OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI | TechCrunch

Red rubber lobster toy on blue background

Peter Steinberger, who created the AI ​​personal assistant now known as OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot, then Moltbot, has gained viral popularity over the past few weeks with its promise to be “an AI that actually does things,” whether it’s managing your calendar, booking flights, or even joining a social network … Read more

Longtime NPR host David Greene is suing Google over NotebookLM’s voice | TechCrunch

Longtime NPR host David Greene is suing Google over NotebookLM's voice | TechCrunch

David Greene, the longtime host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” is suing Google, claiming the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on Greene, The Washington Post reports. Greene said that after friends, family members and co-workers started emailing him about the resemblance, he became convinced that the voice replicated his cadence, intonation … Read more

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over the use of Cloud | TechCrunch

Aerial view of The Pentagon

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the US military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand on OpenAI, Google and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those … Read more

India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, says Sam Altman | TechCrunch

ChatGPT India

India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making the country one of the largest OpenAI markets in the world, CEO Sam Altman said ahead of a government-sponsored AI summit. On Sunday, Altman outlined the growing adoption of ChatGPT in India in an article published in India’s English-language newspaper Times of India, as OpenAI prepares … Read more

Enterprise artificial intelligence is gaining ground. Glean creates a layer below the interface. | TechCrunch

Enterprise artificial intelligence is gaining ground. Glean creates a layer below the interface. | TechCrunch

The battle for enterprise artificial intelligence is heating up. Microsoft integrates Copilot into Office. Google is pushing Gemini into Workspace. OpenAI and Anthropic sell directly to enterprises. Every SaaS vendor now ships an AI assistant. In the battle for the interface, Glean is betting on something less visible: becoming the intelligence layer underneath. Seven years … Read more

You must watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession

You must watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession

Let me say that I highly I recommend going to Property blind. Don’t watch the trailer. Don’t even finish this. Check it out now on Shudder, Criterion, or Metrograph. It is also available through Kanopa or Hoopla if your library provides access. Then come back so we can talk about it in the comments. Although … Read more

Today in Apple history: A young Steve Jobs appears on the cover of Time

With Steve Jobs first Time magazine cover, he becomes the face of the 1980s tech boom.

February 15, 1982: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is on the front cover Time magazine for the first time. The long opening story makes Jobs the public face of a successful technology business. The first of many Time cover for Jobs, the article — titled “Striking It Rich: America’s Risk Takers” — casts him as the … Read more