Why Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so wrong

Welcome to Weekly Digest: TechCrunch’s newsletter summarizing the highest news of the week.

This week, Apple unveiled recent iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a brand new 13-inch display for iPad Air, in addition to Tandem OLED and a brand new M4 chip for iPad Pro. However, the most important wave on the event was an commercial for the brand new iPad Pro – and for all of the wrong reasons. For Apple graduates, we have rounded up all the brand new announcements in case you missed them.

In the world of electrical vehicles, the endangered Ocean Fisker faces one other federal safety probe. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a fourth investigation into the SUV over claims of “inadvertent automatic emergency braking.”

AI-powered deepfakes took center stage at this 12 months’s Met Gala. AI-generated photos of Katy Perry and Rihanna, neither of whom were present on the event, went viral on X. reminder that we won’t imagine every little thing we see on the web.

It was a very important week. Let’s get on with it.

News

New updates from OpenAI: On Monday at 10:00 a.m. PT, OpenAI will show recent features for each ChatGPT and GPT-4. CEO Sam Altman has denied reports that the corporate is preparing to announce a competing search engine ahead of Google’s I/O conference. read more

Say hello to the portal: A brand new always-on video portal allows residents of New York and Dublin to interact in real time. Portals.org, the organization behind the project, wants the project to encourage people to interact with one another “across borders and prejudices.” read more

OpenAI is exploring enabling AI porn: The company has published a brand new NSFW policy that goals to start out a discussion about allowing explicit images and text in its AI products. But can we trust OpenAI — or any generative AI provider — to get it right? read more

Police officers cannot use Microsoft’s artificial intelligence tool: : Microsoft has confirmed its ban on US police departments using generative artificial intelligence for facial recognition through its enterprise tool: Azure OpenAI Service. read more

Dorsey says goodbye to Bluesky: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed on X that he is not a member of Bluesky’s board. In a press release, the corporate thanked Dorsey for helping finance Bluesky and said they were actively on the lookout for an area for it. read more

Is Generation Z abandoning Tinder in favor of Hinge?: Match Group released its first quarter earnings report, which shows a gentle decline within the variety of paying Tinder users. But Hinge is heading in the right direction to turn out to be a “$1 billion revenue business,” thanks partly to its à la carte offerings to price-conscious Gen Zers. read more

Spotify paywall lyrics: : The music streamer has quietly confirmed that it has began moving its lyrics feature behind a paywall in an try and encourage more users to migrate to its Premium subscription service, drawing user ire in the method. read more

Analysis

Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting: Devin Coldewey says Apple’s latest ad bashing the iPad Pro’s analog creative tools misses the mark. Apple has since apologized and canceled plans to broadcast the event on television. read more

How Newchip’s bankruptcy threatened hundreds of startups: : Mary Ann Azevedo and Christine Hall report on the collapse of startup accelerator Newchip and the negative effects on its founders – including those that lost their corporations within the collapse. read more

Is Rabbit R1 really that bad?: : Much has been said in regards to the ambitious R1 rabbit AI assistant not living as much as its guarantees. Devin argues that while it was probably delivered too soon, such an experimental device is an entertaining have a look at a possible future. read more