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The OpenAI Startup Fund discloses its biggest SPV yet, but is staying quiet on what it’s for.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced that it’s sending the first round of payments to consumers tricked by Fortnite maker Epic Games into making unwanted purchases, with refunds totaling over $72 million. The settlement, first announced in December 2022 and finalized in March 2023, fined the game $245 million for its “counterintuitive, inconsistent, […]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has closed a preliminary investigation into Fisker over complaints that its all-electric Ocean SUV rolls away unexpectedly. The U.S. safety regulator opened an investigation in February after receiving four complaints — one of which resulted in an injury — over the failure of the vehicles to […]
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OpenAI launched its video-generating tool, Sora, on Monday. But the company’s opting not to release a key feature for most users pending further testing. The feature in question generates a video using an uploaded photo or footage of a real person as a reference. OpenAI says that it’ll give a “subset” of Sora users access […]
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Subscribers to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro and Plus plans will get access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generator, starting today — but only if they live in certain countries. A newly published help page on OpenAI’s website listing the supported territories for Sora “on web and mobile” omits all EU countries. On the page, OpenAI notes that […]
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