Kyle Wiggers

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AI Editor at TechCrunch

Technology journalist. AI Editor @TechCrunch ([email protected]). Signal: kyle.901 Pronouns: he/him.

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Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally

6 days ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

Last week, Google quietly released an app that lets users run a range of openly available AI models from the AI dev platform Hugging Face on their phones. Called Google AI Edge Gallery, the app is available for Android and will soon come to iOS. It allows users to find, download, and run compatible models that generate images, answer questions, write and edit code, and more. The models run offline, without needing an internet connection, tapping into supported phones’ processors.
Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Wiggers

5 hours agoGoogle's Veo 3 AI video generator is unlike anything you've ever seen. The world isn't ready. "We're so cooked." At the Google I/O 2025 event on May 20, Google announced the release of Veo 3, a new AI video generation model that makes 8-second videos. Within hours of its release, AI artists and filmmakers were showing off shockingly realistic videos.
Black Forest Labs' Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of X’s Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite of image-generating models — some of which can both create and edit pics. The most capable of the models in the new family, called Flux.1 Kontext, can be prompted with text and, optionally, a reference image to create new images, writes Black Forest Labs in a blog post.
Black Forest Labs’ Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Wiggers

6 hours agoOpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a ‘super assistant’ for every part of your lifeAn internal strategy document lays out OpenAI’s ambition to build “your interface to the internet.” Thanks to the legal discovery process, Google’s antitrust trial with the Department of Justice has provided a fascinating glimpse into the future of ChatGPT.
Perplexity's new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs is available on the web, iOS, and Android, and coming soon to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Windows. “Perplexity Labs can help you complete a variety of work and personal projects,” Perplexity explains in a blog post.
Perplexity’s new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Wiggers

Thank AI and Billionaire Dollars: Private Dining Rooms Are Going Gangbusters in San FranciscoThere’s a buzzy, classy vibe coursing through Wayfare Tavern for a Wednesday at 3 p.m., mid-century American jazz breezing along the spread wings of a taxidermied Canada goose. Fat racks of lamb, hints of lemon rising above the tomato and chickpea, and other dishes fly out of the kitchen, just like …
DeepSeek's distilled new R1 AI model can run on a single GPU

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

DeepSeek’s updated R1 reasoning AI model might be getting the bulk of the AI community’s attention this week. But the Chinese AI lab also released a smaller, “distilled” version of its new R1, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, that DeepSeek claims beats comparably-sized models on certain benchmarks.
DeepSeek's updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s newest AI model, an updated version of the company’s R1 reasoning model, achieves impressive scores on benchmarks for coding, math, and general knowledge, nearly surpassing OpenAI’s flagship o3. But the upgraded R1, also known as “R1-0528,” might also be less willing to answer contentious questions, in particular questions about topics the Chinese government considers to be controversial.
Buildots raises $45M to help companies track construction progress

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

In the construction industry, managers can easily become disconnected from what’s happening on-site. Among the many tasks to juggle are staying apprised of costs, communicating with all stakeholders, and assessing risk related to aspects like contractor billing and performance. Buildots wants to change all of that through AI and computer vision.
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

1 week ago | techcrunch.com | Kyle Wiggers

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its lead in the AI race and whether the demand for AI chips will sustain.