Daily Crunch: App Store reviews and social media depict user backlash against Snapchat's new AI chatbot

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As Twitter continues its absolutely wacky march towards its own demise, we grab the popcorn to watch the fire blaze. In other news: Happy Monday, folks! — Christine and Haje

TechCrunch's top 3 Well blue, look at you: Twitter users with over a million followers got their blue checkmarks back, even if they didn't pay for Twitter Blue, Ivan reports. Interestingly, many account holders quickly parted ways with subscribers. Maybe it also has something to do with Twitter giving a fake Disney account a gold checkmark. Ivan has more on this. No th-AI-nks: That's what Snapchat users are saying about its "My AI" feature, which launched last week. Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing an increase in one-star reviews, which include the call for it to be removed. Being near you: At a time when there is a wave of doubts about cryptocurrency, Cosmose, a company that uses AI analytics to track in-store foot traffic and interact with online shoppers , betting on digital currency. Rita reports that Cosmose, which recently closed an undisclosed funding round to value it at $500 million, is now working with Near's crypto solution. Even dropping Stripe to do so. That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them. Startups and VCs

Super.com, formerly Snapcommerce, launched its SuperCash cashback card last October so card users could build up credit, amassing 5 million customers worldwide who collectively saved more than $150 million to date, according to CEO Hussein Fazal. Now the goal is to help "ordinary Americans" find deals and savings across multiple categories, including travel and shopping, through its awesome app, Christine reports.

Silicon Valley's quest to automate everything is relentless, which explains its latest obsession: Auto-GPT. Essentially, Auto-GPT uses the versatility of OpenAI's latest AI models to interact with software and online services, allowing it to "autonomously" perform tasks such as X and Y. But as we learn with large language patterns, this ability seems to be as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle, reports Kyle.

Come on, one more handful for you:

They just want to stay involved: Frédéric reports that Volvo Cars Tech Fund is investing in driver monitoring startup CorrActions. I'll give you a ring in a moment: Brian reports a big partnership win for Oura, as Best Buy brings the smart ring to 850 stores across the United States. You Build It, You Get Paid: More construction projects get underway, but payments to contractors and their subcontractors continue to bottleneck the normal course of project completion.

Daily Crunch: App Store reviews and social media depict user backlash against Snapchat's new AI chatbot

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As Twitter continues its absolutely wacky march towards its own demise, we grab the popcorn to watch the fire blaze. In other news: Happy Monday, folks! — Christine and Haje

TechCrunch's top 3 Well blue, look at you: Twitter users with over a million followers got their blue checkmarks back, even if they didn't pay for Twitter Blue, Ivan reports. Interestingly, many account holders quickly parted ways with subscribers. Maybe it also has something to do with Twitter giving a fake Disney account a gold checkmark. Ivan has more on this. No th-AI-nks: That's what Snapchat users are saying about its "My AI" feature, which launched last week. Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing an increase in one-star reviews, which include the call for it to be removed. Being near you: At a time when there is a wave of doubts about cryptocurrency, Cosmose, a company that uses AI analytics to track in-store foot traffic and interact with online shoppers , betting on digital currency. Rita reports that Cosmose, which recently closed an undisclosed funding round to value it at $500 million, is now working with Near's crypto solution. Even dropping Stripe to do so. That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them. Startups and VCs

Super.com, formerly Snapcommerce, launched its SuperCash cashback card last October so card users could build up credit, amassing 5 million customers worldwide who collectively saved more than $150 million to date, according to CEO Hussein Fazal. Now the goal is to help "ordinary Americans" find deals and savings across multiple categories, including travel and shopping, through its awesome app, Christine reports.

Silicon Valley's quest to automate everything is relentless, which explains its latest obsession: Auto-GPT. Essentially, Auto-GPT uses the versatility of OpenAI's latest AI models to interact with software and online services, allowing it to "autonomously" perform tasks such as X and Y. But as we learn with large language patterns, this ability seems to be as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle, reports Kyle.

Come on, one more handful for you:

They just want to stay involved: Frédéric reports that Volvo Cars Tech Fund is investing in driver monitoring startup CorrActions. I'll give you a ring in a moment: Brian reports a big partnership win for Oura, as Best Buy brings the smart ring to 850 stores across the United States. You Build It, You Get Paid: More construction projects get underway, but payments to contractors and their subcontractors continue to bottleneck the normal course of project completion.

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