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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-12 14:57:48

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-08-12 23:55:59

It’s an open secret in the fintech world that the founder and CEO of startup Increase, Darragh Buckley, has been trying for years to “buy a bank,” as one person familiar with the landscape told TechCrunch. A couple of weeks ago, he basically succeeded. He bought a big enough stake in Twin City Bank to trigger a public disclosure of the transaction by the Federal Research Board. Such share purchases are then subject to FDIC approval. Twin City is a small community bank in Longview, Washington,

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Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-13 07:34:22

Imagine you’re messaging some friends on the Facebook Messenger app or WhatsApp, and you get an unsolicited message from an AI chatbot that’s obsessed with films. “I hope you’re having a harmonious day!” it writes. “I wanted to check in and see if you’ve discovered any new favorite soundtracks or composers recently. Or perhaps you’d like some recommendations for your next movie night? Let me know, and I’ll be happy to help!” That’s a real example of what a sample AI persona named “The Maestro

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Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-13 11:03:34

Hypersonic weapons startup Castelion is raising a $350 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, according to sources and documents viewed by TechCrunch. The round, which values the company in the billions, is anticipated to close in a matter of weeks. A term sheet has been signed. The new round comes on the heels of $100 million in Series A funding that closed in January. That round was composed of about $70 million in equity and $30 million of debt. Lightspeed

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Tighten up your cap table with Fidelity, Cimulate, and DepositLink at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-13 15:30:00

Fundraising is already hard — don’t let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” Hosted on the Foundation Stage, this conversation brings together seasoned legal, financial, and founder voices to share what works, what slows things down, and what it actually takes to close qui

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Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-15 03:20:56

Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called "Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show" — and trust us, there's no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error. (We double checked, and it's still there as of this

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The Flame Fatales 2025 speedrunning event includes Blue Prince, Hades 2 and Clair Obscur runs

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-15 11:14:51

Awesome Games Done Quick and Summer Games Done Quick aren't the only speedrunning marathons in town. There are others dotted throughout the year, such as Frost Fatales and Flame Fatales. Those all-women and femmes events are also operated by the Games Done Quick organization. The schedule for this year's Flame Fatales has just dropped, and there are lots of fascinating runs on deck. For one thing, you'll be able to watch an Any% run (i.e. beating the game with any percentage) of Hollow Knight.

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Crunchyroll's lazy AI subtitles have anime fans furious

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-15 23:56:21

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Mandelbrot in x86 Assembly by Claude

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2025-08-16 15:31:08

Mandelbrot in x86 assembly by Claude. Inspired by a tweet asking if Claude knew x86 assembly, I decided to run a bit of an experiment. I prompted Claude Sonnet 4: Write me an ascii art mandelbrot fractal generator in x86 assembly And got back code that looked... like assembly code I guess? So I copied some jargon out of that response and asked: I have some code written for x86-64 assembly using NASM syntax, targeting Linux (using system calls for output). How can I run that on my Mac? That

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s gateway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

techcrunch.com Cindy Zackney 2025-08-17 02:41:37

Historic regional competition launches to showcase Central Eurasia’s rising startup ecosystem on Silicon Valley’s biggest stage. For the first time in its history, Central Eurasia will have a direct pathway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield through the launch of “Road to Battlefield,” a groundbreaking regional competition that promises to put the underrepresented region firmly on the global innovation map. The competition, organized by Silkroad Innovation Hub in partnership with TechCrunch and

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s Gateway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

techcrunch.com Cindy Zackney 2025-08-17 07:41:37

Historic regional competition launches to showcase Central Eurasia’s rising startup ecosystem on Silicon Valley’s biggest stage. For the first time in its history, Central Eurasia will have a direct pathway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield through the launch of “Road to Battlefield,” a groundbreaking regional competition that promises to put the underrepresented region firmly on the global innovation map. The competition, organized by Silkroad Innovation Hub in partnership with TechCrunch and

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Glen Powell plays a dangerous game in The Running Man trailer

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-17 19:44:20

Edgar Wright hews close to Stephen King's novel in his adaptation of The Running Man. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stephen King published several novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman before being outed in 1984. One of those was The Running Man, later adapted into a star vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. There's a new adaptation on the horizon courtesy of director Edgar Wright (Sean of the Dead, Ant-Man, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho), and Paramount just dropped the trailer for Th

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The Running Man mixes mayhem and humor in first trailer

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-08-18 11:08:08

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. As promised, the first trailer for director Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel The Running Man is here — and it looks like a playful throwback to ‘80s action movies. The story centers on a struggling man named Ben Richards, played by Glen Powell, who is a contestant on a mega-popular TV game show where he’s hunted by trained k

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Tailor, a ‘headless’ ERP startup, raises $22M Series A

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2025-08-19 23:00:00

Tailor, a San Francisco- and Tokyo-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round. Investors include ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC VGI), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Spiral Capital and Y Combinator. ERP systems typically come with a single interface that includes all the necessary functions, but this can be inflexible and restrict customization options. In contrast, a “headless” ERP system separates the front end (user inter

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From $5 to financial empowerment: Why Stash co-founder Brandon Krieg is a must-see at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-19 23:29:09

Startup life is tough — funding rounds, team building, and managing finances can feel like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded. That’s exactly why TechCrunch All Stage 2025 exists: to give founders like you the tools, tactics, and real talk from those who’ve been through it and built something lasting. If there’s one session you won’t want to miss, it’s with Brandon Krieg, co-CEO and co-founder of Stash. He’ll join us on July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston to discuss how technolo

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My favorite bone-conduction headphones are comfortable, durable, and on sale

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-20 03:03:07

Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Shokz OpenRun Pro The bone-conduction headphones offer a more comfortable fit but stay durable after continuous use. While this is the first-gen product, it still remains as good as the later iterations. The Shokz OpenRun Pro headphones in Steel Blue are on sale for $110 (save $50) at Best Buy. Headphones don't have to be over your head or in your ear. There's a headphone technology that you might not have heard of that allows you to keep your ea

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12 New Summer Anime Releases to Add to Your Watch List Right Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-21 03:30:03

It's time to relax into some deliciously good summer anime, with the return of titles like Dan Da Dan, Sakamoto Days and Kaiju No. 8, as well as some fresh arrivals. Can you believe Grand Blue Dreaming is back on TV after all this time? We don't blame you if you get excited or if your downloads go crazy. To help you prep your watch list this season, we've highlighted a selection of TV series on various streaming services, such as Crunchyroll and Netflix. Monsters, drama and more stories await y

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The unbearable obviousness of AI fitness summaries

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-08-20 21:00:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. After nearly a decade of wearables testing, I’ve amassed a truly terrifying amount of health and fitness data. And while I enjoy poring over my daily data, there’s one part I’ve come to loathe: AI summaries. Over the last two years, a deluge of AI-generated summaries has been sprinkled into every fitness, wellness, and wearable app.

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Runway now has its sights on the video game industry with its new generative AI platform

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-20 22:23:50

The AI startup Runway, which recently partnered with AMC Networks, is now trying to break into the gaming industry. The company has plans to launch its latest platform, called Game Worlds, next week, according to The Verge. The new tool lets Runway users create something akin to an interactive text-based game that can generate text and images from AI. Even though Game Worlds can only produce basic designs for now, the company's CEO, Cristóbal Valenzuela, is hoping this will be the first step to

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Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-20 22:56:52

vet Don't just run it — vet it. Stop blindly piping to bash. vet lets you inspect remote scripts for changes, run them through a linter, and require your explicit approval before they can execute. The Problem We've all seen this pattern for installing software: curl -sSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash This is dangerous. The script could be malicious, the server could be compromised, or a transient network error could result in executing a partial script. The Solution vet wraps thi

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Week in Review: Meta’s AI recruiting blitz

techcrunch.com Karyne Levy 2025-08-20 20:05:00

Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week — Travis Kalanick is possibly returning to the world of self-driving vehicles, CoreWeave’s CEO is now worth $10 billion, Apple users aren’t happy with how the company is promoting its new “F1” movie, and much more. Quick note that we will be off next week for the July 4 holiday. Have a great weekend! And another one: Meta snagged a key OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to boost its new AI superintelligence team. He’s the same guy w

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Rob Biederman will help founders rethink how to scale at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-21 03:40:11

If you’re a founder looking to grow your startup, chances are you’re wrestling with more than just product or capital. Talent, scale, and smart execution are the real battlegrounds. That’s exactly what TechCrunch All Stage 2025 is built to address on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners and one of the sharpest minds in talent, tech, and scaling strategy, will share his insights in a roundtable session. This is THE place where you

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Runway is going to let people generate video games with AI

theverge.com Alex Heath 2025-08-21 19:50:34

So far, Runway is known for bringing generative AI to Hollywood. Now, the $3 billion startup is setting its sights on the gaming industry. This week, I was granted access to a new interactive gaming experience that Runway plans to make available to everyone as soon as next week, according to CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela. The consumer-facing product is currently quite barebones, with a chat interface that supports only text and image generation, but Valenzuela says that generated video games are com

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TechCrunch All Stage 2025 welcomes Boldstart partner Ellen Chisa to talk early-stage enterprise bets

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-21 23:05:08

We’re thrilled to announce that Ellen Chisa, partner at Boldstart Ventures, will be joining us at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 for an energizing conversation about investing in enterprise startups from day one. She’s one of the standout voices shaping this year’s lineup of founders, funders, and operators gathering July 15 in Boston’s SoWa Power Station, and you won’t want to miss what she brings to the table. All Stage is where startup builders get real answers to real questions — from how to rai

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TechCrunch Mobility: The Tesla robotaxi Rorschach test and Redwood’s next big act

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-21 23:45:00

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Less than a week ago, Tesla robotaxis began rolling out and giving rides to invited customers in Austin. As Sean O’Kane and I wrote this week, the rollout is the first big test of CEO Elon Musk’s belief that it’s possible to safely deploy fully autonomous vehicles using just cameras and end-to-end AI — an approach that differs from

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SpaceX’s Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-22 03:58:17

A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly-formed city won’t say if anyone was hurt. On June 23, a crane being used to clean up debris from the most recent SpaceX rocket explosion collapsed at the company’s launch complex. Footage of the accident was captured by Lab Padre, one of the content creators who film and photograph the site on a regular basis. But it was filmed from far away, making it impossible to tell whether anyone was harmed or in

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TechCrunch All Stage 2025: Prepare 4 VC’s Jason Kraus will instruct on how to turn chaos into momentum

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-22 07:05:55

Being a founder often feels like you’re building the plane midflight. You’re juggling fundraising, product-market fit, marketing strategy, hiring — while quietly wondering if you’re even doing it right. TechCrunch AllStage 2025, which is happening on July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, is built to answer those questions. Whether you’re pitching VCs, recruiting a killer team, or trying to make sense of your startup’s finances (and your own), All Stage offers actionable insights from peo

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Uv and Ray: Pain-Free Python Dependencies in Clusters

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-23 08:14:06

When we discovered the uv package manager , we realized that a new era of Python package management had arrived. It tackles the Python developers’ dependency headaches with consistency and speed, which also enables quick development cycles. Here is a (non-exhaustive) collection of things the folks from astral.sh are getting right that we really like: They package the whole environment : You don’t need to worry about setting up your own Python distribution which in itself can be quite cumbersom

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At TechCrunch All Stage, Jahanvi Sardana shares how top startups reshape markets

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-23 15:44:56

TechCrunch All Stage — the ultimate founder summit — is shaping up to be a powerhouse event where 1,200 founders and VCs across all stages will come together to forge meaningful connections and gain practical insights they can immediately apply to scale their startups. Join us on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston and be part of the conversation with scaling experts. And now is the best time to register to attend. For a limited time, we’re bringing Investor Passes to just $250 and Founder

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TechCrunch All Stage: Learn how AI can supercharge your MVPs with Chris Gardner

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-23 19:00:56

TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing partner Chris Gardner will join a loaded lineup of speakers by leading a breakout session titled “MVP in the Age of AI: When to Bot and When to Not.” Spoiler: Expect to learn a lot about using AI for minimum viable products. And for for a very limited time, we’re launc

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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

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Glen Powell plays a dangerous game in The Running Man trailer

The Running Man mixes mayhem and humor in first trailer

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