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On Open Weights and American AI Leadership
Megaton AI has signed the [Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter](https://aka.ms/OpenLetter) alongside compani
Sora's Demise & The Brutal Economics of Video Diffusion
OpenAI shut down Sora after spending an estimated $15 million a day ($5.4B per year) on video generation to focus on enterprise products and coding tools ahead of an IPO.
Netanyahu's Coffee Video Sparks New Phase of Digital Doubt
A proof-of-life video meant to debunk death rumors instead triggered widespread claims of AI manipulation, showing how deepfake paranoia now shapes wartime information.
Google Forces AI Narration on Silent Ads Unless You Act by March 20
Advertisers have one week to disable automatic voice-overs before Google starts modifying Performance Max video assets
Supreme Court Lets Stand Human Authorship Standard for Copyright
The justices declined to hear Stephen Thaler's appeal for his Creativity Machine, cementing that only humans can hold copyrights, for now.
Microsoft's GRP-Obliteration Attack Strips AI Safety With One Prompt
A single training example can reverse months of safety work across text, image, and video AI models, exposing the fragility of current alignment methods.
Indian "Fake Video" Deadline Hits Platforms
Major social media platforms face an impossible mandate to detect and label all AI-generated content starting today, with experts warning the technology simply doesn't exist.
The $2.5 Trillion AI Video Economy
The industry enters its enterprise utility phase as models gain director-level control, audio becomes standard, and copyright settlements reshape the market.
SAG-AFTRA Opens Contract Talks as AI Video Tools Threaten to Replace Actors
The union begins negotiations with studios amid warnings about synthetic performers
Google's Project Genie: The Promise of Interactive Worlds to Explore
The experimental AI prototype generates playable 3D environments from text prompts, triggering a 15% gaming stock selloff.
Rise of the Moltbots
A brief glimpse into an internet dominated by synthetic AI beings.
Anthropic Bets Models Are Smart Enough To Reason Towards Alignment And Safety
The AI company released a vastly expanded constitution for its language model, shifting from rigid constraints to philosophical reasoning about ethics and safety.