TechCrunch publishes interviews with remarkable women who contributed to the AI revolution. The series highlights key work often overlooked. Miriam Vogel, CEO of EqualAI, a nonprofit reducing unconscious bias in AI and promoting responsible AI governance, is featured in the series.

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Google's AI Overviews, a feature providing AI-generated search results, have faced criticism for providing inaccurate and sometimes humorous answers. Examples include advising users to add glue to make cheese stick to pizza and eating small rocks daily. The feature was rolled out earlier this month, with mixed results.

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TechCrunch's StrictlyVC series held an event in London, featuring Saul Klein, founder of seed-stage firm LocalGlobe, and Raluca Ragab, managing director at growth-stage outfit Eurazeo. The discussion focused on venture-backed startups and challenges, highlighting the importance of location-specific issues and universal concerns.

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WeatherXM founders Manolis Nikiforakis, Stratos Theodorou, and Nikos Tsiligaridis have been working on improving weather forecasts for 12 years. They launched an app in 2012, allowing community members to provide grassroots weather data. The company is now using blockchain technology to enhance forecast accuracy.

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The bankruptcy of Synapse, a banking-as-a-service fintech, may affect funding for around 100 fintech startups. The company's collapse comes as venture capital funding for fintechs has grown tight, leading to a challenging environment for many fintechs, especially those in the banking-as-a-service sector.

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The US-made spyware app pcTattletale was hacked, and its internal data was published on its own website. A hacker claimed responsibility, posting a message and links to stolen data, including some victims' information. The incident briefly made the company's website accessible to the stolen files.

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TechCrunch publishes interviews with remarkable women who've contributed to the AI revolution, highlighting their work at the AI Now institute, an American research institute studying the social implications of AI.

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OpenAI partners with publishers to collaborate on AI research and news content. The partnership aims to advance AI research and provide accurate news content. TechCrunch plans to launch an AI newsletter and increase the frequency of its AI column to weekly.

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Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet leaves after three-and-a-half years, during which the company faced controversy, including employee exodus and accelerator program shutdowns. Co-founder David Cohen will take over, attempting to stabilize the organization.

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