Patreon, the membership platform for creators, is cracking down on AI that mines its content for training purposes. On Thursday, the company shared that it is working with internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare to directly block access to AI robots designed to train their AI models on creators’ work without permission. The strengthened measures were necessary
Apple filed a trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not pulling any punches. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching back to OpenAI’s hardware director and claims that more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully covered, and the timing couldn’t
The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudification” apps (software programs that can digitally alter images to undress the people in them) from their app stores. California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography. In 2025, California
Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would spread to consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that disruption has arrived, with rising mobile phone prices reshaping the smartphone market. The memory chips in question (RAM and storage components) are the same ones that tech giants need in bulk to
The window is almost closed. On August 19, eight startups will take to the Stripe Tour Sydney stage in front of investors, the global press and the Australian tech community. A startup is automatically entered into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco: no application, no further competition, a guaranteed spot on the world’s most iconic startup
Databricks announced a new funding round Thursday that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks did not reveal exactly how much it raised; He said the money is not yet in his hands and the round will close later this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the increase to
