Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.
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Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The New Yorker about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, his trustworthiness, and the rise of OpenAI itself. One note before we go any further here —The New Yorker published that story and Ronan and I had this conversation before we k...
Mired in controversy and legal woes over concerns about its chatbots' interactions with users, particularly teens, Character.AI seems to be playing it safer with a new "Books" mode. The new format lets users step inside familiar worlds for a more structured roleplaying experience, one the company hopes will broaden perceptions of what AI roleplay can be beyond romancing minors, encouraging violence, and promoting self-harm. In a blog post, Character.AI said Books is launching with a catalog o...
Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. The price of the Meta Quest 3 is going up by $100 to $599.99.
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Canva has overhauled its design and workspace suite as it attempts to become the ultimate centralized hub for AI-powered content creation. The platform announced its Canva AI 2.0 update today, introducing updated tools and new prompt-based editing capabilities that allow users to make or adjust their work by describing what they want to create to Canva's AI assistant in their own words. The update includes a new orchestration layer for Canva's AI models that lets creatives and marketers acces...
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The AI boom has hit across industries, and public sector organizations are facing pressure to accelerate adoption. At the same time, government institutions face distinct constraints around security, governance, and operations that set them apart from their business counterparts. For this reason, purpose-built small language models (SLMs) offer a promising path to operationalize AI in…
There’s a fault line running through enterprise AI, and it’s not the one getting the most attention. The public conversation still tracks foundation models and benchmarks—GPT versus Gemini, reasoning scores, and marginal capability gains. But in practice, the more durable advantage is structural: who owns the operating layer where intelligence is applied, governed, and improved.…
The latest version of Canva's AI assistant lets users create editable designs with text prompts.
Antioch raised an $8.5 million seed round to create simulation tools for a new generation of robot builders.
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The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic and the Pentagon. This debate has become urgent, with AI playing a bigger role than ever before in the current conflict with Iran. AI is no longer just helping humans analyze intelligence. It is now an…
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The updated Codex app for macOS and Windows adds computer use, in-app browsing, image generation, memory, and plugins to accelerate developer workflows.
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DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams
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OpenAI introduces GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model built to accelerate drug discovery, genomics analysis, protein reasoning, and scientific research workflows.
Leading security firms and enterprises join OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber, using GPT-5.4-Cyber and $10M in API grants to strengthen global cyber defense.