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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 243, which mandates safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, the first state law to regulate such AI chatbots (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/13/california-becomes-firs…

California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch
SB 243 is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with use of AI companion chatbots.

Newsletter platform Beehiiv announces new features, including for AI website creation, podcast hosting, digital product sales, and real-time analytics (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/news

Newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion | TechCrunch
Newsletter platform beehiiv announced a massive expansion to its platform on Thursday, including offering real-time analytics and AI website creation.

Deloitte announced plans to roll out Anthropic’s chatbot Claude to its nearly 500,000 global employees on Monday. So maybe you don't want to use GenAI, but your consultant or accountant will....
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/06/delo

Deloitte goes all in on AI — despite having to issue a hefty refund for use of AI | TechCrunch
Deloitte is rolling out Claude to its nearly 500,000 employees after issuing a refund for a report that contained AI hallucinations.

Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/spotifys-video-podcasts-are-coming-t…

Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal | TechCrunch
Spotify is partnering with Netflix to bring select video podcasts to the streaming platform starting in early 2026. The deal will feature curated shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer, expanding later to include more genres. The move reflects Spotify’s growing focus on video as a key driver for engagement and ad revenue, with video podcast consumption now growing 20 times faster than audio-only content.

Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/spotifys-video-podcasts-are-coming-t…

Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal | TechCrunch
Spotify is partnering with Netflix to bring select video podcasts to the streaming platform starting in early 2026. The deal will feature curated shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer, expanding later to include more genres. The move reflects Spotify’s growing focus on video as a key driver for engagement and ad revenue, with video podcast consumption now growing 20 times faster than audio-only content.

OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/openai-says-its-fixed-chatgpts-em-dash-problem/

OpenAI says it's fixed ChatGPT's em dash problem | TechCrunch
OpenAI says users can now personalize ChatGPT to stop using the em dash in its output.

TikTok launches Bulletin board, which lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers, similar to Instagram's broadcast channels (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/tiktok-launches-i…

TikTok launches its own version of Instagram's broadcast channels | TechCrunch
TikTok is rolling out “bulletin board,” a new one-to-many messaging feature that mirrors Instagram’s broadcast channels. The tool lets creators and brands share text, images, and videos directly with followers.

Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or "self-contained" experiences built with web tech like HTML5 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/apple-halves-commissions-for-m…

Apple halves commissions for mini app makers | TechCrunch
Apple introduces a new program for app developers offering a reduced 15% commission on qualifying mini app transactions.

Google plans to invest $15B over five years in India to set up a 1GW data center and AI hub in the southern Andhra Pradesh state; Google has 14K staff in India (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/google-to-invest-15b-in-indian-…

Google to invest $15B in Indian AI infrastructure hub | TechCrunch
Google's investment in India will roll out over the next five years, through 2030.

Oura raised $900M led by Fidelity at an "approximately" $11B valuation, up from $5.2B after raising $200M in December 2024, and has sold 5.5M smart rings total (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/smart-ring-maker-oura-raises-…

Smart ring maker Oura raises $900M from Fidelity | TechCrunch
Oura is raising new funding of $900 million as its valuation reaches nearly $11 billion