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OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation

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Chai Discovery, a biotech startup with backing from OpenAI, announced an $130 million Series B round at a $1.3 billion valuation on Monday. The round was led by General Catalyst and Oak HC/FT, the company said. Other participants include Menlo Ventures, OpenAI, Dimension, Thrive Capital, Neo, Yosemite venture fund, Lachy Groom, SV Angel, and new […]

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Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season

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Disney’s three-year licensing partnership with OpenAI includes just one of exclusivity, Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC. The company signed the partnership with OpenAI last week that will bring its iconic characters to the AI firm’s Sora video generator. Once that exclusive year is up, Disney is free to sign similar deals with other AI

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OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

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OpenAI launched its latest frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday amid increasing competition from Google, pitching it as its most advanced model yet and one designed for developers and everyday professional use.  OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 is coming to ChatGPT paid users and developers via the API in three flavors: Instant, a speed-optimized model for routine queries like

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Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

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The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday that it has signed a three-year partnership with OpenAI that will bring its iconic characters to the company’s Sora AI video generator. Disney is also making a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI. Launched in September, Sora allows users to create short videos using simple prompts. With this

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State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

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After a string of disturbing mental health incidents involving AI chatbots, a group of state attorneys general sent a letter to the AI industry’s top companies, with a warning to fix “delusional outputs” or risk being in breach of state law.  The letter, signed by dozens of AGs from U.S. states and territories with the

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Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’

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It’s been quite the year for Coreweave. In March, the AI cloud infrastructure provider went public in one of the biggest and most anticipated IPOs of the year that didn’t live up to its hype. Another setback took place in October, when a planned acquisition of the cloud provider’s business partner, Core Scientific, faltered due

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Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup

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Anysphere, the company that makes AI coding assistant darling Cursor, isn’t thinking about an IPO any time soon, its co-founder CEO Michael Truell said onstage Monday at Fortune’s AI Brainstorming conference. After reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue in November and raising $2.3 billion at a $29.3 billion valuation last month, Truell said his company

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OpenAI, Anthropic and Block join new Linux Foundation effort to standardize the AI agent era

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As AI moves beyond chatbots and towards systems that can take actions, the Linux Foundation is launching a new group dedicated to keeping AI agents from splintering into a mess of incompatible, locked-down products.  The group, dubbed the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), will act as a neutral home for open-source projects related to AI agents.

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