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Alibaba launches Wan3.0, its 30-second video model, days after raising $10bn

Alibaba has launched Wan3.0, the latest version of its video generation model, days after raising roughly $10.2bn in a Hong Kong share placement whose proceeds it has earmarked entirely for AI. The sequencing is not subtle, and it is not meant to be, since the company has spent the past fortnight arguing to investors that its capital […]

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SoftBank plans record $6.3bn retail bond sale in Japan

SoftBank plans a record 1 trillion yen retail bond sale, about $6.3bn, the largest by any issuer in Japan, to fund investment commitments to OpenAI. Analysts say banks were reluctant to take the risk, leaving the deal dependent on retail investors. SoftBank has found a lender of last resort for its AI bet, and it […]

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Claude outage hits multiple models again

Anthropic’s Claude AI is showing signs of overload again. On Monday morning, users trying to work with Claude encountered failed requests and a “529 Overloaded” error. The message says the problem is a temporary server-side issue, then sends users to Anthropic’s status page. A screenshot shared with TNW shows the error appearing in the Claude […]

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Galbot Robots Complete 100 Consecutive Rallies Against a Tennis Champion

Galbot says its robot completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against former world number 15 Zheng Jie at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. The rally count, the autonomy claim and the robot’s identity all rest on the company’s own account. A robot spent Saturday rallying with a former Wimbledon semi-finalist. The […]

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Employers are quietly rehiring the people AI replaced, and paying them less to come back

Forrester reports that 55% of employers regret laying off workers for AI and expects half of AI-attributed layoffs to be quietly reversed, with jobs returning offshore or at significantly lower wages. In Europe, a revised directive will require consultation before such decisions, backed by financial penalties. The companies that cut jobs for AI are having […]

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A humanoid robot just beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record, and roboticists are unimpressed for good reason

A robot built by Beijing’s X-Humanoid ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second record. Roboticists point out that speed on a known course is far easier for a machine than folding laundry. A machine has run the 100 metres faster than any person ever has. A […]

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ChatGPT for iPhone now grabs your recent photos with a long press

OpenAI has added a shortcut that surfaces your four most recent photos when you long press the plus button in ChatGPT on iPhone. It lands while Apple’s own camera and visual assistant features stay unavailable on iPhone in the EU. OpenAI has taken two taps out of the most common thing people do with ChatGPT […]

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Harvey’s first in-house model for legal work is here

Harvey has launched Tenet, its first proprietary model for legal work, post-trained on Kimi K3, the open-weight model from Chinese startup Moonshot. The company is backed by OpenAI, whose models Tenet is designed to displace inside Harvey’s own product. Harvey has stopped renting the thing its business depends on. The legal software company has launched […]

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Alibaba is raising $10.2bn and spending all of it on AI

Alibaba is placing HK$80bn, about $10.2bn, of new shares in Hong Kong and says all net proceeds will go to AI infrastructure and capabilities. It comes days after the company reported a 75% fall in quarterly net profit driven by that same spending. Alibaba is going to the market for money to spend on AI, […]

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A lawsuit says Oura’s sleep stages are AI guesses with a coin flip’s odds

A proposed class action filed in San Francisco alleges Oura’s sleep staging is generated by AI estimates rather than measurement, and names Finnish parent Oura Health Oy as a defendant. Oura says it stands behind its science and accuracy claims. The number Oura puts on its own product pages is now the subject of a […]

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