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The California AI bill is back, and it lost its teeth

California’s most controversial AI safety bill of 2024 might be dead, but its author isn’t backing down () . State Senator Scott Weiner is back with SB 53, a new AI bill that strips away the most debated parts of last year’s failed legislation while keeping key whistleblower protections and a public cloud computing initiative…

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California’s most controversial AI safety bill of 2024 might be dead, but its author isn’t backing down () . State Senator Scott Weiner is back with SB 53, a new AI bill that strips away the most debated parts of last year’s failed legislation while keeping key whistleblower protections and a public cloud computing initiative called CalCompute.

With the AI industry and even the federal government shifting away from AI safety regulation in favor of innovation, will the bill gain any traction?

Listen to the full episode to hear about:

• What Kirsten is hoping to see on the ground at SXSW this year

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CoreWeave’s IPO () , and why the founders’ latest moves are raising eyebrows. As Kirsten put it: there’s nothing more fun than diving into an S-1

• Ramp’s impressive growth, and how the fintech more than doubled its annualized revenue to $700M ()

• Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose’s team-up, and if the pair can really bring back Digg ()

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Which founders are raising in 2025 () , and why deep tech has some investors feeling optimistic

Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. 

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Meet the Marty Supreme of Robots | What The Future

Sony’s Project Ace has created the first robot to beat an elite human table tennis player, with nine cameras analyzing spin and tracking the ball in real time. Read more about Project Ace on CNET.com Sony’s AI Robot Can Probably Beat You at Table Tennis 0:00 Intro to Sony’s Project Ace Robot 0:13 AI Defeats…

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Sony’s Project Ace has created the first robot to beat an elite human table tennis player, with nine cameras analyzing spin and tracking the ball in real time.

Read more about Project Ace on CNET.com
Sony’s AI Robot Can Probably Beat You at Table Tennis

0:00 Intro to Sony’s Project Ace Robot
0:13 AI Defeats a Professional Player
0:25 Project ACE Tracking Technology
0:43 Countering Ball Spin & Speed
0:51 Real-Time Adaptability
1:10 Official Standards & Licensed Referees
1:31 The AI Advantage vs. Human Limitations
1:38 The Future of Table Tennis Robots

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The Musk v. Altman case is in the jury’s hands. The trust verdict is still out. | Equity Podcast

The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: can we trust the people in charge of AI? All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history, with a whole generation…

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The Musk v. Altman trial came to a close this week, and the final arguments kept circling back to one question: can we trust the people in charge of AI? All of this is playing out as SpaceX charges toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history, with a whole generation of founders already spinning out of the Musk empire.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane break down the trial’s closing stretch and what the growing Elon Musk founder ecosystem looks like on the ground, and the other deals that caught our eye this week.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:16 Claude learns how to blackmail (Anthropic’s AI safety report)

03:20 Anduril’s $5B Series H

08:43 Mind Robotics and why investors can’t say no to RJ Scaringe

15:03 Vapi’s $50M Series B and the AI customer service moment

20:25 The Elon Musk founder machine: Tesla and SpaceX alumni

30:12 The startups stepping up to build data centers in space

32:50 The OpenAI trial wraps: Who trusts Sam Altman?

38:11 Outro

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First Look at Segway’s $5,299 Xaber 300 Electric Dirt Bike

Segway’s newest e-dirt bike, the Xaber 300, is now available in the U.S. and features a top speed of 60-mph, and a virtual clutch that gives you more control like you would on a gas powered dirt bike. Do you think the future of dirt bikes is electric? CNET Senior Video Producer Dillon Lopez is…

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Segway’s newest e-dirt bike, the Xaber 300, is now available in the U.S. and features a top speed of 60-mph, and a virtual clutch that gives you more control like you would on a gas powered dirt bike. Do you think the future of dirt bikes is electric? CNET Senior Video Producer Dillon Lopez is here to give you a first look at this $5,299 electric dirt bike. ⚡️🏍️ #segway #segwayxaber300 #electricdirtbike #edirtbike #dirtbike

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