Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles leave OpenAI as Sora is cut
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI, the company confirmed Friday. Weil led the company’s science research...
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Snap layoffs cut 16% of workforce in AI-driven restructure
Snap is cutting around 1,000 jobs, reducing its total workforce by 16%, as CEO Evan Spiegel ties the snap layoffs directly...
OpenAI and gaming in 2026: how GPT models are changing game dev
Last verified: April 2026. AI model capabilities and pricing change frequently. Financial figures are from OpenAI...
Sam Altman Molotov attack: suspect held near OpenAI HQ
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at Sam Altman‘s San Francisco home early Friday morning, according to police and OpenAI....
Wit Studio confirms AI use in Ascendance of a Bookworm opening
Wit Studio has confirmed that generative AI was used in the opening sequence of Ascendance of a Bookworm's fourth season,...
Microsoft removes Copilot branding from Windows built-in apps
Microsoft is removing Copilot branding from several built-in Windows applications, the company confirmed in a recent blog...
Valve’s SteamGPT surfaces in Steam code with anti-cheat hints
References to a tool called SteamGPT have turned up in Steam‘s source code, first spotted by X user @gabefollower. The...
Waymo shares pothole data with cities through Waze
Waymo is sharing pothole detection data with city transportation departments, launching a pilot program with Google's Waze...
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK data center over energy costs
OpenAI has paused Stargate UK, its planned data center project built in partnership with NVIDIA, citing high energy costs...
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK data center amid energy concerns
OpenAI has suspended its Stargate UK initiative, putting on hold a partnership with NVIDIA aimed at giving the UK its own...
YouTube Shorts lets creators make AI avatars of themselves
YouTube Shorts is giving creators a way to put themselves in videos without filming. The platform began rolling out an AI...
YouTubers Sue Apple for Scraping Their Videos to Train AI
Three YouTube creators have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, claiming the company scraped their videos without...