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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s chief futurist, has told colleagues he will leave the company later this month after nearly nine years, according to a staff note obtained by WIRED. Achiam, a long-standing defender of OpenAI’s safety-focused mission, said his departure was not prompted by any specific reason but was something he had been considering for a…
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Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.
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Jennifer Beals Joins LL Cool J & Scott Caan In ‘NCIS: New York’; Three Others Cast In CBS Spinoff Series
Jennifer Beals has been cast as the female lead in NCIS: New York, CBS’s newest spin-off in its long-running crime drama franchise, starring alongside LL Cool J and Scott Caan. The casting matters as it fleshes out the top billing for a series that is being launched at speed for a autumn debut, forming part…
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Watch Eddie Vedder soak up the glory as Pearl Jam’s ‘Alive’ is played during hydration break of USA vs Belgium World Cup match
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder was filmed relishing the moment as the band’s 1991 song ‘Alive’ played over the stadium PA during a hydration break at the FIFA World Cup match between the USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on 6 July 2026. Cameras cut to the hometown musician in the stands, where he raised…
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Meta rolls out Muse Image, its first Superintelligence Labs image model
Meta has launched Muse Image, the first AI image-generation model developed by its Superintelligence Labs division, which now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram and WhatsApp, with Facebook and Messenger to follow. The model is part of Meta’s new Muse family of AI models, which is replacing the company’s Llama lineup,…
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Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet
Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang has put forward a theory that challenges the assumption that cheaper open source AI models are eroding the business of frontier labs such as Anthropic. In a blog post titled “Everyone is wrong about open source AI in the enterprise,” he argues that expensive frontier models and cheaper open source ones…
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Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models
Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.
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Comcast Split, Paramount-WBD Deal, AI Among Hot Topics As Media & Tech Moguls Hit Sun Valley Confab
The pine trees, hiking trails and white water in Sun Valley, ID look about the same as they did last summer. The media landscape does not. Boutique investment bank Allen & Co. has hosted the conference long referred to as summer camp for billionaires every year since 1983, but few editions have unfolded at a…
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Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with an additional 200 users banned over the weekend before its team identified and fixed the problem.
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‘Enola Holmes 3’ Debuts With 20.7 Million Views in Five Days
Millie Bobby Brown’s Netflix film franchise “Enola Holmes” returned with its third instalment on 1 July, drawing 20.7 million views in its first five days. The total was enough to make it the most-watched title on Netflix during the week of 29 June to 5 July, underlining the series’ continued pull for the streamer. Despite…