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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI says it will discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT  —  OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney ends its three-year OpenAI licensing deal, signed in December 2025, in which it agreed to invest $1B in OpenAI and license 200+ of its characters to Sora  —  OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision.
Reuters:
Sources: some Sora team employees were surprised by OpenAI's move to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog post about Sora safety standards  —  On Monday evening, Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and OpenAI teams were working together on a project linked to Sora, OpenAI's AI video tool.
Wall Street Journal:
President Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jensen Huang, and others to the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, co-chaired by David Sacks  —  Group to advise the president on how to regulate artificial intelligence, among other issues  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump plans …
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure  —  Move follows pressure from government on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Social media addiction trial: a Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms  —  A jury in Los Angeles determined on Wednesday that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the dangers associated …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
A New Mexico jury finds Meta violated the state's unfair practices act by not safeguarding its apps from child predators; Meta must pay $375M in civil damages
Financial Times:
Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules  —  Deal scrutiny deepens over official fears of strategic tech flowing overseas  —  China has restricted two co-founders of Manus …
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Meta confirms plans to lay off staff; sources say the cuts impact a few hundred people; a source says across Reality Labs, social media, recruiting, and sales  —  Meta Platforms will lay off a few hundred people across the company on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter …
Google Research:
Google Research details TurboQuant, a quantization algorithm to enable massive compression of LLMs and vector search engines without sacrificing accuracy  —  Amir Zandieh, Research Scientist, and Vahab Mirrokni, VP and Google Fellow, Google Research  —  We introduce a set …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says X will “pause” new creator monetization rules that would base payouts on engagement from a user's local audience, after criticism from creators  —  Social media platform X swiftly backtracked on its announcement regarding new rules for creator monetization …
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018  —  Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.
Maria Curi / Axios:
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plan to introduce legislation to pause new data center construction until AI safeguards are in place  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday will announce legislation to pause …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model, with better creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, up from Lyria 3's 30 seconds  —  Google announced on Wednesday that it's releasing Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model, a month after Lyria 3's release.
Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
AI note taking startup Granola raised $125M led by Index Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, and plans Claude integrations and agentic AI features in the next year  —  Granola Inc., a startup whose artificial intelligence software has been gaining traction as a notetaking tool among Silicon Valley workers …
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on changing Arm's culture, working with Arm owner SoftBank, developing Arm's AGI CPU data center chip fabricated by TSMC, and more  —  Arm just confirmed the rumors: It's producing its own chip for the first time.  CEO Rene Haas explains why this won't alienate …
Financial Times:
Arm unveils AGI CPU, its own AI chip, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI are early clients; ARM jumps 10%+
Maria Curi / Axios:
At a hearing, a US federal judge says the Pentagon's three actions toward Anthropic are “troubling” and that they look “like an attempt to cripple Anthropic”  —  A federal judge on Tuesday called the Pentagon's treatment of Anthropic “troubling” as the AI company urged …
The Information:
Sources: cloud provider Vultr is seeking to raise $1B+ to expand its AI computing capacity, after raising $333M at a $3.5B valuation in 2024  —  Vultr, one of the oldest independent cloud providers, is seeking to raise at least $1 billion in new capital so it can compete with a growing list …
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Glimpse, which uses AI agents to let 200+ brands automate financial deduction processes, raised a $35M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total raised to $52M  —  Dispute-tracking fintech Glimpse announced Wednesday that it raised a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and Y Combinator.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
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