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Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Plans to Exit Longtime Meta Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner Yann LeCun is reportedly planning to leave the company, with fundraising talks and plans already underway to launch his own startup based around developing world models. The details: Why it matters: Tension between Meta’s old guard and […]

Coca-Cola Doubles Down on AI Holiday Ads Coca-Cola launched its 2025 holiday campaign featuring AI-generated versions of its iconic “Holidays Are Coming” commercials. One year after its first AI attempt sparked backlash from creatives over the tech’s impact on artists. The details: Why it matters: Given AI video’s acceleration, this is likely the last Christmas

Universal Settles with AI Music Platform Udio Today, Universal Music Group just settled its copyright lawsuit against AI music generator Udio. And announced a new joint venture to launch a licensed AI music platform in 2026—marking the first major deal of its kind for the industry. The details: Why it matters: Like the journalism/AI battle,

Extropic’s Chip Claims AI Energy Breakthrough Extropic just introduced thermodynamic sampling units (TSU), a new chip architecture that handles probability calculations instead of traditional processing, claiming the hardware can run AI models using 10,000x less energy than current GPUs. The details: Why it matters: Led by Guillaume Verdon (revealed as the popular @BasedBeffJezos on X),

OpenAI’s Corporate Overhaul & Revised Microsoft Terms OpenAI just completed its controversial transition to a public benefit corporation, while also simultaneously renegotiating its Microsoft arrangement to address tensions surrounding AGI rights and ownership stakes—and the numbers are staggering. The details: Why it matters: OpenAI’s restructuring has been the messiest corporate transformation in AI history—legal battles,

Anthropic Brings Claude Directly into Excel The Anthropic just released Claude for Excel in beta, letting users interact with the AI assistant through a sidebar that can read, analyze, and modify spreadsheets—and they\’re bringing serious firepower to the financial industry. The details: Why it matters: AI for spreadsheets has been a hot topic over the

Microsoft’s Copilot Gets ‘Mico’ Personality Microsoft just gave Copilot a face—and it’s an animated blob named ‘Mico’ that turns into Clippy if you tap it enough. Because apparently, nostalgia is Microsoft’s favourite marketing strategy. Details: Why it matters: Microsoft is literally bringing Clippy back from the dead (as an Easter egg, thankfully). But jokes aside,

Open Letter Demands Halt to Superintelligence Development Public figures across tech and politics just signed an open letter demanding governments put the brakes on superintelligence development—but conspicuously, every major AI lab CEO refused to add their name. Details: Why it matters: This isn’t the first time people have demanded AI companies slow down, but the

OpenAI to Allow Erotica on ChatGPT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just announced that OpenAI to Allow Erotica on ChatGPT. ChatGPT is getting a very grown-up upgrade – the AI will soon be able to have mature, erotic conversations with verified adults. Yes, you read that right. Your AI assistant is about to get a lot

OpenAI completed a secondary share sale that lets employees cash out $6.6 billion in stock at a $500 billion valuation, officially overtaking SpaceX as the world’s most valuable private company. The wild part? Employees only sold about 64% of what they were allowed to, suggesting even insiders think this rocket ship is just getting started.