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Models Being Retired OpenAI will stop providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models starting Friday, including GPT-4o. The company said the list of models being removed includes GPT-4o, GPT-5, GPT-4.1,…

Company Disclosure And Initial Details Figure Technology, a blockchain based lending company, confirmed it suffered a data breach, according to a statement shared with TechCrunch on Friday. The company’s spokesperson,…

AI Features Planned For Search And HostingAirbnb is preparing to add features powered by large language models to its app to help users search for listings, plan trips, and help…

Launch And Access Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has become a tool for copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese…

Wave Of Exits After Corporate Changes Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged,” according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge in a…

Pressure On Tech Platforms The Department of Homeland Security has increased efforts to push technology companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

A Small Problem That Stops The Cars Waymo’s autonomous vehicles now carry passengers in six cities, but the cars can be stopped by a simple issue if a rider leaves…

Earnings Miss And Executive Comparison Pinterest reported weaker than expected results for the fourth quarter, and during the earnings call chief executive Bill Ready compared the platform’s search activity to…

Hiring Plan Announced At Industry Event IBM plans to triple entry-level hiring in the United States in 2026, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s chief human resources officer, Nickle…

Recruitment Message After Restructuring Elon Musk said on Wednesday that people should join xAI “if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you,” following a restructuring that…

App Arrival And Background YouTube has released a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro, ending a two year period in which the company relied on a web based experience…

Removal From Conference Sites Vincenzo Iozzo is no longer listed on the websites of Black Hat and Code Blue, two major cybersecurity conferences, after records connected to the late financier…

Amended Complaint And New AllegationsWeb hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against WordPress co founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com,…

Repeal Of The 2009 Endangerment Finding The Trump administration on Thursday moved to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, which had determined that greenhouse gases such as carbon…

Earnings Call Comments On AI Use Spotify said this week that some of its best developers “have not written a single line of code since December,” according to comments from…

New Lightweight Codex Model OpenAI on Thursday announced a lightweight version of its agentic coding tool Codex, releasing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark as a smaller model designed for faster inference. The company said…

Acquisition And Deal Terms Apple has acquired the intellectual property and all rights to its series “Severance” from its original studio, Fifth Season, according to a report by Deadline. The…

Letter From The FTC Chair The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has raised concerns about claims that Apple is censoring conservative content on the Apple News app. In a letter to…

Decision To Cancel The Deal Amazon’s Ring said it will not proceed with a partnership with Flock Safety, ending an agreement announced in October that would have linked Ring devices…

January Inflation Data Inflation in the United States eased last month as lower prices for energy and used cars pulled the headline rate down. The Department of Labor said the…