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Venmo introduces new debit card benefits and payment options as rival Cash App struggles | TechCrunch
On Wednesday, Venmo debuted several new debit card benefits and expanded the ability to make payments with retailers such as TikTok Shop and Uber. The updates signal Venmo is trying to become more of a full-service fintech service, not just a peer-to-peer payments app. Venmo announced new debit card benefits and expanded the ability to make payments with retailers such as TikTok Shop and Uber.
North America takes the bulk of AI VC investments, despite tough political environment | TechCrunch
Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker Pitchbook.
ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more | TechCrunch
As part of the launch, ChatGPT is gaining connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This allows ChatGPT to look for information across users' own services to answer their questions.
Google delays rollout of its 'Ask Photos' AI search feature | TechCrunch
According to Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall, Ask Photos isn't up to par when it comes to latency, quality, and user experience. While some users have access to the feature now, he said that a new version will be shipped in about two weeks, which will aim to correct these issues.
Now Deel is accusing Rippling of spying by ‘impersonating’ a customer | TechCrunch
Deel alleges that one of Rippling’s employees "spent six months impersonating a legitimate Deel customer to gain unauthorized access to Deel’s systems to meticulously analyze, record, and copy Deel’s global products and the way Deel does business for Rippling’s own benefit and use.” In an amended lawsuit, Deel details its spying allegations against Rippling and name drops VC firm Andreessen Horowitz
The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie | TechCrunch
A film that will portray the chaotic time at OpenAI, when co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was fired and rehired within a span of just five days, is A film that will portray the chaotic time at OpenAI, when co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was both fired and rehired within a span of just five days, is reportedly in the works.
TikTok rolls out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to limit content you don't want to see | TechCrunch
While TikTok already allows users to use keyword filters to restrict specific content from appearing in their feeds, the new Smart Keyword Filters will use AI to additionally limit content that contains similar keywords, such as synonyms.
DeepSeek may have used Google's Gemini to train its latest model | TechCrunch
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning model that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. Some AI researchers speculate that at least a portion came from Google's Gemini family of AI.