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Sam Altman:
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.
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”
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI's invite-only Sora app becomes the top free app in the US App Store three days after its launch, ahead of Gemini in second and ChatGPT in third
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google and Apple removed Red Dot, an app for reporting ICE agent sightings, from their app stores; Google says the app shared the location of a vulnerable group  —  Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials, from their respective app stores, 404 Media has found.
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” …
Ashley Oliver / Fox Business:
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg:
KKR invests in Infobric, a Stirling Square-backed Swedish company that offers software to the construction industry, sources say at a ~€600M valuation  —  KKR & Co. is investing in Infobric, a software company focused on the construction industry that's backed by Stirling Square.
Arpan Chaturvedi / Reuters:
Indian ministers push domestic alternatives to Google and Microsoft apps amid US tensions; Sensor Tower: Zoho messaging app Arattai hit 400K+ downloads in Sept.  —  - Strained U.S. ties spur more calls for use of Indian goods  — Indian infotech minister shifts to domestic firm Zoho's software

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Paramount completes its $110B acquisition of WBD, creating Skydance and putting David Ellison in control of Hollywood studios, streamers, and cable networks

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video acquires exclusive global rights to the Primetime Emmys under a six-year deal from 2027; sources say Prime Video will pay ~$15M per year

Brian Stelter / CNN:
The White House barred Politico from Air Force One Monday; sources: other outlets declined to take Politico's seat, leaving no primary print pooler on the trip

More News

Associated Press:
Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that gives ride-hailing drivers in California the right to unionize while still being classified as independent contractors
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
Moonlake AI, which offers tools to help users “vibe code virtual worlds”, including for gaming, animation, and filmmaking, comes out of stealth with a $28M seed

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is testing ad-supported games streaming internally, allowing employees to play select titles for free without an Xbox Game Pass subscription
TechCrunch:
Lapsus$ publishes a data leak site on the dark web that threatens to release ~1B records allegedly stolen from dozens of companies' Salesforce-hosted databases
Politico:
CISA 2015, the key law that helps the federal government guard against cyber threats to US critical systems, expired when the government shut down on October 1
Bloomberg:
Sources: BlackRock's GIP is in talks to acquire Aligned, which operates 78 data centers across North and South America; the deal could value Aligned at ~$40B
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
IBM releases Granite 4.0, an open-source, enterprise-ready LLM family with a hybrid architecture, claiming it uses significantly less RAM than conventional LLMs
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google expands its AI coding agent Jules with a command-line interface and a public API, allowing it to plug into terminals, CI/CD systems, and tools like Slack
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