Director Timur Bekmambetov says he is exploring ways to utilize AI tools in his work.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-16
Timur Bekmambetov AI tools
How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood: some oppose all AI use while others like director Timur Bekmambetov say they are exploring ways to utilize AI tools
Bloomberg · 2025-12-16 · #26
In a Stratechery Q&A, RJ Scaringe discussed autonomy, AI, EVs, chips, CarPlay, production challenges, the VW partnership, and related topics.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
RJ Scaringe autonomy AI EVs chips CarPlay production challenges VW partnership
Q&A with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on founding Rivian in 2009, production challenges, the VW partnership, autonomy, AI, EVs, chips, CarPlay, and more
Stratechery · 2025-12-16 · #6
Adobe adds image and video models from Black Forest Labs and other third-party providers into Firefly.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
Adobe Black Forest Labs other third-party model providers
Adobe adds a prompt-based video editor to its Firefly app that uses Runway's Aleph model, and adds image and video models from Black Forest Labs and others
TechCrunch · 2025-12-16 · #9
Rivian has a partnership with Volkswagen (discussed in the interview).
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-16
Rivian Volkswagen
Q&A with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on founding Rivian in 2009, production challenges, the VW partnership, autonomy, AI, EVs, chips, CarPlay, and more
Stratechery · 2025-12-16 · #6
A startup incubator in Skövde helps foster video game startups that contribute to the city's game output.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Skövde startup incubator video game startups
How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, churns out world-famous video games via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator
The Guardian · 2025-12-15 · #35
The University of Skövde offers a degree for game developers that contributes to the local games industry.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
University of Skövde game developers
How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, churns out world-famous video games via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator
The Guardian · 2025-12-15 · #35
Outset develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Outset Microsoft other companies
Outset, which develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys, raised a $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures
Axios · 2025-12-14 · #11
Oracle has entered a large 'Stargate' deal with OpenAI to provide services/infrastructure, positioning Oracle at the center of the AI boom.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Oracle OpenAI
How Oracle's massive Stargate deal with OpenAI has pushed Oracle to the center of the AI boom, turning its market cap into a barometer on AI sentiment
Bloomberg · 2025-12-14 · #23
ASML's machines are needed to manufacture the AI chips that power ChatGPT and other models.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
ASML AI chips ChatGPT
A profile of ASML, Europe's most valuable company, as it prepares for a transition to High NA EUV, with high-volume manufacturing expected in 2027 and 2028
Bloomberg · 2025-12-14 · #5
ASML is reported as the only company capable of making the machines required to manufacture NVIDIA's AI chips.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
ASML Nvidia's AI chips
A profile of ASML, Europe's most valuable company, as it prepares for a transition to High NA EUV, with high-volume manufacturing expected in 2027 and 2028
Bloomberg · 2025-12-14 · #5
Oracle is one of the companies constructing data centers for OpenAI as part of its infrastructure commitments related to the Stargate arrangement.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Oracle OpenAI
How Oracle's massive Stargate deal with OpenAI has pushed Oracle to the center of the AI boom, turning its market cap into a barometer on AI sentiment
Bloomberg · 2025-12-14 · #23
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal will boost Sora.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
OpenAI Disney Sora
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok
Financial Times · 2025-12-13 · #12
OpenAI adopts Anthropic's 'skills' mechanism in its ChatGPT and Codex products.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
OpenAI Anthropic skills mechanism ChatGPT Codex
OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's “skills” mechanism in ChatGPT and Codex; ChatGPT's skills include creating and modifying spreadsheets, docx files, and PDFs
Simon Willison's Weblog · 2025-12-13 · #3
Bob Iger says Disney's deal with OpenAI does not represent a threat to creators because it does not include names, likenesses, or character voices.
denied 1 article 2025-12-12
Bob Iger Disney OpenAI name, likeness, character voices
Bob Iger says Disney's OpenAI deal “does not in any way represent a threat to the creators at all”, as it doesn't include name, likeness, or character voices
The Hollywood Reporter · 2025-12-12 · #22
Papua New Guinea announces that Google will build three subsea cables for the country in a $120M project funded by Australia.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Papua New Guinea Google will build three subsea cables $120M funded by Australia
Papua New Guinea says Google will build three subsea cables for the country, a $120M effort funded by Australia, amid China boosting its influence in the region
Reuters · 2025-12-12 · #19
Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the Phantom crypto wallet, offering prediction market access to Phantom's ~15 million Solana users.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Kalshi Phantom (crypto wallet) Solana 15 million users
Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the popular crypto wallet Phantom; Dune: in November, Kalshi's trading volume hit $5.8B vs. Polymarket's $3.7B
Forbes · 2025-12-12 · #4
The OpenAI deal grants Disney oversight and control over how its IP is used on Sora, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Walt Disney OpenAI joint steering committee user creations Sora
The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations
Axios · 2025-12-12 · #21
Huawei and SMIC are collaborating as manufacturing partners on the Kirin 9030 chip.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Huawei SMIC Kirin 9030
TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 chip, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and was produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech
Bloomberg · 2025-12-12 · #20
Nvidia's Blackwell chips are used to power the new Taiwanese AI supercomputing data center.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Nvidia Blackwell chips Taiwan AI supercomputing data center
Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center, with Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation
Nikkei Asia · 2025-12-12 · #33
Walt Disney becomes the first major content licensing partner on OpenAI's social video platform Sora under an agreement with OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Walt Disney OpenAI Sora
The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations
Axios · 2025-12-12 · #21
xAI partners with El Salvador to launch an AI-powered education program using Grok.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
xAI El Salvador Grok AI-powered education program
xAI partners with El Salvador to deploy Grok across 5,000+ public schools, reaching 1M+ students in an “AI-powered education program” over the next two years
The Guardian · 2025-12-12 · #36
Google DeepMind will work with Sir Keir Starmer's government to enhance AI use across the public sector.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Google DeepMind UK government
Google DeepMind plans to open its first “automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more
Financial Times · 2025-12-11 · #11
Sei partners with Xiaomi to preinstall its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US starting in 2026.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Sei Xiaomi Sei crypto wallet and discovery app new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US
Sei partners with Xiaomi to preinstall its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026
CoinDesk · 2025-12-11 · #26
Disney will become a major OpenAI client as part of the agreement.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Disney OpenAI
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney makes a $1B investment in OpenAI and will become a major OpenAI client
OpenAI · 2025-12-11 · #1
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year licensing deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Disney OpenAI Sora 200+ Disney characters
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney makes a $1B investment in OpenAI and will become a major OpenAI client
OpenAI · 2025-12-11 · #1
Model Context Protocol is managed by the Linux Foundation as an industry standard.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Model Context Protocol Linux Foundation
A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project from two Anthropic employees to an industry standard managed by the Linux Foundation
The Verge · 2025-12-11 · #10
Stellantis partners with Estonia-based ride-hailing service Bolt (serving 200M+ riders in 50+ countries) to test Level 4 driverless vans in Europe in 2026.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Stellantis Bolt Level 4 driverless vans Europe 2026
Stellantis partners with Estonia-based ride-hailing service Bolt, which serves 200M+ riders in 50+ countries, to test Level 4 driverless vans in Europe in 2026
Reuters · 2025-12-10 · #53
Apple and Google announce a collaboration to create an Android-iPhone data transfer tool to make switching between devices easier and available globally.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Apple Google Android-iPhone data transfer tool
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA
9to5Mac · 2025-12-10 · #22
Startups and venture capital are joining a nationwide push to develop new sources of metals the U.S. needs for technology.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Startups venture capital new sources of metals raw materials
How US startups like Oakland-based Brimstone are racing to develop sources of raw materials that the US needs for tech, an industry China has long dominated
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-10 · #34
Microsoft Research, Providence, and the University of Washington develop the GigaTIME AI model for spatial proteomics and tumor analysis.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Microsoft Research Providence University of Washington GigaTIME AI model
Microsoft Research, Providence, and UW develop the GigaTIME AI model, which they say can analyze tumors in a fraction of the time and cost of existing methods
GeekWire · 2025-12-10 · #51