— We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups, Altman writes in his blog.
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Sora 2 spews copyrighted materials all over
After a couple of days in the wild, OpenAIs new video generator spews nazi SpongeBobs, stealing Picachus and just about everything you can imagine from Darth Vader to Mickey Mouse and other protected IPs. Apparently, OpenAI has been in talks with movie studios urging them to opt out if they disagree with their IP use. Disney did just that, but it hasn’t helped much, it seems.
More at: 404 media, Gizmodo, Axios.
UPDATE: You can get Sora 2 invite codes here, on a pay if forward-basis, if you just promise to leave some codes back where you got them. [Turns out they are empty. You could maybe try again later.]
Perplexity frees the Comet browser
Their AI agentic browser was previously only available for those who paid for a $200 monthly membership, and amassed a 2 million person queue for downloads. Now Perplexity is making it free. You can also subscribe for $5 per month to select media sources that will get paid for inclusion in the results. The browser can summarize Slack chats, get directions from maps, and even pull specific points in YouTube videos for you. It should also be better at distinguishing AI slop from genuine, human made content. You can download it here.
More at: Business Insider, Engadget.
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From there on, Teknotum has invested in new web hosting, seen traffic grow from milestone to milestone — and these costs add up.
The reason for putting ads on Teknotum is just that. Subscriptions, images and hosting gets more expensive as the site grows. This will help cover those costs, and help with future investments into the site.
There is no way to opt out, according to The Wall Street Journal, but they won’t be targeting topics like «religious views, sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership.»
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 introduction sure looks impressive.
The idea is that people can use the latest and greatest video generation tool to insert themselves in scenes along with their friends — with so-called «cameos.»
The new video model should be significantly better at adhering to physics, and could be a «ChatGPT-3.5-moment for video,» OpenAI says.
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The model comes hot on the heels of Opus 4.1, the launch of file creation and Claude for Chrome, which all seem to be included in this release.
Continue reading “Anthropic announces Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Code gets top requests”
It works on the basis of your previous chats, feedback and even connected apps, if you let it.
Users can also instruct it directly about what they are interested in and want in the next update.
Continue reading “OpenAI introduces Pulse, an AI agent that works when you sleep”
After a week of announcements and deals totaling somewhere in the ballpark of some $850 billion — or almost half of the expected AI infrastructure spending in the coming years, MSNBC asked him if this might be overkill and wether the market was getting overheated. Said Altman «I totally get that. I think that’s a very natural thing» he added that «This is what it takes to deliver AI,» and that «We are growing faster than any business I’ve ever heard of before»
Read the full story at MSNBC.
Your LinkedIn data will be used for training
LinkedIn says it will start training Microsoft’s AI on profiles, posts, resumes and public activities on the site from November 3, 2025 — and it’s enabled by default. There is an opt-out option, but that only works on future content after you click it, and everything written before that will be used. It affects all users, including in the EU, the EEA, in Switzerland, Canada, Hong Kong, the UK, and also in the USA. Here’s a helpful page on the consequences and how to fight it.
More at TechRadar and Proton.me.
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Alibaba recently decided to «double down» on AI, according to this Reuters report, and promised $53 billion in AI infrastructure investments during the next three years – with even more coming.
Nvidia is slated to help develop physical AI functions like data synthesis, model training, environmental simulation and validation testing, Reuters says.
Continue reading “Alibaba partners with Nvidia for «physical AI» training software”
The five new data centers are all located in the USA; in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio and at an undisclosed site in the Midwest.
Continue reading “OpenAI announces five new Stargate sites, aims for adding 1 GW per week”
The money will be disbursed in stages and then be «returned» from OpenAI in the form of 4-5 million next-gen gpu purchases by the AI lab.
Continue reading “Nvidia and OpenAI reach «strategic partnership» worth $100 billion”
They say the model achieves performance comparable to Grok 4 proper with 40% less token use, and even pushes the price of those tokens down by 98%.
Continue reading “xAI releases Grok 4 Fast, focusing on cost and efficiency”
— That’s going to be very unfortunate obviously. But I would say the risk is higher on the other side, he said.
A $600 billion bet
Getting it right on «superintelligence,» or artificial general intelligence, is a clear priority for the Meta CEO, and he has already promised $600 billion of total investment in the technology until 2028.
Google goes nuclear; brings Gemini to Chrome
While OpenAI is still working on a browser and others are cautious or have failed to take off, Google is done waiting. They are now building the Gemini assistant directly into the world’s most popular browser. «Gemini with Chrome» will navigate and summarize your tabs for you, offer helpful suggestions in the URL bar, and should soon help you order stuff online. It can even find your closed tabs and search for references inside Youtube videos. It’s rolling out to Mac and Windows users with language set to English as of this writing. They call it «a new era of browsing.»
More at Google’s launch page, Google’s overview and launch thread.
Hands-on with Meta’s new Ray-Bans
Has Meta found the Goldilocks zone of smart glasses? Their recently launched Ray-Bans with an internal screen seems to have hit the sweet spot with reviewers. The Verge calls them the best smart glasses out there, Tom’s Hardware says it «feels like the future,» and Gizmodo writes that you’re going to want a pair. The consensus seems to be that the in-lens screen is quite useful, just about bright enough and it hits the sweet spot with the new wristband.
More at Mashable’s roundup.
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That result would have given it first place if it were human, as the best college teams only solved eleven.
Google also participated with a custom Gemini 2.5 Deep Think and earned Gold status, solving 10 of the problems and finishing second, Google claims.
Continue reading “OpenAI tops ICPC coding contest for students, Google finished second”