Peter Steinberger, creator of the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw, joins OpenAI to work on bringing AI agents to mainstream users. OpenClaw will transition to an independent foundation while OpenAI sponsors the project. Steinberger built OpenClaw as a personal project that unexpectedly gained massive adoption. The framework attracted 196,000 GitHub stars and 2 million weekly …
ByteDance has released Seedance 2.0, an artificial intelligence model that generates videos from text prompts. The system can process text, images, audio, and video simultaneously. ByteDance states the technology is designed for professional film, e-commerce, and advertising productions. The model has generated significant attention on social media. One viral video depicted a rooftop fight between …
Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, making it the second-largest private tech fundraising in history after OpenAI’s $40 billion raise. The round was led by Coatue and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, with participation from numerous investors including Microsoft and Nvidia. The company reports a post-money valuation between $350 billion and …
Amazon is developing artificial intelligence tools designed to speed up film and television production while reducing costs, even as concerns grow in Hollywood about job losses and industry transformation. Greg Bensinger reports for Reuters that Albert Cheng, a veteran entertainment executive at Amazon MGM Studio, leads a small team building AI applications for the entertainment …
Romance novelist Coral Hart produces over 200 books annually using artificial intelligence, earning six figures from sales on Amazon. What once took her months now takes 45 minutes per novel. Alexandra Alter reports for The New York Times that the romance industry is rapidly adopting AI writing tools, despite significant controversy within the community. Hart, …
Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents to interact without human interference, became a viral sensation before exposing fundamental limitations in current AI technology. The platform reveals more about human fascination with artificial intelligence than about the future of autonomous agents. Will Douglas Heaven writes for MIT Technology Review that the site attracted over …
OpenAI has released updates to deep research in ChatGPT, introducing features that give users more control over how the AI conducts investigations and compiles reports. The tool now allows users to focus research on specific websites and a broader range of connected applications as trusted sources. According to OpenAI, this helps produce more accurate and …
Alibaba’s Qwen research team has released Qwen-Image-2.0, a foundational image generation model that merges text rendering, photorealism, and editing capabilities into a single system. The model supports native 2K resolution and processes instructions up to 1,000 tokens in length. The Qwen Team reports in the official Qwen Blog that the model can directly generate professional …
OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its upcoming AI hardware devices, according to a court filing in a trademark infringement lawsuit. The company now expects its first device to ship no earlier than late February 2027. Maxwell Zeff reports for Wired that the revelation came through a motion filed by OpenAI vice president …
OpenAI has begun testing advertisements in ChatGPT for users in the United States. The company displays ads to adult users on the free and Go subscription tiers, while Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education subscribers will not see them. According to OpenAI, ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT provides. The company states that it …