Welcome again to TechCrunch’s Week in Review.
This week had two main occasions from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI’s spring replace occasion noticed the reveal of its new mannequin, GPT-4o, which has voice and imaginative and prescient capabilities that may flip ChatGPT right into a digital assistant seemingly aspiring to be “Her.” Hot off OpenAI’s tail, Google’s I/O convention featured a smattering of bulletins and integrations for its flagship mannequin, Gemini.
This week additionally noticed some main shake-ups at AWS and OpenAI. AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down and shall be changed by AWS gross sales chief Matt Garman. And OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has departed the corporate together with Jan Leike. Sutskever shall be changed by Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s director of analysis.
There was additionally a big shift at Meta. TechCrunch completely reported that the corporate is shutting down its enterprise communications enterprise, Workplace. It makes us surprise if Meta was ever actually severe about its enterprise ambitions.
News
120+ AI mentions: How a lot AI is an excessive amount of AI? For Google, none. They talked about it nonstop all through their I/O keynote, and we’ve got the tapes to show it. Read More
Talk to me, ChatGPT: OpenAI’s newest “omni” mannequin GPT-4o can speak to you, change its tone to sarcastic, and even do real-time language translation. It additionally sounds suspiciously like Scarlett Johansson. Read More
Microsoft’s Cobalt 100 chips: TechCrunch has discovered that the corporate will launch its customized Cobalt 100 chips to clients as a public preview at its Build convention subsequent week. And we found another scoops, too 👀 Read More
Sony Music cracks down on AI: Sony Music Group has despatched letters to greater than 700 tech firms and music streaming companies to warn them to not use its music to coach AI with out permission. Sony Music says it has “reason to believe” these firms “may already have made unauthorized uses” of its content material. Read More
SIM swap assaults: Since mid-2023, an interception operation known as Estate enabled tons of of members to hold out hundreds of automated cellphone calls to trick victims into coming into one-time passcodes, which provides attackers entry to their financial institution accounts. Read More
Project IDX is now in open beta: Announced at Google I/O, the corporate’s next-gen, AI-centric browser-based growth setting is now in open beta. Google says that greater than 100,000 builders already tried the service. Read More
AI to save lots of the birds: Wind is the most important supply of renewable power within the U.S., however wind generators can wreak havoc on fowl populations. Spoor is a startup utilizing AI to assist wind farms mitigate that threat. Read More
Apple expands accessibility: Apple is bringing new accessibility options to iPads and iPhones — together with the flexibility to regulate your gadget with eye-tracking, create customized shortcuts utilizing your voice, and expertise music with a haptic engine. Read More
ThreadsDeck?: Instagram Threads is testing pinned columns on the net, which could possibly be an excellent alternative for TweetDeck. In 2023, X turned TweetDeck into X Pro and put it behind a paywall. Read More
Analysis
Did Meta give enterprise a good shot?: Meta pulled the plug on its enterprise product Workday on Tuesday, bringing the curtain down on the enterprise experiment 9 years after it launched. Ron Miller writes that it’s honest to surprise if Meta was ever severe about it. Read More
Mark Zuckerberg, fashion icon: Recent pictures of the Meta CEO have gone viral as customers observed a sudden shift in his private fashion. Gone are the grey shirts and denims, changed by gold chains and graphic tees. Amanda Silberling explores whether or not his newfound makeover is a rigorously crafted rebrand. Read More
Tesla’s Supercharger is in limbo: Despite being the undisputed king of EV quick charging — and being worthwhile — Tesla CEO Elon Musk axed your complete Supercharger division. Tim De Chant…
