Welcome to TechCrunch PM. This afternoon, a number of AI sites had issues, Worldcoin waited for an answer from the European Union, some hackers targeted high-profile accounts on TikTok, Raspberry Pi turned into an AI computer and a slew of venture capital rounds. Enjoy!
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ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all go down at the same time: Who knew chatbots could reach capacity? OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot was the first to go down. Then Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity began seeing issues, too. All are back online. I guess we had too many questions on a random Tuesday in June. Read more
Not that kind of lake house: AI giant Databricks acquired data management company Tabular for an undisclosed sum. And with that, their respective data management lakehouses, dubbed Delta Lake and Iceberg, will converge into one. Read more
Worldcoin awaits its fate: Worldcoin, the controversial eyeball-scanning crypto venture co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is almost entirely shuttered in the European Union following a series of privacy complaints — including in France, Germany, Portugal and Spain. Now the company waits for the outcome of an investigation instigated by Bavaria’s data protection authority. Read more
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A MESSAGE FROM ALLY FINANCIAL, INC.
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Apply today for the Ally Innovation Challenge-Responsible AI
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Does your startup have a solution for Responsible AI deployment in the banking sector? Ally is excited to announce the launch of the Ally Innovation Challenge — Responsible AI. Ally is seeking market-ready, U.S.-based startups specializing in AI infrastructure that can assist in building robust, scalable platforms for responsible AI development and deployment. Selected startups will have opportunities for mentoring and potential collaboration with senior experts from the financial services company behind the nation’s largest all-digital bank. Learn more about it here and submit your application by June 17! Terms and conditions apply — see website for full details
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Hackers go after high-profile TikTok accounts: Not much is known yet about the nature of the attack; however, we do know that TikTok’s security team is addressing an issue that allowed hackers to compromise several accounts, including those belonging to Paris Hilton, CNN and Sony. Read more
Discord and TuneIn partner on live radio: Discord is getting into free live radio. This is TuneIn’s first collaboration with a social platform. Read more
Raspberry Pi partners with Hailo: This recent bond now means that the latest version of the Raspberry Pi small-but-mighty computer can now also be an AI computer. Read more
Fivetran has a new service: The Fivetran Managed Data Lake Service aims to remove the repetitive work of managing data lakes by automating and streamlining it for the company clients, freeing them up to focus on creating products on top of this data. Read more
DTC lawn care that’s good for the planet, with Coulter Lewis from Sunday: This week on Found, Dom and Becca talk with Coulter Lewis about his DTC sustainable lawn care company, Sunday. They discuss building a company with a family member, expanding from DTC to in-store, and why lawn care matters when it comes to sustainability. Listen here
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GetWhy, a market research AI platform that extracts insights from video interviews, raises $34.5 million. Read more
How a couple of former Pinterest search experts caught Biz Stone’s attention. Read more
Engineer brothers found Forge to modernize hardware procurement. Read more
Stacklet sees demand grow as companies take cloud cost control more seriously. Read more
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How misinformation gets amplified on social media: As election season sneaks up on us in the U.S., the journal Science published two studies that help us understand what happened online during the last presidential race. These studies come at a good time — when we’re gearing up for our next presidential election season, where social media is bound to play a role once again. Hit play, and let’s chat!
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Paramount’s next steps: With a potential sale of Paramount Global looming, the Los Angeles Times reports that the media company’s annual investor meeting Tuesday included a new business plan and some possible job cuts. Read more
Billionaire investors battle over AI: Artificial intelligence is transforming the technology landscape, and Forbes spoke to some of Silicon Valley’s power players about the future bets on AI. Read more
Boeing versus SpaceX: The Washington Post reports that when it comes to Starliner, Boeing has had some struggles. Not the case with SpaceX. Read more
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