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Sam Altman says OpenAI is planning two Sora changes for rightsholders: granular controls over generation of their characters and a revenue sharing system — We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups.
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| Newcomer: |
OpenAI VP of Media Partnerships Varun Shetty says OpenAI didn't put too many guardrails in Sora because it doesn't “want it to be at a competitive disadvantage” — Plus, Ex-Sequoia partner Matt Miller launches a London-based fund & Mira Murati's AI lab releases its first product
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's removal of ICEBlock raises questions about the limits of what the company will resist under the Trump administration's increasingly outrageous demands — Ashley Oliver, reporting for Fox Business: … Fox, in its opening paragraph, describes Bondi as having “asked” …
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| Bloomberg: |
Kioxia, whose stock has more than tripled since its public debut in Tokyo last December, expects NAND storage demand to grow by ~20% annually amid the AI boom — Kioxia Holdings Corp. anticipates demand for NAND storage will grow by roughly 20% each year as AI data center operators keep scaling up.
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024 — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …
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| Mother Jones: |
Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan & Cromwell's role, and an interview with SBF, who is preparing to appeal his conviction in November — In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.
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| Nilesh Christopher / MIT Technology Review: |
An investigation finds rampant caste bias in ChatGPT and Sora; a researcher also finds caste bias in Sarvam AI, which touts itself as a sovereign AI for India — When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure …
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| Andrew Moseman / IEEE Spectrum: |
How researchers at Microsoft, IBM, and other organizations are using AI to speed up the search for new materials and chemicals for batteries — Microsoft and IBM pinpoint candidates from millions of options — Andrew Moseman is the online communications editor at Caltech and a freelance contributor to IEEE Spectrum.| Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech: |
Q&A with iRobot founder Rodney Brooks on his startup Robust.AI, which builds warehouse robots, unrealistic expectations around humanoid robots and AI, and more — Every so often, we find ourselves in the middle of a massive technological wave that starts to upend our presumptions and our ideas about the past, present, and future.
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| Ruth Reader / Politico: |
Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says the Trump administration doesn't support CHAI, an effort by OpenAI, Mayo Clinic, and others to vet AI tools for healthcare — AI is transforming care. Hospitals are adopting high-tech systems to improve diagnoses and recommend treatments, but there's little formal regulation.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase applies for a national trust company charter, says it “has no intention of becoming a bank” and the charter will allow expansion in areas like payments — Coinbase Global Inc., the largest US crypto exchange, is seeking a national trust company charter from the Office …
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| Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal: |
Applied Materials expects new US export rules from BIS restricting certain product shipments to China to hurt its Q4 revenue by $110M and 2026 revenue by $600M — Company expects new export restrictions to hurt its 2026 revenue by $600 million — Applied Materials expects a $710 million hit …
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| Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal: |
US semiconductor equipment companies Axcelis and Veeco agree to merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined company with an enterprise value of $4.4B — The combined company will be the fourth largest U.S. wafer fabrication company — Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments …
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| Dylan Loh / Nikkei Asia: |
Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD stablecoin debuts on Coinbase, giving the city-state a head start over Hong Kong in launching a local currency-linked stablecoin — SINGAPORE — Singapore is racing past Hong Kong to debut a cryptocurrency pegged to the city-state's dollar as the rival financial hubs compete …
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