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The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030

Senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven talks with Tim Bradshaw, FT global tech correspondent, about what our world will look like in the next five years.

Why it’s time to reset our expectations for AI

The hype we have been sold for the past few years has been overwhelming. Hype Correction is the antidote.

Disney's OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year -- then it's open season

After the one year is up, Disney is free to sign similar deals with other AI companies.

Merriam-Webster names 'slop' the word of the year

AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took note.

Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models

Nvidia acquired SchedMD, the lead developer of Slurm, and launched the Nemotron 3 family of open source AI models.

Creative Commons announces tentative support for AI 'pay-to-crawl' systems

The organization offered support for this idea of an AI marketplace, and suggested several guiding principles.

Lightspeed raises record $9B in fresh capital

The massive fund haul will allow the Silicon Valley firm to continue to invest in cash hungry AI startups.

OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation

Chai is building foundation models for drug discovery, specifically to predict interactions between molecules so they could be reprogramed for cures.

VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power

The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device.

Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up

The data intelligence company has just raised more than $4 billion in a Series L funding round at a $134 billion valuation — up 34% from the $100 billion valuation that it achieved just three months ago.

Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models

Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits, as well as adding new third-party models for image and video generation, including Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 and Topaz Astra.

Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox

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