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Tech / The Next Web ·
OpenAI is adding animated GIFs to ChatGPT with a new image model, Images 2.6. Users can make a GIF from text or a photo and edit its frames. Developers get two new API models, and OpenAI says people now make over 4 billion images a week. OpenAI is rolling out animated GIFs in ChatGPT alongside […]…
Tech / Wired ·
“Most of the risk is actually created by a couple of players building behind closed doors,” Clément Delangue said of the need for open source AI.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Cruz and Trump seem to have no plans to fill FCC's empty Democratic seat.
AI / The Decoder ·
Anthropic is rolling out text watermarks to four more Claude models ahead of the EU AI Act's December deadline. But on older models like Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, API users can disable the watermark by changing a single sampling parameter. Anthropic's response to the loophole? A compliance…
AI / MIT Technology Review ·
Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s largest AI buildouts. But the blue wave that swept the Lone Star State may jeopardize that position. Democrat James Talarico won the US Senate seat against Ken Paxton. Gina Hinojosa won the race for governor…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Pangram launched Pangram Image 1.0 for AI images and the faster Image Flash 1.0 for video. It claims near-perfect scores on its own tests and 98.7% on the DF26 academic benchmark. Both are in its web app and API, and Image 1.0 is in its Chrome extension. Pangram, a New York startup known for…
AI / TechCrunch ·
Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies capture value? And with Chinese open models gaining…
AI / The Decoder ·
OpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company, the startup whose libraries already power the coding agent Codex. Combined with OpenAI's recently launched Git backend Pando, the deal shows the company is building out its infrastructure for developers and AI agents working side by side. The article…
Business / Fortune ·
Chesky was a natural founder but a “terrible CEO,” he said, and fixing that meant losing executives who wouldn’t adapt.
Tech / Wired ·
Upgrade to the smartest Android smartphones. Google’s latest Pixel 11 phones are all on sale at their lowest prices to date, well ahead of Black Friday.
Business / Fortune ·
CTO Alex Holt has deployed agents across sales, recruiting, and customer service. He's also beginning to embrace multi-agent systems to improve workflows across the $22 billion AI startup.
Tech / Wired ·
Mark Lanier led the first social media addiction case to go to trial, winning a verdict against Meta and Google in March. It’s just the beginning.
Business / Fortune ·
Bondi refused to answer many questions from Democrats, instead launching personal attacks against these members of the U.S. Senate.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Google plans to spend $15B in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028 on data centres, cloud operations, water, power and training. It will expand its Selangor campus and build new ones in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, where it is also funding a $160M water plant. Google plans to spend $15B on data centres and…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
It won't win the specs race, but it will actually fit in your hand.
Tech / Wired ·
As flagship smartphones balloon in size, the Enough Phone offers a 5.3-inch handset. Choose between stock Android or an anti-distraction operating system.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Phaze, started by the team behind remote desktop firm Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z. It lets employees and AI agents use powerful remote computers, so companies can share workstations instead of buying one for each person. Phaze, a startup from the founders of remote desktop…
AI / The Verge ·
With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Berlin fintech Pliant has raised an $80M Series C to open its B2B payments infrastructure to AI agents, the company said on Wednesday. Seaya Nova and Speedinvest led the oversubscribed round. Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners and Molten Ventures also took part. The money will fund Pliant’s…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Mario Stifano is chief executive of Galantas Gold, a gold and copper company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto and on AIM in London. He has more than 25 years of experience across exploration, development and producing mining companies. Galantas is developing the Andacollo gold project…
Business / Fortune ·
An internal Q&A filed with the SEC tells DoorDash staff to stay unconnected until the deal closes, which could be mid-2028, to avoid antitrust trouble.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Aformic, which makes self-driving forklifts and carts for factories, raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has more than $34M in orders and plans new robots for building and maintaining AI data centres. Industrial robotics startup Aformic has raised a $6.95M seed…
Business / TechCrunch ·
Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in new funds.
Startups / Sifted ·