Топ-10 технологий на 2026-05-08
1. Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
Описание: I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s chi…
2. Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
Описание: Messages between Shivon Zilis and Tesla executives reveal plans in 2017 to start a rival AI lab, potentially led by Altman or Demis Hassabis.
3. A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom | TechCrunch
Описание: The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.
4. Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says. | TechCrunch
Описание: Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
5. Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’ | TechCrunch
Описание: The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity’s AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat.
6. Is xAI a neocloud now? | TechCrunch
Описание: xAI’s real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.
7. A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Описание: To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.
8. Google shuts down Project Mariner
Описание: Google has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the web, as reported earlier by Wired’s Maxwell Zeff. The Project Mariner landing page now contains a message that says: “Thank you for using Proje…
9. Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air
Описание: It’s a Whoop dupe. That was my first thought when I saw the new $99 Google Fitbit Air. You can hardly blame me. The band is screenless with a metallic fabric clasp. My eyes flickered between the Fitbit Air and my wrist, where I’m wearing a Whoop MG. Was I not…
10. Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A | TechCrunch
Описание: Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion.