YouTube has suspended the monetization privileges of two popular channels specializing in AI-generated fake movie trailers. According to an investigation by Jake Kanter at Deadline, the channels Screen Culture and KH Studio will no longer earn advertising revenue from their content. The Google-owned platform cited violations of its monetization policies, which require creators to significantly …
OpenAI has closed a historic $40 billion funding round, marking the largest private tech investment ever recorded. The deal, led by SoftBank with a $30 billion commitment, values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, placing it among the world’s most valuable private companies alongside SpaceX ($350 billion) and ByteDance. The investment syndicate includes Microsoft, Coatue, …
OpenAI intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT-2 in the coming months, according to a feedback form published on the company’s website. Kyle Wiggers reports that OpenAI is inviting developers, researchers, and community members to provide input on what they’d like to see in this new model. The company plans to host …
Manus AI agent is becoming a subscription service with two pricing tiers at $39 and $199 per month, according to Bloomberg News. The Beijing-based startup’s move to monetize comes shortly after its beta release this month. The premium tier allows users to run up to five simultaneous tasks and provides additional computation credits. The AI …
Runway has unveiled its latest AI video generation model, Gen-4, touting significant improvements in character and scene consistency. According to Kyle Wiggers, who reported on the release, the model is now available to Runway’s individual and enterprise customers. The company claims Gen-4 can maintain coherent environments and characters across different scenes while accurately simulating real-world …
Amazon has introduced Nova Act, a new AI agent that can control a web browser to perform simple actions. According to Maxwell Zeff of TechCrunch, the technology will also power features in Amazon’s upcoming Alexa+ upgrade. Developers can access the Nova Act SDK to build agent prototypes that automate tasks like ordering food or making …
Google has unexpectedly made its newest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, available to all users for free, not just premium subscribers. The model has quickly gained recognition for its exceptional reasoning abilities and is currently leading industry benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro stands out for its massive 1-million token context window (with plans to expand to …
OpenAI’s rollout of a new image generation feature in ChatGPT has sparked a viral trend of Studio Ghibli-style images that has overwhelmed the company’s servers. Within 24 hours of the feature’s release, social media platforms were flooded with AI-generated images mimicking the distinctive style of the famous Japanese animation studio. The new image generation capability, …
The Arc Prize Foundation has released ARC-AGI-2, a new benchmark designed to measure artificial general intelligence that has proven extremely difficult for even the most advanced AI systems. This second-generation test specifically evaluates test-time reasoning abilities – requiring AI to adapt to novel, never-before-seen tasks rather than relying on memorization. The results reveal a stark …
OpenAI has introduced a new feature allowing ChatGPT Team users to connect their internal knowledge databases directly to the platform. According to reporting by Emilia David at VentureBeat, this long-requested capability is currently in beta. The feature enables semantic searches of company data, links to internal sources in responses, and helps ChatGPT understand company-specific terminology. …