Patreon Quits Asking Nicely and Blocks AI Scrapers
Patreon has stopped politely requesting that AI crawlers stay away from creator content. On Thursday, the membership platform announced it’s
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Apple Sues OpenAI Right Before the IPO Window
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and the complaint doesn’t read like a routine legal skirmish.
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OpenRouter Is Suddenly a Multibillion-Dollar Target
The News OpenRouter, the startup that acts as a switchboard between developers and hundreds of AI models, has fielded takeover
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TikTok Starts Hunting AI Clones of Its Creators
TikTok is testing a tool that scans the platform for AI-generated versions of a creator’s face, according to The Verge
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India’s Phone Slump Is Really an AI Data Center Story
India’s smartphone shipments fell 10% year-over-year in the April-June quarter, the steepest June-quarter drop in six years. According to TechCrunch
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Agility Robotics Moves In Next Door to Tesla
Done. I’ve formatted the Agility Robotics content into clean WordPress HTML and saved it as `/tmp/agility_html.json`. **What I did:** –
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When Everyone Records, Who Actually Listens?
A venture capitalist changed his Zoom display name to a legal disclaimer. That’s where we are. According to TechCrunch AI,
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Databricks Hits $188B on Its Fourth Round in 19 Months
Databricks announced Thursday a new funding round valuing the company at $188 billion, led by Coatue, according to TechCrunch AI.
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Vertu’s $6,880 Phone Bets It All on an AI Agent
Vertu just launched the Alphafold, a foldable smartphone starting at $6,880 that’s aimed squarely at chief executives. TechCrunch AI got