud data sharing platform, today announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Madrona... Read more »

News app Artifact can now summarize stories using AI, including in fun styles

Artifact, the personalized news aggregator from Instagram’s founders is further embracing AI with the launch of a new feature that will now summarize news articles for you. The company... Read more »

ispace loses contact with lunar lander seconds before landing

Japanese company ispace lost communication with its Hakuto-R lander just moments before it was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface. “At this moment, we have not been... Read more »

Spotify CEO says AI progress is both “really cool and scary,” may pose risk to creative industry

In its first-quarter earnings call, streaming music service Spotify talked in more detail about how AI advances are impacting its business. On the positive side, the company offered an... Read more »

OpenAI previews business plan for ChatGPT, launches new privacy controls

OpenAI says that it plans to introduce a new subscription tier for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot, tailored to the needs of enterprise customers. Called ChatGPT Business, OpenAI describes... Read more »

TC+ roundup: Pitch coaching from 5 VCs, Black founder funding options, 3 fintech flubs

Based on my conversations last week at TechCrunch Early Stage, VCs are very open to first-time founders who can demonstrate more than just enthusiasm. But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a... Read more »

It’s beyond time we started worrying about unicorn exits

For a single year, it appeared that the venture gambit was going to work out: hundreds of startups hoped to be worth billions on paper and exit in good... Read more »
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