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A coalition of 12 state attorneys general has sued to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing that the deal would harm movie theaters, cable distributors and…

Comma AI founder George Hotz has reignited debate over AI safety after arguing that future AI systems should be locally controlled and closely aligned with the interests of individual users.…

TV Time’s original founder Antonio Pinto is building a new app called Bingers as the popular TV and movie-tracking service prepares to shut down. The new app is meant to…

Anthropic has started showing Indian rupee pricing for Claude subscriptions in India, its largest market outside the U.S. The change reduces one friction point for Indian users who previously had…

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship test flights after closing its review of a Super Heavy booster failure during a May launch. SpaceX is targeting Thursday,…

The Los Angeles Police Department has allowed its three-year contract with license plate camera company Flock Safety to expire, citing concerns over privacy, civil liberties and data handling. The decision…

A proposed autonomous vehicle bill in Washington, D.C., has become a test of Uber’s wider robotaxi strategy, putting the ride-hailing company at odds with its partner Waymo. The bill would…

General Intuition chief executive Pim de Witte says embodied AI could follow the same shift that reshaped natural language processing after GPT-3. Instead of training narrow robotics models from large…

X plans to send users direct messages when a post they interacted with later receives a Community Note correction. The feature is not live yet, and owner Elon Musk has…

Google is rolling out a new Video Remix feature in Google Photos that lets users transform videos in seconds with generative AI. The tool is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s…

Meta says its AI glasses will disable the camera if the device detects that the capture LED has been blocked, modified or damaged. The update is meant to prevent people…

OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, a new generation of voice models designed to make ChatGPT conversations feel more natural. The models are full-duplex, meaning they can listen and…

Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund to back companies building at what it calls the technical frontier. The new vehicle is the firm’s third venture fund and fourth fund…

Prime Intellect has raised $130 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, as demand grows for infrastructure that helps companies train and deploy their own AI agents.…

AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people. The incident is the largest known exposure of Americans’ driver’s license data…

AI startups are reporting unusually fast revenue growth as companies race to adopt generative AI, automation and AI infrastructure. Several startups say they are not only growing quickly, but also…

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures has closed a $25 million second fund to back technical founders building in AI infrastructure, security and developer tools. The early-stage firm was founded in 2023 by…

Apple has signed a multiyear agreement with Broadcom worth more than $30 billion to design and produce custom wireless connectivity chips in the United States. The deal will cover more…

Netflix will add videos from major digital publishers to its streaming service starting August 3, as the company experiments with shorter content beyond its traditional TV and film catalogue. The…

Anthropic is bringing Claude Cowork to web and mobile, expanding the general-work AI agent beyond its original desktop app. The update is rolling out over the next several weeks, starting…