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OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.

Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.

Ron Conway has been on the board of the Salesforce's philanthropic organization for 10 years.

Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new “AI Mode” that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.

Where training sets were once scraped freely from the web or collected from low-paid annotators, companies are looking to proprietary training data as a competitive advantage.

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.

Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.

"Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now," founder Francesco Vitali said. "So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important."

“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,”  Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”  

Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month that hit $100 million in revenue.

Spotify has announced new partnerships with major record labels — including Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin — to build “responsible AI” tools that protect artists’ rights and ensure fair compensation. The initiative will let artists opt in or out of AI use.

Jack & Jill uses conversational AI to sidestep the listing and resumé shuffle. With $20 million in seed funding, the company is plotting its US expansion.

In less than a decade AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says and is doing so through an unusual VC model.

Indian quick commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. The round, which is a mix of primary and secondary investment, also has participation from existing investors, including Avenir, Avra, Lightspeed, Glade Brook, The Stepstone […]

Kuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year.

PicSee is a new app that detects your friends' photos on device and allows you to send it to them.

South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns.