Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app | TechCrunch

Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.

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New ways to balance cost and reliability in the Gemini API

Google is introducing two new inference tiers to the Gemini API, Flex and Priority, to balance cost and latency.

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🤖 [TechCrunch] OpenAI przejmuje TBPN, tętniący życiem talk show biznesowy prowadzony przez założyciela

🔗 Więcej: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/openai-acquires-tbpn-the-buzzy-founder-led-business-talk-show

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OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show | TechCrunch

TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane.

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Create, edit and share videos at no cost in Google Vids

New AI capabilities are coming to Google Vids, powered by Lyria 3 and Veo 3.1, like high-quality video generation at no cost and more.

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Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.

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🚨 #TechCrunch spills the beans: #Delve, the #startup world’s new #drama queen, allegedly took open-source code, slapped a bow on it, and called it theirs. 🌟 Who knew stealing could be so innovative? 🤷‍♂️ Meanwhile, TechCrunch reminds you to buy overpriced tickets for an event where more #shenanigans will be discussed. 🤑
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The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse | TechCrunch

Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.

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The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse | TechCrunch

Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.

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Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project | TechCrunch

The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.

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🤖 [TechCrunch] Anthropic usunął tysiące repozytoriów GitHub, próbując wyrwać kod źródłowy, który wyciekł – według firmy było to posunięcie przypadkowe

🔗 Więcej: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-took-down-thousands-of-github-repos-trying-to-yank-its-leaked-source-code-a-move-the-company-says-was-an-accident

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Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident | TechCrunch

Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices.

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Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota | TechCrunch

Meta's upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.

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