Crowdsourced AI benchmarks have serious flaws, some experts say
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/crowdsourced-ai-benchmarks-have-serious-flaws-some-experts-say/
Social media is not wholly terrible for teen mental health, study says
Manychat taps $140M to boost its business messaging platform with AI
Rivian elects Cohere’s CEO to its board in latest signal the EV maker is bullish on AI
Tomorrow: Join Ali Ghodsi and Dario Amodei for a fireside chat
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/tomorrow-join-ali-ghodsi-and-dario-amodei-for-a-fireside-chat/
Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’
Flipkart to relocate HQ to India ahead of IPO
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/flipkart-to-relocate-hq-to-india-ahead-of-ipo/
ChatGPT search is growing quickly in Europe, OpenAI data suggests
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/chatgpt-search-is-growing-quickly-in-europe-openai-data-suggests/
Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook
Feds accuse Uber of charging customers for subscriptions without consent
Bezos-backed EV startup pitched investors on ‘Transformer’-like customization
Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’
PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste
A16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner
Bluesky launches blue check verification
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/bluesky-launches-blue-check-verification/
Reddit briefly down for users worldwide
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/reddit-briefly-down-for-users-worldwide/
An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked
20 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/7-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/
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