Welcome back to Week in Review! We\u2019ve got a ton of stories for you this week, including a new AI-powered browser from Arc; not one but TWO hacks; Gemini email summaries; and much more. Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n
Look out, Google: <\/strong>AI-powered search engine Perplexity released Perplexity Labs<\/a>, which gives Pro subscribers a tool that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs can conduct research and analysis using tools like web search, code execution, and chart and image creation to craft reports and visualizations. All in around 10 minutes. We haven\u2019t had a chance to test it, and knowing the shortcomings of AI, I\u2019m sure not everything will come out flawlessly. But it certainly sounds pretty awesome.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luckey\u2019s luck: <\/strong>The feud between Oculus founder Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg appears to be over: The pair announced a collaboration between Facebook and Luckey\u2019s company Anduril<\/a> to build extended reality (XR) devices for the U.S. military. The product family they\u2019re building is called EagleEye, which will be an ecosystem of devices.<\/p>\n Not awesome: <\/strong>We don\u2019t definitively know whether AI is beginning to take over roles previously done by humans. But a recent World Economic Forum survey found that 40% of employers<\/a> plan to cut staff where AI can automate tasks. That can\u2019t be good.<\/p>\n This is TechCrunch\u2019s Week in Review, where we recap the week\u2019s biggest news. Want this delivered as a newsletter to your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Everyone\u2019s making a browser: <\/strong>The Browser Company said this week that it\u2019s considering selling or open sourcing its browser, Arc Browser, to focus on a new AI-powered browser<\/a> called Dia. And it\u2019s not the only one! Opera also said it\u2019s building a new AI-focused browser<\/a>, and Perplexity teased its browser<\/a>, Comet, a few months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n At last: <\/strong>iPad users, rejoice! You can now talk to all your international friends with the new iPad-specific version of WhatsApp<\/a>. Meta says that users will be able to take advantage of iPadOS multitasking features, such as Stage Manager, Split View, and Slide Over.<\/p>\n Oh, great: <\/strong>LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker that uses personal information to help companies spot risks and fraud, reported a security breach<\/a> affecting more than 364,000 people. A LexisNexis spokesperson told us that an unknown hacker accessed the company\u2019s GitHub account, and the stolen data includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, postal and email addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver\u2019s license numbers.<\/p>\n And another one: <\/strong>Hackers reportedly accessed the personal phone<\/a> of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, obtaining contact information used to impersonate her and contact other high-ranking officials. It seems that AI was used to impersonate her voice.<\/p>\n Can it cook my meals? <\/strong>Gmail users no longer have to tap an option to summarize an email with AI. The AI will now automatically summarize the content<\/a> when needed, without requiring user interaction. That means you have to opt out if you don\u2019t want Gemini summarizing your stuff.\u00a0<\/p>\n Billion with a B: <\/strong>General Catalyst has invested $1 billion into Grammarly<\/a>, the 16-year-old writing assistant startup. Grammarly will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions.<\/p>\n In the heights: <\/strong>Tinder is testing a new feature that will allow people to add a \u201cheight preference\u201d<\/a> in their search for love. This isn\u2019t a hard filter, Tinder says, as it won\u2019t actually block or exclude profiles but instead inform recommendations.<\/p>\n 10 years in the making: <\/strong>Carma Technology, which was formed in 2007 by SOSV Ventures founder Sean O\u2019Sullivan, filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Uber<\/a>, alleging the company infringed on five of its patents. The lawsuit is fairly new, but the allegations go back almost a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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