Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday
On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn’t used.
How AI PR startup Clipbook won Mark Cuban’s investment from a cold email
Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions.
Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures,
Korea’s Coupang says data breach exposed nearly 34M customers’ personal information
E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea.
Pokies in over 670 NSW venues to be switched off after 4am
The Minns Labor Government in Australia is bringing in a major shake-up as it’s bringing in a six hour shutdown of gambling machines. To bring this into reality, it’s revoking the exemptions that are enabling pubs
Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring
CEO Will Bruey says people often get Varda wrong. The company isn’t “in the space industry; we’re in-space industry,” he said. Space is “just another place to ship to.”
‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’
James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn’t make him a fan of generative AI.
New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role
David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, according to a new report. However, Sacks fired back, calling the story a
ChatGPT launched three years ago today
It’s no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech.
Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland
TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.