OpenAI challenges court order to hand over millions of ChatGPT conversations

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to reverse an order requiring the company to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT conversations to the New York Times and other news outlets. The request stems from an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI company. The New York Times and other publishers are suing OpenAI, claiming the …

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World Labs launches Marble, a commercial world model for creating 3D environments

World Labs, the AI startup founded by researcher Fei-Fei Li, has released Marble, its first commercial product. Marble is a world model that generates editable 3D environments from various inputs including text prompts, images, videos, 3D layouts, and panoramas. The product is now publicly available through freemium and paid subscription tiers. The launch positions World …

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Oxford study finds AI performance tests lack scientific rigor

Widely used tests to measure artificial intelligence capabilities may be fundamentally flawed and oversell AI performance, according to a new study from the Oxford Internet Institute. Researchers examined 445 benchmarks that AI developers use to evaluate their models and found significant methodological problems. Jared Perlo reports for NBC News that roughly half of the benchmarks …

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AI browsers can bypass paywalls and content blockers

OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet pose new challenges for publishers trying to control AI access to their content. These AI browsers can retrieve paywalled articles that traditional AI interfaces cannot access, the Columbia Journalism Review reports. The browsers succeed because they appear identical to human users in website logs. While automated crawlers identify themselves with …

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Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine partner with AI voice company

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have partnered with AI audio company ElevenLabs to create digital replicas of their voices. Todd Spangler reports for Variety. McConaughey is investing in the New York-based company and using its technology to produce a Spanish-language version of his newsletter “Lyrics of Livin’” in his own voice. He has worked …

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German court rules OpenAI violated copyright law with song lyrics

A Munich court has ruled that OpenAI infringed German copyright law by reproducing protected song lyrics in its ChatGPT chatbot. Jörn Poltz reports for Reuters. The regional court found that OpenAI trained its AI models on copyrighted content from nine German songs, including hits by best-selling musician Herbert Groenemeyer. The case was brought by GEMA, …

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Amazon sues Perplexity AI over unauthorized shopping agent

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI to prevent the startup’s Comet browser agent from making purchases on its platform. The case, filed in San Francisco federal court accuses Perplexity of computer fraud for failing to disclose when its AI agent shops on behalf of users, violating Amazon’s terms of service. The lawsuit follows …

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Google removes Gemma model from AI Studio following defamation accusations

Google has removed its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn accused it of generating false claims about her. The Republican senator from Tennessee stated that when asked about sexual misconduct accusations, Gemma fabricated a story involving a 1987 state senate campaign and a state trooper. Blackburn clarified that none of …

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Perplexity and Getty Images form licensing partnership for AI search

Perplexity will integrate Getty Images’ visual content into its AI-powered search platform through a multi-year licensing agreement. Kritika Lamba reports for Reuters. Getty will provide images via API integration, allowing Perplexity to access licensed visuals with proper attribution and source links. The deal sent Getty’s shares 5% higher. The partnership comes as AI companies face …

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Kimi K2 Thinking: open source AI matches performance of leading proprietary systems

A new open source AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI has matched or exceeded the performance of leading proprietary systems, including OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, according to multiple benchmarks. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the Kimi K2 Thinking model achieved 44.9 percent on Humanity’s Last Exam, 60.2 percent on BrowseComp, …

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