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The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.

The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

Elon Musk “bid adieu to the Twitter brand” in 2023 in favor of X. A startup wants to resurrect it.

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

The two chip companies have signed a term sheet according to sources with direct knowledge of the agreement.

A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser’s departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.

Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.

American AI giants are backing a new effort to establish open standards for building agentic software and tools.

Since taking office, San Francisco’s mayor has been on a quest to revitalize the city and increase public safety. He’s also kept the National Guard out—with a little help from some very powerful friends.