OpenAI just bought TBPN
OpenAI has purchased TBPN, the viral online talk show that often interviews AI executives and other tech leaders. The show – which goes live every weekday, often for a three-hour duration – considers channels like Bloomberg and CNBC as its competition and counts OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as well as executives from Meta, Microsoft, Palantir, and Andreessen Horowitz, among its past guests. TBPN host John Coogan wrote on X that the show will be "staying the same." He added, "This is a full circle moment for me as I've worked with [OpenAI CEO Sam Altman] for well over a decade.
Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business
Mustafa Suleyman has been preparing for his new job description for a long time. Suleyman is Microsoft's inaugural CEO of AI, but after the company underwent a large-scale restructuring in mid-March, he's handed off some duties and shifted focus to chasing superintelligence. Though the news was only made public last month, he tells The Verge, he'd been preparing for the transition for as many as nine months – and though renegotiating Microsoft's contract with OpenAI is the thing that officially "unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence," he'd been planning even before the ink was dry. "This has been a long-held plan," he … Read the full story at The Verge.
We’re creating a new satellite imagery map to help protect Brazil’s forests.
In the early 2000s, Brazil faced record deforestation, resulting in biodiversity loss and rising temperatures. To help the country continue protecting its forests, we partnered with the government to create the first highly detailed satellite imagery map of the country’s landscape, showing a snapshot from this period. To create the map, we processed thousands of historical satellite images, removed clouds and corrected colors. This imagery is up to six times more precise than previously available imagery, allowing us to see detailed patches of forests for the first time. Image on the left depicts previously available imagery; image on the right shows new, detailed map created by Google.
All the latest in AI ‘music’
AI has touched every part of the music industry, from sample sourcing and demo recording, to serving up digital liner notes and building playlists. There are technical and legal challenges, fierce ethical debates, and fears that the slop will simply crush working musicians through sheer volume. Whether it’s a new model or a new lawsuit, we’re covering it all to make sure you don’t miss any major developments. So as we dig into the latest in AI “music.”.
Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban
After Anthropic's weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out. "The Department of War's records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its 'hostile manner through the press,'" Judge Rita F. Lin, a district judge in the northern district of California, wrote in the order, which will go into effect in seven days. "Punishing Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government's contracting position is classic illegal First Amendme … Read the full story at The Verge.
Meta is laying off hundreds of employees as it pours money into AI
Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across its company NBC News, and The Information. The job cuts impact workers on Meta's recruiting, social media, and sales teams, along with Reality Labs, the division that develops the company's smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. "Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they're in the best position to achieve their goals," Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton says in an emailed statement to The Verge. "Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted." Clayton declined … Read the full story at The Verge.
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Since roughly the turn of the millennium, Google Search has been the bedrock of the web. People loved Google's trustworthy "10 blue links" search experience and its unspoken promise: The website you click is the website you get. Now, Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it's starting to mess with headlines in the traditional "10 blue links," too. We've found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the process. For example, Google reduced … Read the full story at The Verge.
A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta
For almost two hours last week, Meta employees had unauthorized access to company and user data thanks to an AI agent that gave an employee inaccurate technical advice, as previously reported by The Information. Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton to The Verge that "no user data was mishandled" during the incident. A Meta engineer was using an internal AI agent, which Clayton described as "similar in nature to OpenClaw within a secure development environment," to analyze a technical question another employee posted on an internal company forum. But the agent also independently publicly replied to the question after analyzin … Read the full story at The Verge.
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse
Yesterday Nvidia revealed its latest upscaling tech, called DLSS 5, which it described as "the company's most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2018." Sounds good, until you actually see it. vidia, the tech "infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials," but all anyone seemed to notice was that it turned recognizable faces into something resembling AI slop. Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace got a makeover that would make her look at home in a Tilly Norwood video. The Hogwarts Legacy kids looked like they'd been wrung through an Instagram filter. Even Liverpoo … Read the full story at The Verge.
OpenAI Japan announces Japan Teen Safety Blueprint to put teen safety first
OpenAI Japan announces the Japan Teen Safety Blueprint, introducing stronger age protections, parental controls, and well-being safeguards for teens using generative AI.
Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report
A deep dive into why Codex Security doesn’t rely on traditional SAST, instead using AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find real vulnerabilities with fewer false positives.
Rakuten fixes issues twice as fast with Codex
Rakuten uses Codex, the coding agent from OpenAI, to ship software faster and safer, reducing MTTR 50%, automating CI/CD reviews, and delivering full-stack builds in weeks.