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OpenAI Could IPO At A Trillion Dollars

OpenAI is gearing up for a major public offering soon, aiming for a colossal market value. As the AI competition drives tech companies to spend unprecedented sums, the firm is seeking substantial capital to meet its ambitious targets and ultimately achieve profitability.

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OpenAI Could IPO At A Trillion Dollars

The Great AI Layoffs Are Upon Us

Despite sound financials, major corporations are cutting massive numbers of workers. This widespread job loss isn't due to poor performance but the rapid advancement of AI—which has progressed enough in a short time to displace human roles on a large scale.

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The Great AI Layoffs Are Upon Us

1X Technologies Rolls Out Humanoid Robots For Homes

With pre-orders open for Neo, its home-focused humanoid robot, 1X Technologies is targeting the consumer market. While giants like Tesla and Figure focus on industrial automation, 1X aims to introduce a sophisticated, general-purpose robot into daily domestic life.

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1X Technologies Rolls Out Humanoid Robots For Homes

Amazon Rolls Out AI Smart Glasses For Delivery Drivers

Amazon is aggressively transforming its logistics network for the AI and robotics era. This shift signals a future where the company will employ significantly fewer people but expect much higher productivity from its remaining human staff.

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Amazon Rolls Out AI Smart Glasses For Delivery Drivers

Endless Summer Lets You Generate A Fake Vacation

With burnout rates soaring, Americans desperately need a break. While we all need an actual trip, the new AI-powered app Endless Summer lets users generate fake vacation photos, attempting to show them what they're missing.

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Endless Summer Lets You Generate A Fake Vacation

Niantic’s Peridot Is Now A Tour Guide

Niantic is transforming AR from a gamified tech to a connector. Their rare game, Peridot, inspires players to go beyond just exploring and truly engage with the world around them.

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Niantic’s Peridot Is Now A Tour Guide

Spotify Inks Deal With The Three Major Record Companies For AI Products

Spotify and the music industry are rushing to control the narrative around AI-generated music before unrestricted song generation becomes commonplace. Their goal: prevent a repeat of the piracy boom that almost sank the market in the 2000s.

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Spotify Inks Deal With The Three Major Record Companies For AI Products

California Passes Chatbot Regulation

Chatbots are a fast-spreading technology, but their rapid rise has brought serious risks, including harm to minors. Now, California is leading the way in proving that regulation can keep pace with innovation and protect vulnerable users from potential dangers.

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California Passes Chatbot Regulation

Lyft Partners With Tensor On Robotaxi Fleet

The driverless race is heating up. With Waymo and Tesla entering the mix, Lyft is partnering with Tensor to leap into the future of autonomous vehicles. The competition is on to see which company will lead the pack.

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Lyft Partners With Tensor On Robotaxi Fleet

OpenAI Puts Apps Inside ChatGPT

By letting ChatGPT converse with and activate tasks on other platforms, the AI giant is extending the power of its chatbot beyond simple prompts and creating a powerful new ecosystem.

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OpenAI Puts Apps Inside ChatGPT

Cognixion Turns To Vision Pros For Its Brain-To-Computer Interface

Non-invasive BCIs are here. While most brain-computer interface companies focus on risky implants, Cognixion is pioneering a new path to far more scalable and accessible tech that combines consumer devices with AI—no surgery required.

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Cognixion Turns To Vision Pros For Its Brain-To-Computer Interface

OpenAI Is Launching a Social App for AI-Generated Videos

The next era of social media is here. With OpenAI launching a TikTok-style app for AI-generated videos and Google and Meta rolling out similar features, the world is about to be flooded with AI-created content. Is this a new art form or just "slop"?

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OpenAI Is Launching a Social App for AI-Generated Videos

OpenAI Wants You To Buy Things In The Chat

The way we shop online is about to change. Agentic AI is moving beyond simple search and compare, allowing users to complete purchases within a chat—a shift from brand websites that could reshape the future of e-commerce.

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OpenAI Wants You To Buy Things In The Chat

Xicoia Rolls Out The Red Carpet for AI Actress Tilly Norwood

Tilly, an AI actress, is attracting interest from Hollywood agencies, sparking a firestorm of controversy. The backlash proves that despite studios' quiet embrace of AI, the fight to protect human talent remains far from over.

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Xicoia Rolls Out The Red Carpet for AI Actress Tilly Norwood

Lionsgate’s Deal With Runway AI Hits Roadblocks

With AI set to reshape film production, all eyes are on Lionsgate. The studio is training a proprietary LLM on its 20,000-title library in a high-stakes move that could revolutionize how movies are made and set a precedent for the entire industry.

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Lionsgate’s Deal With Runway AI Hits Roadblocks

Hallwood Media Signs An AI Artist

The era of AI-generated artists is here. Hallwood Media is betting big on Xania, a virtual artist whose real identity is a human songwriter. If she becomes a streaming sensation, other labels could follow, forever changing how the music industry operates.

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Hallwood Media Signs An AI Artist

New H-1B Visa Cost Puts Pressure On Startups

A new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas is shaking up Silicon Valley. The move risks creating a two-tiered system where only the largest companies can afford to hire skilled foreign workers, potentially reshaping the tech and science industries.

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New H-1B Visa Cost Puts Pressure On Startups

OpenAI and Anthropic Study What People Use Their Chatbots For

Struggling to navigate the overwhelming world of AI chatbots? New user studies from OpenAI and Anthropic reveal how people are actually using them, offering a helpful guide for finding the right tool for your specific needs.

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OpenAI and Anthropic Study What People Use Their Chatbots For

Meta To Release Spatial Computing Version Of Smartglasses

Meta’s Reality Labs has lost a fortune, but its smartglasses are gaining traction. The company’s new model is designed to shift users from smartphones to facial computing, a move that could turn the division into a success and help it avoid app-store fees.

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Meta To Release Spatial Computing Version Of Smartglasses

YouTube Rolls Out Suite of AI Creator Tools

YouTube is at a turning point. The platform's new AI-powered tools will soon push a wave of generative content into the mainstream, potentially reshaping the kinds of videos that trend and how creators engage with their audience.

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YouTube Rolls Out Suite of AI Creator Tools

Researchers Invented Artificial Skin

What if we could create artificial skin that heals and breathes like the real thing? The key lies in vascularization. Without blood vessels, artificial skin is a "permanent Band-Aid" — a scientific mystery that, when solved, could revolutionize medicine.

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Researchers Invented Artificial Skin

Oracle’s Stock Boost Lifts Larry Ellison’s Worth

Oracle is making a high-stakes bet on AI. The company is taking on massive debt to build new data centers, a gamble that its huge contracts with key players like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Meta will pay off and make them a leader in the AI-fueled cloud boom.

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Oracle’s Stock Boost Lifts Larry Ellison’s Worth

Ralph Lauren Rolls Out An AI Stylist

Get ready for the next wave of retail innovation. Ralph Lauren is at the forefront of a new era of "goal-based" shopping with its new chatbot, which could signal the future for the entire industry as it moves beyond traditional, "scroll-based" e-commerce.

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Ralph Lauren Rolls Out An AI Stylist

Fable Studio Plans To Finish Orson Welles Movie With AI

An AI company called Fable is generating controversy with a new project: reconstructing lost footage from an Orson Welles masterpiece. The move is a calculated stunt to attract studios to Fable's platform for user-generated content.

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Fable Studio Plans To Finish Orson Welles Movie With AI

GM Pilots New Driving Test

Aging and car-centric culture make it difficult to know when to stop driving. But new technology could make taking the keys away less painful, offering a starting point for a conversation about safety and mobility for older drivers.

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GM Pilots New Driving Test