You Can’t Use Copyrighted Characters in OpenAI’s Sora Anymore and People Are Freaking Out

AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Turns out a lot of people's creativity is limited to what someone else has already made.

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OpenAI and Anthropic could use investor funds to cover multi-billion dollar AI lawsuits

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly considering using investor funds to cover potential multibillion-dollar lawsuits after insurers refused to provide comprehensive coverage for AI-related risks, according to the Financial Times.The article OpenAI and Ant…

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OpenAI’s trillion-dollar tab comes due by 2027

Marcus Schuler / implicator - OpenAI signed $1 trillion in compute deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle—obligations stretching to 2029 that dwarf its current revenue. The company burns $5B annually while chipmakers now hold equity and expect payment. The tab comes due by 2027.

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ChatGPT Now Interacts With Multiple Apps Inside Conversations

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - ChatGPT users can now interact with a handful of third-party apps directly within their conversations, OpenAI has announced. The new Apps SDK allows developers to build tools that blend naturally into chats, and initial partners include Spotify, Canva, Zi…

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GPT-5 pro

Simon Willison / simonwillison - GPT-5 proHere's OpenAI's model documentation for their GPT-5 pro model, released to their API today at their DevDay event.It has similar base characteristics to GPT-5: both share a September 30, 2024 knowledge cutoff and 400,000 context limit.GPT-5 pro ha…

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OpenAI's New Agent Builder Tool Leaked Before DevDay: Here's What It Can Do

bgr - OpenAI is expected to launch new ChatGPT features for consumers and developers at DevDay, including one that appears to have leaked.

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OpenAI Reverses Sora 2 Copyright Policy After Fierce Backlash

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI reverses its controversial 'opt-out' copyright policy for the new Sora 2 video app after backlash, shifting to an opt-in model with revenue sharing.The post OpenAI Reverses Sora 2 Copyright Policy After Fierce Backlash appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s secret device won’t be ‘your weird AI girlfriend’

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - OpenAI and designer Jony Ive are trying to solve a number of technical challenges before releasing their mysterious AI gadget, according to a Financial Times report. Two of the challenges include figuring out the palm-sized device’s “personality” and how …

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OpenAI and Jony Ive face design hurdles in building next-gen AI device

Imran Hussain / ithinkdiff - OpenAI’s hardware collaboration with Jony Ive’s design firm, LoveFrom, is running into technical and creative challenges as the two teams attempt to define the future of AI-driven personal devices. The project, which remains shrouded in secrecy, aims to d…

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A first look at Sora 2, OpenAI’s wild new video platform

Hal Crawford / mumbrella - When GPT5 was released a couple of months ago, it felt like a letdown. Where was the staggering new capability, the “wow” moment that knocked everyone for six? Perhaps, many wondered, AI was finally starting to slow down? Fear not (or stay afraid) — the p…

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OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after secondary share sale

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI has reportedly reached a $500 billion valuation following a major secondary share sale, according to Reuters.The article OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after secondary share sale appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab: Six OpenAI veterans launch Tinker with $2B seed, $12B valuation

Robert Brown / implicator - Six OpenAI veterans including Mira Murati raised $2B at a $12B valuation to build Tinker, an API that democratizes frontier model fine-tuning. The bet: customization matters more than scale. The tension: access is curated, not open.

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OpenAI ropes in Samsung, SK Hynix to source memory chips for Stargate

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - OpenAI has struck agreements with two of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to make DRAM wafers for the Stargate AI infrastructure project, and build data centers in South Korea.

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Elon Musk's lawsuit should be thrown out, says Apple

appleinsider - Apple has asked for Elon Musk's specious lawsuit over it partnering with OpenAI, to be entirely dismissed.Elon Musk — image credit: TeslaIf Elon Musk is to be believed, he is convinced that once Apple partnered with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to Apple Intell…

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OpenAI Teams Up With Etsy And Shopify For New Instant Checkout Feature in ChatGPT

Laurent Giret / thurrott - OpenAI is launching a new Instant Checkout feature in ChatGPT that makes it possible to purchase items directly from a chat conversation.The post OpenAI Teams Up With Etsy And Shopify For New Instant Checkout Feature in ChatGPT appeared first on Thurrott.…

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 14911 / 7 stories in 5 months