TechCrunch Daily Crunch OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal
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Sep 11, 2025 A historic partnership blossoms as OpenAI and Oracle ink a monumental cloud computing deal, significantly boosting Oracle's stock. Meanwhile, Meta enhances its Community Notes for better fact-checking, while YouTube's new multi-language audio feature empowers all creators to reach wider audiences. In marine tech, Clix celebrates a $14 million fundraising win, and Arc Boats dives into the tugboat market with a hefty $160 million contract. Exciting advancements are reshaping industries!
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Meta’s Community Notes Faces Scalability Limits
- Meta launched Community Notes in the U.S. and is testing features to notify users and allow note requests and ratings.
- Only 6% of 15,000 submitted notes were published, suggesting consensus is hard to achieve at scale.
Consensus-Based Fact Checking Limits Speed
- Community Notes, like X's program, requires cross-ideological consensus before attaching to posts.
- That consensus model can flag misinformation but struggles when diverse users don't align quickly.
YouTube’s AI Dubbing Boosts Global Reach
- YouTube rolled out multi-language AI-powered dubbing to all creators after a two-year pilot using Google's Gemini.
- Testers saw significant international growth, with non-primary language watch time often exceeding 25%.