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  • ‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2241691471.jpg?w=1024″] You’ve seen this comic before: An anthropomorphic dog sits smiling, surrounded by flames, and says, “This is fine.” It’s become one of the most durable memes of the past decade, and now AI startup Artisan seems to have incorporated it into an ad campaign — an ad for which KC Green, the…

  • In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-104509077.jpg?resize=1200,800″] A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors. The study was published this week in Science and comes from a research team led by physicians and…

  • TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SF_WAYMO-FREEWAY_FRONT.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We’re going to do a bit of a deep dive today, which may make this newsletter look a…

  • This tiny, magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_7411-1.jpg?resize=1200,900″] It was love at first sight. It felt like scouring the mall, dipping in and out of sprawling department stores in search of a specific, elusive item, only to finally find what you’re looking for. Only, I didn’t even know I was searching for something like the Xteink X3, because I never…

  • StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54599380127_df4ede7c18_c.jpg?w=680″] StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026 Overview StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026 StrictlyVC events deliver exclusive insider VC content while creating meaningful connections with leading investors & entrepreneurs. Join us for an evening of intimate interviews with industry heavy hitters and impactful conversation. Waitlist Now Waitlist to get early access to these limited tickets! June…

  • AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2266014829.jpg?w=1024″] The organization behind the Academy Awards released new Oscar rules on Friday, including several that address the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” will be eligible for…

  • Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1231517365.jpg?w=1024″] Ask.com, the search engine and question-and-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. Ask Jeeves first launched in 1996 and, with its focus on answering conversational questions posed in natural language, was arguably a precursor to today’s AI-powered chatbots. For most of its 30-year history, however, it’s been overshadowed by…

  • Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2239723841.jpg?w=1024″] Audiences will have to wait a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the release date pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027. In addition to relaunching “Narnia” on big screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first film since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” also looks like the…

  • The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1424498694.jpg?resize=1200,800″] AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate — unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately while retaining…

  • Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-1134037713.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Europe should be known for BottleCap AI, not bottle cap memes. With its tongue-in-cheek name, this Prague-based AI startup is one of the teams that VCs think you should know. It is not that European startups never cut through the noise — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of it. But there…