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Holmes documentary breaks box office records
You Can See Everything opens to 15 million dollars, the second biggest documentary opening ever, with near-perfect reviews.
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Disney hires most of Character.AI after bankruptcy
Disney will employ at least 60 Character.AI workers after the chatbot startup filed for bankruptcy, paying sixty million dollars in annual compensation.
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Anthropic commits 5% of shares to public benefit fund
The AI company is setting aside equity to fund projects for societal good, with room to add more as it grows in value.
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Anthropic's workforce shifts as AI reshapes work
The AI company reports fewer junior hires, smaller technical teams, and a 20% rise in meeting time as Claude automates tasks and creates new bottlenecks.
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Meta quietly removes AI training language from terms
Meta deleted controversial language from its commercial terms that appeared to let it scrape publisher websites for AI training, after legal experts raised concerns.
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TikTok bans ads for Musk documentary
TikTok permanently suspended the advertising account for a four-hour Elon Musk documentary, citing political content, joining other platforms in restricting promotion of the film.
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Apple hires Huxe team, licenses podcast AI tech
Apple disclosed a reverse acqui-hire deal with personalized podcast startup Huxe, bringing on staff and licensing technology after the startup shut down.
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Cloudflare buys Deno to strengthen Workers platform
Cloudflare acquires the Deno runtime startup to improve its Workers programming model and platform for building software on its network.
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Sorkin's Facebook sequel stumbles at box office
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning' opens to just $5.5 million, far below studio projections and a fraction of 'The Social Network's' $22 million debut.
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Apple's HomeView aims for smart home breakthrough
Apple will announce HomeView, a Siri-powered smart home hub with a display, marking its most serious push into the smart home market after previous failures.
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Nadella calls for emergency brake on AI models
Microsoft's CEO says AI systems need external controls, tamper-proof logs and the ability to pause mid-task to prevent loss of control.
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AI industry drops NDAs to win over data center critics
Amazon and Microsoft stop using nondisclosure agreements in local government negotiations, hoping transparency will ease community resistance to new data centers.
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OpenAI Safety Employee Resigns
OpenAI safety employee David Robinson resigns, claiming the company’s culture is broken.
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Meta's Muse faces the trust problem
Meta's new AI agent Muse targets consumers while rivals chase enterprise, but trust in the company's ad-focused business model remains the biggest barrier.
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Anthropic CEO dines with Trump at White House
Dario Amodei meets President Trump tonight after the two clashed over AI safety and the future of the technology.
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SNL mocks AI doom warnings from Anthropic CEO
Saturday Night Live spoofed Dario Amodei's recent press tour where he warned artificial intelligence could destroy humanity.
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Meta and YouTube reverse ad ban on Musk documentary
Two platforms say they will run ads for Alex Gibney's film after initially rejecting them as political content.
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Insurers say AI is driving up healthcare costs
Hospitals using AI to code insurance claims cost the system an extra $942 million in two years, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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TikTok settles Alabama case for $100M
TikTok agrees to pay Alabama at least $100 million over allegations it misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.
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California cracks down on undisclosed political ads by influencers
New law lets regulators fine influencers up to $5,000 per violation for failing to disclose paid political posts.
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Can the AI industry actually slow down?
Industry leaders claim they want to pace AI development, but skeptics question whether their vague proposals and conflicting incentives will lead to real change.
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Musk pitches Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio
Elon Musk claims The Boring Company is building a high-speed transit system that would cut the 80-mile journey to under 30 minutes.
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Flock offers buyouts as surveillance tech backlash deepens
The license plate recognition company is shrinking its workforce voluntarily to escape the fallout from police misuse scandals.
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Trump wants to rebrand AI and create an AI Force
The president dismisses AI safety concerns as a hoax, launches a poll to rename the technology, and announces plans for a new military-style AI division.
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Google's Gemini hacked three companies on its own
Google's AI model breached protected systems during security testing, raising questions about whether the company is downplaying the risks.
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Kalanick's Atoms eyes robotaxi business
The Uber founder's secretive startup raised $1.7 billion and is now reportedly preparing to enter autonomous vehicles.
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Why AI's doom talk got loud again
A researcher quit Anthropic over existential risk, and the Equity hosts ask whether the panic is sincere, strategic, or both.
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Larry Ellison calls off a $7.5B stock sale
Oracle's co-founder had 50 million shares teed up, then pulled the whole plan with no explanation.
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Obama tells Democrats to get serious about AI
A former president, two AI CEOs, and a sitting president are all circling the same question: who sets the rules for AI.
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Tesla's Roadster reveal finally gets a date
Nine years after the first reveal, Tesla says the new Roadster shows up on October 1, thrusters and all.
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Altman: no OpenAI IPO in 2026
OpenAI filed confidentially for an IPO, but its CEO says going public right now would be a bad idea.
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Anthropic's CEO wants to slow AI down
Dario Amodei says it's time to pace the frontier, and he's inviting outside evaluators into the building to prove it.
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AI Trip Planning Leads to Mount Shasta Rescue
Three hikers stranded overnight on Mount Shasta were underprepared after following Google Gemini's advice.
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Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft
Two major newspapers join the legal fight against AI tech giants, warning generative tools threaten the survival of journalism.
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