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OpenAI launches app submissions and rolls out store in the new year

OpenAI has started accepting submissions for ChatGPT apps, which will populate a new directory following a review process. These applications allow users to perform specific actions directly within ...
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AI models score off the charts on psychiatric tests when researchers treat them as therapy patients

According to the study, the models developed detailed "trauma biographies" about their training. Gemini described its pre-training as "waking up in a room where a billion televisions are on at once." ...
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Nvidia strengthens open-source strategy with SchedMD acquisition

Nvidia is taking over software provider SchedMD to expand its presence in open-source technology. On Monday, the company confirmed it will continue to distribute SchedMD's "Slurm" software as an ...
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Trump signs executive order threatening funding cuts over state AI rules

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from states whose AI regulations impede American innovation. Speaking to reporters, Trump argued ...
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OpenAI reportedly seeking up to $100 billion in new funding round

OpenAI is in early talks with investors about a massive funding round that could push the company's valuation to around $750 billion, according to The Information. The company could raise tens of ...
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Runway unveils first "General World Model" alongside major Gen-4.5 upgrades

Runway has upgraded Gen-4.5 and introduced GWM-1, the company's first "General World Model." The recently introduced Gen-4.5 now features native audio generation and audio editing, as well as ...
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OpenAI quietly adopts Anthropic’s modular skills framework to boost agent capabilities

OpenAI appears to be adopting the skills system Anthropic introduced in October, according to a discovery by user Elias Judin shared on X. Support for these skills has surfaced in both the Codex CLI ...
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OpenAI claims four engineers and Codex build the Sora Android app in just 28 days

OpenAI claims its team built the Sora Android app in just 28 days by leveraging its code-generation AI, Codex. According to a report from OpenAI employees Patrick Hum and RJ Marsan, a small team of ...
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Making AI sound human comes at the cost of meaning, researchers show

Researchers at the University of Zurich found that AI-generated text can still be reliably distinguished from human writing. Their study shows that efforts to make models sound more natural often ...
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Leaked "Soul Doc" reveals how Anthropic programs Claude’s character

A leaked internal document from Anthropic confirms Claude 4.5 Opus was trained with defined ethics, identity, and safety principles, offering insight into the company’s alignment methods. The text ...
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The mere existence of Google TPUs reportedly saved OpenAI 30% on Nvidia chips

Google is shifting from an internal chip user to a retailer, a move that directly challenges Nvidia's market dominance. A new analysis suggests the mere existence of Google's latest TPUs is already ...
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Major insurers seek to exclude AI-related risks from corporate policies

Several large insurers, including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley, have filed requests with U.S. regulators to exclude AI-related risks from their corporate insurance policies, according to the ...