Sora shutdown leaves Critterz at the Cannes market without its model

The OpenAI-backed family animation that was meant to prove generative AI could ship a real movie has missed its festival window, in part because the video model it was built on no longer exists. Critt [...]

Soderbergh used Meta’s AI in his Lennon documentary. Critics hated it. He says that’s the point.

Steven Soderbergh’s “John Lennon: The Last Interview” premiered on Saturday at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Built around a never-before-released two-hour-and-45-minute radio interview that Len [...]

Trump calls Taiwan arms deal a “negotiating chip” after three days with Xi in Beijing

  Donald Trump flew home from Beijing on Friday having told China’s Xi Jinping that a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan is “a very good negotiating chip,” a remark that reframes American secu [...]

France thinks cheap power is its AI edge. Now it must decide who plugs in

France believes its cheap, low-carbon electricity is Europe’s overlooked advantage in AI. A debate has now opened over that power. Should it go to homegrown AI firms, or to the American giants build [...]

How tokenized real-world assets are solving crypto’s counterparty dilemma

Modern derivatives and digital asset markets operate under a persistent drag of operational friction. A recent Nasdaq survey reveals that 70% of global firms experience settlement failures on a daily [...]

Samsung commits $1.5bn to a Vietnam chip-testing plant, with $2.5bn more on the table

Samsung Electronics will invest 39 trillion dong, or about $1.5bn, in a semiconductor testing plant in Vietnam, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Construction has already begun in [...]

Vinted Ventures backs Tilt’s $26M live-commerce round as Whatnot pressure mounts

Tilt’s $26M raise, the first Vinted Ventures cheque into a live-commerce platform, looks like a defensive move against the Whatnot expansion threatening Vinted’s European resale base. Tilt, the Lo [...]

200 economists just admitted they can’t see where AI is taking the economy

Two hundred economists, sixteen of them Nobel laureates, have signed a statement on AI and the economy. The punchline: the smartest people in the room are telling you they cannot see the road. Economi [...]

Palo Alto Networks shareholders have rejected executive pay seven times, and the CEO still earns nearly $100 million

A majority of Palo Alto Networks shareholders have voted against the cybersecurity company’s executive compensation packages seven times since 2015, a record that makes it the most rejected pay prog [...]