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The humanoid robotics company figure raised an eyebrow this week when it announced it was leaving its partnership with Openai in support of building its own in-house AI model. Figure CEO Brett Adcock hints at a “major breakthrough” in their own process, and plans to unveil “something no one has ever seen on humanoids” next month. It's not just companies experimenting with non-Openai solutions. Last week, researchers from Stanford and Washington University demonstrated that they can train highly competent “inference” models for under $50 in cloud calculation credits, in stark contrast to the costs associated with OpenAI models. . TechCrunch's…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has started notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen during a 2023 cyberattack. HPE has so far notified more than 12 individuals whose data was stolen in a cyberattack, according to a review of TechCrunch's violation notices filed with at least two U.S. Attorney General. The data that was infringed included Social Security numbers, driver's license information and credit card numbers, according to a submission to the state of Massachusetts. HPE spokesman Adam R. Bauer did not reply to requests for comment on the violation. This violation has been linked to intrusion into HPE's email systems and…
Over the past few years, Genai Boom has unleashed a wave of startups that promise to support the fast engineering process. That is, I came up with instructions that accurately steer the AI chatbot and provide useful output. So tools like Openai's ChatGpt and Google's Gemini will present users with blank fields for their queries. New York-based Promptlayer entered the space early and launched its tool about two years ago to allow app developers to manage the prompt process. Its founder was messing around with the AI chatbot itself and wanted something to track his prompts. On a bit of…
As the Covid-19 pandemic hits 2020 and schools move to online learning, Joe Titus and Paul Sue worry about how to maintain children's activity levels in the absence of forced PE classes and sports I was doing it. The solution for two friends was HiveClass, a New York-based Edtech platform that hosts online courses for K-12 students to learn about fitness, sports, dance, yoga, nutrition, mindfulness and more. There is also a self-defense course. Even in a post-pandemic world, the platform is gaining more attention than the convergence of trends. Children are increasingly free from school PE classes and often…
A coalition of more than 12 states in the US will file a lawsuit to block billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutter team from accessing sensitive federal payment systems that contain personal data about Americans. He says he's planning. In a brief statement shared by 13 Democrat Attorney Generals, including California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland and New York, the coalition states, “to defend the constitution, to privacy rights and essential funding.” He said he is planning to do so, and individuals and communities around the country are counting on him.” The state coalition did not say when they planned to file a lawsuit,…
UK government officials reportedly ordered Apple to secretly build a backdoor that would allow authorities to access their encrypted iCloud data. The Washington Post reports that demand was issued in January 2016 of the UK's Research Power Act, also known as the Snoopers Charter. Rather than seeking narrow access to specific Apple accounts, authorities have requested “blanket” access to end-to-end encrypted files uploaded to the cloud by users around the world . According to the post, Apple may suspend advanced data protection, which is the provision of encrypted cloud storage to UK users. That access does not provide UK authorities…
US Edtech giant Powerschool has confirmed that 16,000 UK students have personal and sensitive data stolen in the December 2024 data breach. This week, Powerschool began notifying individuals outside the US and Canada who have been affected by the violation. The incident was first confirmed by PowerSchool in January, and after hackers used compromised credentials to breach the company's customer support portal, it accessed personal data from millions of students and teachers. PowerSchool has not confirmed how many international students were affected. However, Powerschool spokesman Beth Keebler said in an email statement to TechCrunch that four UK schools have been…
India's central bank has introduced an exclusive “.bank.in” domain for banks since April 2025 as part of its efforts to combat rising digital payment fraud and strengthen trust in online banking services. Masu. The Reserve Bank of India said in a statement on Wednesday that the Banking Technology Development Institute (IDRBT) will serve as an exclusive registrar for the new domain. The central bank will deploy another “Fin.in” domain for non-banking financial institutions. “The growing number of fraud instances in digital payments is a major concern,” said RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, adding that the new domain system aims to reduce…
On Thursday, President Trump urged Republican lawmakers to end the tax credits on fateful benefits. Tax credits allow private equity and venture fund managers to deal with revenue from investments at lower capital gains rates rather than as normal income. Eliminating tax credits will be a major blow to the VC industry. “Cryled Interest drives smart, risky investments in innovative growth startups,” said Bobby Franklin, president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), in a statement. Trump ended a loophole in favor of interest when he campaigned for the president in 2016. However, when he took office in…
In response to pressure from rivals, including Chinese AI company Deepseek, Openai is changing the way its latest AI model, O3-Mini, communicates a step-by-step “thinking” process. Openai on Thursday announced an updated “Chain of Thought” showcasing how free and paid users of ChatGpt, an AI-powered Chatbot platform, have reached the model's “inference” steps and answers to questions It has been announced that it will be displayed. According to OpenAI, subscribers to the Premium ChatGPT plan that use O3-MINI with a “high inference” configuration will also see this updated read. “We're introducing an update [chain of thought] An Openai spokesperson told…