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Roomba vacuum cleaner firm files for bankruptcy

Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main maker of its devices will take ownership of the firm.

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US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again

A deal to sell TikTok has remained elusive, despite earlier claims that a deal was done.

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Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes

The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.

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Creative industries ‘incredibly worried’ about OpenAI-Disney deal

The $1bn deal will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters on ChatGPT and Sora.

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Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins

The French-made role-playing game is named game of the year and also picks up prizes for music and performance.

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Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules

California’s governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.

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Crypto fraudster sentenced for ‘epic’ $40bn stablecoin crash

In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.

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OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

The agreement will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters.

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‘Architects of AI’ named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.

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Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue miss

The cloud computing giant’s revenue miss renews questions about its financial health.

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