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free account today. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, August 9. I'm Zoe Thomas

for the Wall Street Journal. There are certain things you might not want to tell your friends,

family, or romantic partner. But would you tell a chatbot? More people are choosing that option

as generative artificial intelligence makes these programs better at mimicking conversations with

humans. Later in the show, we'll hear about one man's new nighttime BFF, and our reporter

Cordelia James will explain the benefits and risks of these connections.

First though, after a tumultuous quarter, Lyft raised its revenue and trimmed its loss.

The ride handling company said revenue for the second quarter grew 3% from a year earlier,

topping over $1 billion. It reported a net loss of just over $114 million. That was better

than Wall Street's projections. Since April, the company's co-founders have stepped down from

day-to-day management. Lyft has appointed a new CEO and it's laid off nearly a quarter of its staff.

Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company will build its first European chip factory in Germany.

TSMC said it had approved a $3.8 billion investment in the factory. Additional funding will come

from the German government, adding up to the equivalent of $11 billion. The funding from Berlin

is subject to approval by the European Union, which has ease limits on government subsidies for

semiconductor projects. Part of the confidence efforts to become less dependent on high-tech imports

out of Asia. Germany has already pledged 10 billion euros to support two plants built in the east

of the country by US chip maker Intel. And tech investor SoftBank posted its first investment

gains in a year and a half. It reported $1 billion in gains at its flagship vision fund unit

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