OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way of easing tensions with the Trump administration and blunting mounting public backlash against AI, according...
Learn MoreGoogle built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
The Google Home Speaker is Google’s first smart speaker in years. And it’s pretty! | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge Smart speakers have spent the past few years...
Learn MoreAnthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return
After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X, Anthropic said it...
Learn MoreGoogle’s NotebookLM can sum up your research in a TikTok-style clip
Google’s NotebookLM is adding a new way to catch up on your notes: TikTok-style AI videos. The new feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, allowing...
Learn MoreNetflix is using an AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in its Willy Wonka reality show
A new teaser trailer confirmed that Wonka’s The Golden Ticket will premiere on Netflix on September 23rd, following its Squid Game reality show in the trend of creating real competitions...
Learn MoreLibby will filter out AI content, kind of
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. “AI is the new frontier...
Learn MoreMeet the lawyer who beat Elon Musk — twice
“After college, my plan was to come to New York and get a record deal.” | Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Watching Elon Musk fulminate at Bill Savitt...
Learn MoreTidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music but isn’t banning it outright
Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to “protect artists” and “inform listeners.” Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal...
Learn MoreOpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex
OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device...
Learn MoreCongress wants to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans’ health and location information to data brokers – including information people reveal to an AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. In...
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