Major talent agency WME pulls all clients from OpenAI's Sora 2 video generator after the AI tool creates hyperrealistic videos featuring copyrighted characters like SpongeBob and Pokémon without permission, prompting CEO Sam Altman to promise better controls for rightsholders amid growing Hollywood backlash.
Base Power secures $1 billion Series C funding at $3 billion valuation to expand home battery storage systems nationwide, currently serving 5,000 Texas households while reducing electricity bills by 10-20% monthly and providing backup power during outages amid growing AI infrastructure energy demands.
OpenAI's Sora AI video app rockets to 1 million downloads and tops Apple's App Store in just five days despite facing fierce copyright lawsuits from the Motion Picture Association over unauthorized character generation from popular shows like SpongeBob SquarePants and Rick and Morty.
OpenAI reports GPT-5 shows 30% less political bias than previous models after testing 500 questions across 100 topics with conservative and liberal prompts, promising more transparency results soon.
Google expands its AI-powered app-building tool Opal to 15 new countries including Canada, India, Japan, and Brazil, following success in the US where users created sophisticated mini web apps through simple text prompts, while announcing faster creation speeds and improved debugging capabilities.
Qualcomm acquires Arduino's open-source electronics platform while preserving its independence, immediately launching the $44 Uno Q board featuring AI capabilities and Linux compatibility for Arduino's massive 33 million maker community.
AMD shares skyrocket 43% after offering OpenAI a 10% company stake in a multibillion-dollar chip deal that directly challenges Nvidia's AI market dominance, prompting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to call the move 'clever' while his company separately commits $100 billion to OpenAI.
SoftBank acquires ABB's robotics business for $5.375 billion to accelerate artificial super intelligence goals, combining the 7,000-employee division with existing robotics investments to advance Physical AI innovation, with deal closure expected in mid-to-late 2026 pending regulatory approvals.
European Commission launches €3 billion AI strategy featuring two major initiatives: Apply AI Strategy to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across industries and public sectors, and AI in Science Strategy creating RAISE virtual institute with €600 million funding to coordinate research resources and computational power continent-wide.
New AI marketing platform The Brief revolutionizes digital advertising by automating the complete workflow from competitor research to campaign optimization across 20+ networks in minutes, promising to eliminate fragmented processes that plague marketing teams.