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Trump Signs AI Executive Order to Preempt State-Level Protections: ‘Companies Must Be Free to Innovate’
“A carefully crafted national framework can ensure that the United States wins the AI race,” the president writes
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Bob Iger Insists $1 Billion OpenAI Deal Is Not a Threat to Disney Creators, Voice Actors | Video
“This will be a safe environment and a safe way for consumers to engage with our characters in a new way,” the Disney CEO says alongside Sam Altman on CNBC
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Tilly Norwood Creator Says She ‘Underestimated’ AI Actress’ Impact, Promises She Won’t Take Roles From Real Actors | Video
“I think people just took some time to get used to it,” Xicoia CEO Eline Van der Velden says of her controversial creation
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Amazon Fire TV’s New Alexa+ Feature Will Let Prime Video Users Skip to Their Favorite Movie Scenes
The new AI-powered feature will expand to TV shows on the streamer at a later date
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Luma AI CEO Sees First Film ‘Significantly Aided by AI’ Coming in 2026
The company secured $900 million in funding as part of Saudi AI company Humain’s investment in U.S. AI businesses
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Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case Over WhatsApp, Instagram Acquisitions
The case, which was initially filed five years ago, centered around whether the deals allowed Meta to maintain a monopoly over social networking
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Disney’s Bob Iger Bullish on AI Use Across Entire Company: ‘Phenomenal Opportunities’
“We see opportunities in terms of efficiency and effectiveness by deploying AI, not just in the production process, but really across our company,” the CEO says
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Kevin Reilly, Former Fox and WarnerMedia Exec, to Lead AI Startup Kartel
The creative engineering company is developing AI systems for Fortune 500 brands, agencies and studios
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Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Partner With ElevenLabs to Produce AI Replicas of Their Voices
“To everyone building with voice technology: keep going,” McConaughey says
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Meta Rakes in Over $16 Billion on Fraudulent Ads While Users Face a Flood of Misinformation | Report
Documents obtained by Reuters show that roughly 10% of the company’s annual revenue is from deceptive messaging, scams and banned products
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News Corp. CEO to AI Companies Scraping Data: ‘We Intend to Pursue You Relentlessly’
Robert Thomson also teased more licensing deals with AI companies
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Protecting Your Likeness From AI: What You Need to Know
There’s no playbook to ensure you don’t end up starring in an AI-generated video, so here are some resources that can help
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MPA Sends Meta Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Using ‘PG-13’ to Describe New Teen Instagram Settings
Meta communications director Andy Stone maintains the company “never claimed Instagram content would be assessed by the MPA’s ratings board”
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How Coca-Cola Made Its AI Christmas Ad With 5 Specialists Tackling 70,000 Clips: ‘Beyond Simple Prompting’ | Video
Coca-Cola released an AI-generated Christmas ad for the second year in the row following 2024’s controversial debut
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Amazon CEO Says 14,000-Person Layoffs Weren’t Due to AI or Finances: ‘It’s About Culture’
“It’s important to be lean,” Andy Jassy says as he touts the tech behemoth as “the world’s largest startup”













