Year: 2025

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’  After watching Reddit’s OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/sam-altman-says-that-bots-are-making-social-media-feel-fake/

Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea It’s not clear who cut the cables or why. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/07/microsoft-says-azure-affected-after-cables-cut-in-the-red-sea/

Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations? How can a chatbot be so wrong — and sound so confident in its wrongness? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/07/are-bad-incentives-to-blame-for-ai-hallucinations/

Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps One investor says Koah is “building the essential monetization layer for consumer AI.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/07/koah-raises-5m-to-bring-ads-into-ai-apps/

Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground — literally. The first flight was only in March. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/07/hyundais-evtol-startup-supernal-pauses-work-following-ceo-and-cto-departures/

OakNorth CEO Rishi Khosla: ‘Entrepreneurs have to hide their success in Britain’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oaknorth-ceo-rishi-khosla-brunch/

Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction? This is a bad idea. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/06/why-is-an-amazon-backed-ai-startup-making-orson-welles-fan-fiction/

EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’ This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/06/eu-fines-google-3-5b-over-adtech-abuse/

The growing debate over expanding age verification laws As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/06/wtf-is-going-on-with-age-verification-laws/

Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company’s board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/06/musks-1t-pay-package-is-full-of-watered-down-versions-of-his-own-broken-promises/