OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he deleted TikTok after becoming addicted to the app while studying it for the development of Sora, OpenAI's AI-generated video social network that was scrapped in March. Al…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he deleted TikTok because he became addicted to the app, including a Saturday afternoon where he scrolled for three hours, during a recent episode of the "Relentless" podcas…
OpenAI shut down its Sora app in late March after months of pressure over deepfakes of Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mister Rogers, demonstrating that the model failed not due to video …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that humanity has already entered the singularity, warning of a looming battle between AI authoritarianism and liberty. Speaking on the podcast 'How to start a startup,'…
A new forensic tool called Saga enables users to identify which generative AI video model produced a given clip, such as Sora, Kling, or Runway Gen-3, by detecting invisible architectural artifacts le…
Machine-learning practitioner Enze Xie unveiled SANA-Video 2.0 on July 24, 2026, a full-stack optimized video model designed for efficiency and high quality. The system uses a hybrid attention archite…
OpenAI retired ChatGPT Atlas on July 9, 2026, just nine months after its launch as a standalone AI browser, with the product ceasing to function on August 9 and its browsing capabilities being folded …
Tyler Perry is partnering with Synapse Virtual Production to convert an existing Tyler Perry Studios stage into a virtual production soundstage in Atlanta, using LED volume walls, advanced camera trac…
Elon Musk announced plans to produce an AI-generated film adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey using his xAI company's Grok Imagine tool, challenging Christopher Nolan's blockbuster version which he accu…
Netflix paid $587 million in cash to acquire InterPositive, the AI filmmaking startup co-founded by Ben Affleck, according to the streamer's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q filed July 17. The 16-person team was abs…
A developer team tested the newly released open-source LTX Desktop app by Lightricks, which allows users to run the LTX-2.3 video model locally on their own computers with zero usage costs. The review…
OpenAI abruptly shut down Sora, the generative AI tool that production company Native Foreign was using to make the feature film *Critterz*, according to director and chief creative officer Nik Klever…
Decart AI released Lucy 2.5, an AI model that edits video frames in real time during live streams with sub-40ms latency at 30 FPS. The model uses techniques like MXFP8/NVFP4 quantization and dynamic s…
OpenAI's plan to launch a humanlike rechargeable smart speaker in 2026 enters a declining market, with IDC data showing smart speaker shipments fell 16.3% in 2023, 11.8% in 2024, and an estimated 9.6%…
A multi-agent AI video generation workflow can turn a single topic prompt into a scripted, voiced, and edited video in minutes, according to a guide that assigns dedicated AI agents to writing, voiceo…
A founder's hands-on test of six AI video generators found that no single tool wins for all marketing use cases, with OpenAI's Sora delivering the most cinematic output but lacking brand consistency, …
Meta and Alphabet were found culpable for teen addiction related to social media algorithm designs, while Meta wound down Horizon Worlds after a $70 billion-plus VR bet and OpenAI shuttered Sora at an…
OpenAI is shutting down its AI browser Atlas, launched in October 2025, after nine months due to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, slow performance, and legal issues. The browser's agent mode failed to d…
Meta launched an AI feature, Muse Image, that generated images from public Instagram posts, but removed it after three days following backlash over privacy and deepfake concerns. SAG-AFTRA and Creativ…
OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas browser, launched in October 2025, after less than eight months, folding its features into an updated Chrome extension that integrates ChatGPT into the browser's side…