Elon Musk’s X announced a major update to its Creator Subscriptions on Thursday. The revamp introduces several new features designed to help creators build their audiences and improve their earnings. These include exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, a new…
On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.4, a new foundation model described as their most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work. The model is available in a standard version, as well as a specialized reasoning model called GPT-5.4 Thinking and…
A new report from Google reveals a significant shift in the focus of cyber attackers. Last year, approximately half of all tracked zero-day bugs targeted enterprise devices, setting a new record. Zero-day bugs are vulnerabilities unknown to the software maker…
AI video-generation startup Luma launched Luma Agents on Thursday. This new platform is designed to handle end-to-end creative work across text, image, video, and audio. The agents are powered by Luma’s Unified Intelligence family of models, which are built on…
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Roblox has announced a new real-time, AI-powered chat rephrasing feature. This system automatically replaces banned words with more respectful language, moving beyond the platform’s current text filter that simply replaces phrases with the “#” symbol. The company stated that when…
On Thursday, Nominal announced a new $80 million Series B extension funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Founders Fund. This investment follows the company’s $75 million Series B round, led by Sequoia, which closed…
While most of the venture world has been chasing AI deals, Max Hodak, the co-founder and former president of Neuralink, has been working on a startup that claims to be on the verge of becoming the first brain-computer interface company…
Netflix announced on Thursday morning that it is acquiring InterPositive, a filmmaking technology company founded in 2022 by actor Ben Affleck. This acquisition supports Netflix’s ongoing strategy for using generative AI in film production. The company has previously utilized generative…
Oura announced on Thursday that it has acquired Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in technology enabling users to control wearables through simple, natural movements. This is achieved using a combination of artificial intelligence and biometric data. The financial terms of…
