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Disney’s Adobe AI Deal Turns Artists’ Sketches Into Concept Art

Disney and Adobe are developing private AI models trained on Disney properties, with Imagineering already using tools that turn sketches into concept art.

November 11, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Naive AI Raised $400 Million to Build a Model It Won’t Pre-Train

Naive AI, founded in Beijing in February 2026 by Tsinghua professor Dai Jifeng, has raised $400 million from Tencent and HSG at a $1.42 billion valuation. The company is not pre-training from scratch, betting that refining an existing open-weight model

September 20, 2026

by Technology Desk

Alibaba Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash agentic omnimodal AI model interface on a screen

Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash: One Model That Hears, Sees and Acts

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, its first model built around agentic workflows, on September 18. The

Nvidia and Hugging Face partnership announcement graphic for $12.93 billion acquisition

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion and Promises to Keep It Open

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the hub for 3 million AI models and 18 million developers, for $12.93 billion. CEO Jensen Huang pledges the platform stays open for all hardware

September 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Higgsfield AI Series B funding $400 million DST Global Goldman Sachs

Higgsfield Raises $400 Million as AI Video Moves from Cannes to the Fortune 500

Higgsfield raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation from DST Global and Goldman Sachs Alternatives, disclosing $700 million in annualized revenue and 390 Fortune 500 clients. The round signals that AI-generated

August 18, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

What Technologies Do People Need to Get by These Days? The Answer Is: It Depends

With so much tech news flying in our faces every day, it is only natural that we might throw our hands up in exasperation from all the possibilities. Yes, gaming technology is

July 29, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Features·Technology

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Gemini Nears Billion Users as Google Expands Spark AI Agent Globally

Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed Gemini's monthly active users have nearly tripled to 950 million as the company expands Gemini Spark, a personalized AI agent, to users in the US and internationally.

July 24, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Moonshot AI Kimi K3 and Alibaba Qwen models marking new phase in China AI competition

China’s Moonshot AI Pauses Kimi K3 Subscriptions as Demand Overwhelms GPU Capacity

Beijing startup Moonshot AI halted new subscriptions for its Kimi K3 model after demand surged sixfold within days of launch, overwhelming GPU compute capacity, as the company simultaneously pursues a $30 billion

July 21, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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European Parliament Builds Internal AI Platform with OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Mistral

The European Parliament launched EPGenAI Hub, a closed generative AI platform for 10,500 staff using models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Mistral. About 2,100 staff already use AI daily, but there are

July 20, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

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Zoox Issues Fourth Recall in 16 Months After Robotaxi Blinded by Wildfire Smoke

Amazon's Zoox robotaxi stopped at an active wildfire scene in June, blinded by heavy smoke, triggering the company's fourth NHTSA software recall in 16 months. NHTSA Administrator Morrison called the failure a

July 20, 2026

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Ben Affleck co-founder of InterPositive AI filmmaking startup acquired by Netflix

Netflix Pays $587 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Filmmaking Startup InterPositive

Netflix is acquiring InterPositive, Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup, for $587 million in cash. The deal comes as more than 300 Netflix titles have incorporated generative AI, but leaves unresolved how talent

July 20, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Entertainment·News·Technology

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Basketball Costs $70 and Comes With a Brand Strategy

OpenAI has launched a consumer merchandise line featuring a $70 ChatGPT basketball and a $230 mini keyboard as part of its Pause. Play. Prompt. campaign, signaling its ambitions to build a lifestyle

July 17, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Roblox Build AI game creation tool interface on mobile

Roblox’s New AI Tool Lets Anyone Create a Playable Game With a Text Prompt

Roblox launched Build, an AI-powered game creation tool that converts text prompts into playable games without coding, entering public alpha in New Zealand on July 28. The platform joins Google, Microsoft, and

July 17, 2026

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Disney’s Adobe AI Deal Turns Artists’ Sketches Into Concept Art

Naive AI Raised $400 Million to Build a Model It Won’t Pre-Train

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion and Promises to Keep It Open

Higgsfield Raises $400 Million as AI Video Moves from Cannes to the Fortune 500

What Technologies Do People Need to Get by These Days? The Answer Is: It Depends

Gemini Nears Billion Users as Google Expands Spark AI Agent Globally

China’s Moonshot AI Pauses Kimi K3 Subscriptions as Demand Overwhelms GPU Capacity

European Parliament Builds Internal AI Platform with OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Mistral

Zoox Issues Fourth Recall in 16 Months After Robotaxi Blinded by Wildfire Smoke

Netflix Pays $587 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Filmmaking Startup InterPositive

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Basketball Costs $70 and Comes With a Brand Strategy

Roblox’s New AI Tool Lets Anyone Create a Playable Game With a Text Prompt

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