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AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA

techcrunch.com Tage Kene-Okafor 2025-12-14 06:45:00

When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out of pocket and file endless expense reports. “It was a constant pain,” Duraisamy explained on the call. “I’d spend my weekends uploading receipts, reconciling every expense manually.” Now, Alaan, the company he launched with fellow McKin

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OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-14 04:12:59

After over a month of providing the same copy-pasted response amid mounting reports of "AI psychosis", OpenAI has finally admitted that ChatGPT has been failing to recognize clear signs of its users struggling with their mental health, including suffering delusions. "We don't always get it right," the AI maker wrote in a new blog post, under a section titled "On healthy use." "There have been instances where our 4o model fell short in recognizing signs of delusion or emotional dependency," it

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People are using ChatGPT to write their text messages - here's how you can tell

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-14 06:00:14

Kirill Stytsenko/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways People are using AI to write sensitive messages to loved ones. Detecting AI-generated text is becoming more difficult as chatbots evolve. Some tech leaders have promoted this use of AI in their marketing strategies. Everyone loves receiving a handwritten letter, but those take time, patience, effort, and sometimes multiple drafts to compose. Most of us at one time or another have given a Hallmark card to a loved one or friend. Not because

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Best Cheap Laptop: Budget Computers for Every Use

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-14 12:18:00

There are a ton of models for less than $1,000 on the market at any given moment, and a large fraction of those are less than $500. As long as you manage your expectations regarding options and specs, you can still get quite a bit from a budget laptop model, including good battery life and a reasonably lightweight laptop body. (If you're replacing an old Windows laptop that's not up to running Windows anymore, consider turning it into a Chromebook.) Price If the statistics Intel and PC manufac

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ChatGPT Will Start Asking If You Need a Break. That May Not Be Enough to Snap a Bad Habit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-14 12:25:32

We've all been mid-TV binge when the streaming service interrupts our umpteenth-consecutive episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation to ask if we're still watching. That may be in part designed to keep you from missing the first appearance of the Borg because you fell asleep, but it also helps you ponder if you instead want to get up and do literally anything else. The same thing may be coming to your conversation with a chatbot. OpenAI said Monday it would start putting "break reminders" into

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ChatGPT rockets to 700M weekly users ahead of GPT-5 launch with reasoning superpowers

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-12-14 17:42:05

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI’s ChatGPT will reach 700 million weekly active users this week, the company announced Monday, cementing its position as one of the fastest-adopted software products in history just as the company prepares to release its most powerful language model yet. The surge is a 40 percent jump from the 500 million weekly users ChatGPT had at

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Why Greptile just does code reviews and doesn't also generate code

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-14 16:43:57

Alternative title: Why Greptile Doesn’t Generate Code Remembering Enron (1985-2001) I am Daksh - a co-founder of Greptile, the AI code reviewer that catches bugs in pull requests for thousands of software teams. The month I was born, October 2001, was also the month Enron collapsed. For those unfamiliar, Enron was an energy company founded in 1985. It was one of the most valuable companies in the US public markets at the turn of the century. In 2001, it was discovered that under investor pres

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Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-14 23:10:25

With a buzz and a whirl, my laptop begins to unfurl. In less than six seconds after the press of a button, my petit 14-inch ThinkBook stands erect over my desk with a taller 16.7-inch display. There is literally nothing else like Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, and that’s partially why it costs a whopping $3,300. And you know what? There are few things cooler in laptop world than watching your screen expand from its original size. When you’re dropping a hefty chunk of change on a laptop

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-15 04:36:56

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve Ch

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Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-12-15 04:22:04

Google’s AI-powered bug hunter has just reported its first batch of security vulnerabilities. Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security, announced Monday that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher Big Sleep found and reported 20 flaws in various popular open source software. Adkins said that Big Sleep, which is developed by the company’s AI department DeepMind as well as its elite team of hackers Project Zero, reported its first-ever vulnerabilities, mostly in open source software s

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ChatGPT will now remind you to take breaks, following mental health concerns

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-15 09:02:21

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will now remind users to take breaks if they're in a particularly long chat with AI. The new feature is part of OpenAI's ongoing attempts to get users to cultivate a healthier relationship with the frequently compliant and overly-encouraging AI assistant. The company's announcement suggests the "gentle reminders" will appear as pop-ups in chats that users will have to click or tap through to continue using ChatGPT. "Just Checking In," OpenAI's sample pop-up rea

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Foxconn sells former GM factory to mystery buyer after failing to make EVs

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-12-15 09:43:02

Foxconn has sold the former GM factory it has owned for three years after failing to stand up any meaningful, large-scale electric vehicle production there. The pivot marks the second major failure of Foxconn to deliver on its promises to help revive U.S. manufacturing. The iPhone-maker once promised to build a giant LCD factory in Wisconsin — a project that Donald Trump called the “eighth wonder of the world” during his first term — and wound up underdelivering to an extreme degree. Foxconn s

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OpenAI updating ChatGPT to encourage healthier use

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-15 14:29:01

OpenAI is updating how ChatGPT works to encourage healthier use and avoid unintended consequences. One change that OpenAI says ChatGPT users will see “starting today” is a technique used by other digital services. Much like video streaming services and social networks, OpenAI is adding a gentle break reminder for users during prolonged chat sessions. Starting today, you’ll see gentle reminders during long sessions to encourage breaks. We’ll keep tuning when and how they show up so they feel na

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Software needs an "independent auditor"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 10:43:57

Alternative title: Why Greptile Doesn’t Generate Code Remembering Enron (1985-2001) I am Daksh - a co-founder of Greptile, the AI code reviewer that catches bugs in pull requests for thousands of software teams. The month I was born, October 2001, was also the month Enron collapsed. For those unfamiliar, Enron was an energy company founded in 1985. It was one of the most valuable companies in the US public markets at the turn of the century. In 2001, it was discovered that under investor pres

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Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s rideshare business

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-15 12:18:34

Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter rideshare business for as much as $125 million. Joby is buying the Blade brand and the company’s passenger business, which includes operations in the United States and Europe. Blade founder and CEO Rob Wiesenthal will continue to lead the business, which will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Joby. Blade’s medical division, which transports organs, isn’t included in the transaction and will remain

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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla’s ride-hailing gambit

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-15 18:05:00

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! Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in what one might describe a suboptimal position. He’s pushed hard to get shareholders to view Tesla as an AI and robotics company, not a maker of EVs. And yet, the company’s most visible products, which generate the bulk of its revenues, are its electric cars. Yes, Tesla EVs are advanced, particularly when

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Mozilla Firefox's extension store being flooded with malware

news.ycombinator.com Connor Jones 2025-12-15 22:44:06

Mozilla is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting developers of Firefox add-ons. The browser maker urged devs to "exercise extreme caution and scrutiny" when reviewing seemingly legitimate emails from senders pretending to be Mozilla or AMO (addons.mozilla.org). Although phishing emails can take many forms, Moz said this campaign usually lures devs into clicking through a malicious link to update their account. Failure to do so, or so the crims claim, would result in the dev losing

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Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable ThinkBook Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-15 23:10:25

With a buzz and a whirl, my laptop begins to unfurl. In less than six seconds after the press of a button, my petit 14-inch ThinkBook stands erect over my desk with a taller 16.7-inch display. There is literally nothing else like Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, and that’s partially why it costs a whopping $3,300. And you know what? There are few things cooler in laptop world than watching your screen expand from its original size. When you’re dropping a hefty chunk of change on a laptop

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OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-15 23:25:13

ChatGPT’s impressive growth as a consumer app continues as the chatbot is on track to hit 700 million weekly active users this week, the company says. The app had earlier reached 500 million weekly active users as of the end of March, noted Nick Turley, OpenAI VP and head of ChatGPT’s app, in a post on X. He also said the app has grown 4x since last year. “Every day, people and teams are learning, creating, and solving harder problems. Big week ahead. Grateful to the team for making ChatGPT mo

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Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-12-15 23:41:39

AI startup Perplexity is crawling and scraping content from websites that have explicitly indicated they don’t want to be scraped, according to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. On Monday, Cloudflare published research saying it observed the AI startup ignore blocks and hide its crawling and scraping activities. The network infrastructure giant accused Perplexity of obscuring its identity when trying to scrape web pages “in an attempt to circumvent the website’s preferences,” Cloudfl

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OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-16 09:00:00

Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. OpenMind is focused under the hood. The Silicon Valley-based startup is building a software layer, called OM1, for humanoid robots that acts as an operating system. The company compares itself to being the Android for robotics because its software is open and hardware agnostic. Stanford professor Jan Liphardt, the founder of OpenMind, told TechCrunc

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ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 – Lenovo’s rollable laptop

news.ycombinator.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-12-16 23:10:54

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Part of me still can’t believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it’s far from a normal computer. It’s a $3,300 laptop with a screen

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Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s ride-share business

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-12-17 00:18:34

Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter ride-share business for as much as $125 million. Joby is buying the Blade brand and the company’s passenger business, which includes operations in the United States and Europe. Blade founder and CEO Rob Wiesenthal will continue to lead the business, which will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Joby. Blade’s medical division, which transports organs, isn’t included in the transaction and will remai

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One UI 8 is adding a powerful new Galaxy AI feature, but there’s a catch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-16 21:50:46

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has introduced a new Voice Captioning feature in One UI 8. It’s part of Samsung’s Galaxy AI suite and goes beyond Live Captions to translate audio, summarize it, and help save the captioned text and audio file. The catch is that the feature isn’t available officially yet, so you’ll have to download an APK to access it. Samsung has added a new feature called Voice Captioning to its suite of Galaxy AI tools on One UI 8. It allows users to convert sp

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Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-16 20:29:14

The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back against recent headlines. “Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company said, adding, “At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard

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Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-12-16 16:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Part of me still can’t believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it’s far from a normal computer. It’s a $3,300 laptop with a screen

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The SEC Shifts Gears on Crypto

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-16 17:00:21

The Securities and Exchange Commission made its biggest pro-crypto move yet this week. On Thursday, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins launched “Project Crypto,” an overarching roadmap of the Commission’s approach to regulating cryptocurrency. The aim of the project, according to Atkins, is to make the United States “the crypto capital of the world” by onshoring crypto asset distributions. Atkins hopes to do so by updating the Commission’s rules and regulations regarding on-chain software systems, encou

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Browser extension and local backend that automatically archives YouTube videos

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 09:03:31

Starchive A browser extension and local backend system that automatically archives YouTube videos when visited. The system consists of a Firefox extension that detects YouTube video pages and a Go backend that downloads the videos using yt-dlp. Components Backend (Go) HTTP Server ( main.go ): Runs on port 3009 with two endpoints: / : Basic health check endpoint /youtube : POST endpoint that accepts video IDs and triggers downloads ( ): Runs on port 3009 with two endpoints: Video Downloader

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Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations found via Google search after feature mishap

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-16 14:24:00

What just happened? Numerous organizations have repeatedly warned ChatGPT users over the years never to share personal information with OpenAI's chatbot. A recent incident involving a now-removed feature reveals that potentially thousands of people disclosed deeply intimate information with ChatGPT and also inadvertently made it discoverable through Google search. OpenAI recently confirmed that it has deactivated an opt-in feature that shared chat histories on the open web. Although the functio

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We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness

news.ycombinator.com Paul Bloom 2025-12-16 08:52:36

These days, everyone seems to have an opinion about A.I. companions. Last year, I found myself joining the debate, publishing a paper—co-written with two fellow psychology professors and a philosopher—called “In Praise of Empathic A.I.” Our argument was that, in certain ways, the latest crop of A.I.s might make for better company than many real people do, and that, rather than recoiling in horror, we ought to consider what A.I. companions could offer to those who are lonely. This, perhaps unsur

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AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA

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We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness

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