TechCrunch Space: A new world
Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space! To the shock of no one, ever, NASA announced that the next Artemis mission is delayed to no earlier than April 2026, and…
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Amazon forms a new AI agent-focused lab led by Adept co-founder
Amazon says that it’s establishing a new R&D lab in San Francisco, the Amazon AGI SF Lab, to focus on building “foundational” capabilities for AI agents. The Amazon AGI SF…
How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool
MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Today, OpenAI released its video generation model Sora to the public. The announcement comes on the fifth day of…
OpenAI Startup Fund raises $44M in its largest SPV yet
The OpenAI Startup Fund discloses its biggest SPV yet, but is staying quiet on what it’s for. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
FTC distributes $72M to Fortnite customers tricked into making unwanted purchases
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced that it’s sending the first round of payments to consumers tricked by Fortnite maker Epic Games into making unwanted purchases, with refunds…
Spotify has disabled Car Thing streaming devices
Spotify has officially discontinued Car Thing, its in-car streaming device, with all units now disabled, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Earlier today, an X user noticed that their Car Thing…
X says its new image generator, Aurora, will launch for all users within the week
X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, quietly added a new image generator to its Grok assistant this past Saturday. Then, it removed it. Now, it’s bringing…
Fisker resolves federal safety investigation into rollaway risk
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has closed a preliminary investigation into Fisker over complaints that its all-electric Ocean SUV rolls away unexpectedly. The U.S. safety regulator…
Why OpenAI is only letting some Sora users create videos of real people
OpenAI launched its video-generating tool, Sora, on Monday. But the company’s opting not to release a key feature for most users pending further testing. The feature in question generates a…
Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on the subscription model when detailing its…