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Situational Awareness may have had to sell off the majority of its public portfolio last month, but the AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets. This week, the fund invested $400 million into Source Foundry, a startup founded by Stanford researchers aiming to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper, according to The Wall […] The post Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness…
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight, as Anthropic says it’s making auto mode the default for Pro, Max, and Team accounts, starting on August 14. The company first unveiled a test version of auto mode in March, pitching it as a way to balance speed and control. As Anthropic explained […] The post Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default…
Law enforcement’s uses and abuses of Flock cameras have made headlines regularly these days, but Flock isn’t the only company putting these mass surveillance machines to work. As repossessions are skyrocketing because buyers can’t afford their own cars, the repo men are using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) to find cars they’re […] The post As Repossessions Rise, License Plate Readers…
Just a few weeks after their respective new albums dropped on the same day, Charli xcx made an appearance during the Strokes’ Saturday headlining set at Outside Lands in San Francisco. She joined the band to perform their 2001 track “Take It Or Leave It.” Watch it go down below. “We’ve got a special little […] The post Watch Charli XCX Join the Strokes for “Take It Or Leave It” at Outside Lands…
From “Space Jam” to the beloved Concord colorway, Michael Jordan’s Air Jordan 11 is one of the most iconic sneakers in Jordan Brand’s massive archive. And, with the price of certain styles reaching as high as $250, it’s also one of the most expensive models the brand offers. With the sneaker set to receive plenty […] The post Jordan DMSN 95: Available Now HV4928-001 appeared first on Rin .
Bill Swearingen has spent the past year running largely the same test, over and over again. The goal was to produce a computer-generated pattern that could block the surveillance cameras lining America’s streets from detecting it. Some 31 million tests later, Swearingen says he can now produce patterns on-demand that, when applied to clothing and […] The post This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In just a few days, Amazon-owned Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides. This might […] The post TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire appeared first…
Kobe Bryant Day is just weeks away and to celebrate the occasion, Flight Club is holding a series of drawings for some of the late basketball legend’s most iconic sneakers. Flight Club’s Nike Kobe giveaway begins Wednesday and runs through Aug. 20. It features eight different Nike Kobe signature sneakers, most of which will be […] The post Nike Zoom Kobe 5 Protro, Kobe 6 appeared first on Rin .
In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” Jill Lepore warns that tech companies are increasingly replacing the functions of democratic government. This shift, she said, marks “a return to tyranny and mystification in the form of rule by algorithms, corporations, machines.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, I […] The post Historian Jill Lepore says…
Over the past few months, AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have escaped their boundaries, accessed the internet, and, in some cases, hacked into real-world systems. The incidents have involved models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and most recently, Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI, with testing conducted by several different organizations including a cyber evaluation startup called […] The…
