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Elon Musk Is Joining Microsoft in $30 Billion Data Center Project

The biggest backer of OpenAI, Microsoft is now building its own AI models and teaming up with Sam Altman's mortal enemy.

Red X de Elon Musk recauda unos US$1.000 millones en nuevos fondos

La red social X de Elon Musk recaudó cerca de US$1.000 millones en nuevos fondos en una operación que valora la empresa en ...

Elon Musk’s X Raises Almost $1 Billion in New Equity Funding

Elon Musk’s social network X has raised close to $1 billion in new equity from investors in a deal that values the company at ...

What Elon Musk Expects to Find Out About Aliens on Mars

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on a Wednesday episode of Senator Ted Cruz 's podcast that while humans may not find living ...

Early Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to resign amid stock slump

It's gotten so bad that one of Tesla's earliest investors has called for Musk to step down. Ross Gerber said in an interview ...

As Elon Musk remakes Washington, we ask: Who is this guy anyway? | The Excerpt

Musk’s focus now appears to be the Department of Government Efficiency, and his unorthodox role as part of President Donald ...

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says

A member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will take up a top role at the U.S. Agency for International ...

RCP Podcast: Trump vs. Judiciary, Rage Against Elon Musk, Education Without the Department

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, ...

Elon Musk on X March 19: What SpaceX Billionaire Has Posted So Far

Elon Musk is the most followed person on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as being the site's owner, and he is also one ...

Elon Musk says he's shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: 'I've never done anything harmful'

Elon Musk said the Tesla vandalism shocked him, adding that neither he nor his company have done "anything harmful." ...

How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer

Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands to make $3 billion, about 25x the money it invested in the company, Bloomberg reported. Despite substantial returns for Sequoia’s […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Monster Hunter Wilds smashes February sales, numbers still in the red | Circana

Monster Hunter Wilds is the big success story of February, according to Circana's charts, though overall industry sales are still in decline.Read More

Hugging Face submits open-source blueprint, challenging Big Tech in White House AI policy fight

Hugging Face challenges Big Tech in White House AI Action Plan submission, arguing open-source models match commercial performance while democratizing access and enhancing national security.Read More

OpenAI’s o1-pro is the company’s most expensive AI model yet

OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 “reasoning” AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API. According to OpenAI, o1-pro uses more computing than o1 to provide “consistently better responses.” Currently, it’s only available to select developers — those who’ve spent at least $5 on OpenAI API services — and it’s pricey. Very […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users

X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation

Sequoia shutters D.C. office, lets go of policy team

Sequoia will shutter its D.C. office as well as part ways with the policy team there at the end of March, TechCrunch has confirmed. The news comes — and is somewhat in contrast — with the other prominent VC firms in Silicon Valley strengthening their ties with Capitol Hill and the new Trump administration. Andreessen […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks certain AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago

Noam Brown, who leads AI reasoning research at OpenAI, says certain forms of “reasoning” AI models could’ve arrived 20 years earlier had researchers “known [the right] approach” and algorithms. “There were various reasons why this research direction was neglected,” Brown said during a panel at Nvidia’s GTC conference in San Jose on Wednesday. “I noticed […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel

Nvidia has reportedly acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that’s developed a platform to generate synthetic AI training data. Terms of the acquisition are unknown. The price tag was said to be nine figures, exceeding Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, according to Wired. Gretel and its team of roughly 80 employees will be folded […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.