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Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?
On Friday, a startup called Fable announced an ambitious, if head-scratching, plan to recreate the l ...View More
EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
The European Commission announced this week that it’s fining Google €2.95 billion (just under $3.5 b ...View More
The growing debate over expanding age verification laws
Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: whi ...View More
Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
Tesla has proposed a massive new $1 trillion compensation package for its CEO Elon Musk, and many of ...View More
OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers who sha ...View More
Screw the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers
Around half a million writers will be eligible for a payday of at least $3,000, thanks to a historic ...View More
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company ann ...View More
Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more
Online gaming platform Roblox is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed for sharing gameplay ...View More
Tesla’s ad spend on X has shrunk to almost nothing
Tesla spent $400,000 advertising on Elon Musk’s social media platform X in 2024, according to a new ...View More
Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters
Warner Bros. is suing AI startup Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the company al ...View More
