Google DeepMind has unveiled Project Genie, a groundbreaking AI prototype capable of creating fully interactive, evolving virtual worlds from simple text and image prompts. Powered by Genie 3, this revolutionary system transforms static concepts into dynamic, immersive landscapes that respond intuitively to user actions, heralding a new era in generative AI and spatial intelligence. At its core, Project Genie leverages …
Read More »Tag Archives: OpenAI
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI | TechCrunch
OpenAI, a company already valued at $500 billion, has made it known that it’s on the hunt for another $100 billion in investment. Such a funding round could lead the company’s valuation to shoot up to a titanic $830 billion. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Amazon may contribute at least $50 billion of that record-breaking investment. Not …
Read More »OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch | TechCrunch
After rapidly hitting the top of the App Store in October, OpenAI’s video-generation app Sora is now struggling. New data suggests the app is seeing declines in both app downloads and consumer spending, as the early hype about the AI video social network wears off. Powered by OpenAI’s video generation model Sora 2, the iOS version topped 100,000 installs on …
Read More »Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter | TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI may have a notoriously rocky relationship but as OpenAI experiences never-before-seen revenue growth, Microsoft, one of its major investors, is benefiting greatly. When the software giant reported its latest quarterly earnings on Wednesday, it dropped this rather large nugget in: Its net income increased by $7.6 billion from its investment in OpenAI. OpenAI reportedly has a 20% …
Read More »ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic | TechCrunch
ServiceNow announced a deal with major AI player Anthropic just a week after it announced a partnership with OpenAI. Enterprise workflow software company ServiceNow has entered into a multi-year deal with AI research lab Anthropic on Wednesday. This partnership involves further embedding of Anthropic’s AI models into ServiceNow’s platform for its customers and bringing Anthropic’s AI to its employees. ServiceNow …
Read More »Trump’s acting cybersecurity chief uploaded sensitive government docs to ChatGPT | TechCrunch
The acting head of U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA uploaded sensitive contracting documents marked “for official use only” to ChatGPT, according to Politico. The outlet, citing officials, reported Tuesday that CISA’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, appointed by Trump, triggered multiple automated security warnings that are designed to prevent the theft or inadvertent disclosure of government files from federal networks. Gottumukkala was …
Read More »Anthropic, Apple, OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump | TechCrunch
On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen in the last few days,” referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Amodei focused on the importance of preserving democracy at home, both on NBC and in a post on X that specifically called out “the horror …
Read More »OpenAI launches Prism, AI revolutionizing scientific research
From intelligent bibliographies to lesson planning, Prism integrates AI directly into researchers’ workflows, redefining efficiency. Web Desk January 28, 2026 OpenAI has launched Prism, an innovative AI-driven platform poised to transform the landscape of scientific research, akin to the impact that coding agents like Claude Code and OpenAI’s own Codex have had on software development. Built upon the recently acquired …
Read More »Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B | TechCrunch
Anthropic has doubled the amount of VC funding it aims to raise, the FT reports, increasing the target from $10 billion to $20 billion. The round, expected to close soon, will give the company a valuation of $350 billion, sources told the FT. Anthropic, which makes the popular AI Claude and the equally popular Claude Code, decided to double its …
Read More »Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump | TechCrunch
On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen in the last few days,” referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Amodei focused on the importance of preserving democracy at home, both on NBC and in a post on X that specifically called out “the horror …
Read More »
The Republic News News for Everyone | News Aggregator