AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models
Startup Runway has raised a $315 million round at a $5.3 billion valuation, funds it will use to expand beyond AI video generation and into world models.
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Could the Trump Phone be a good phone?
We have long had our doubts about the Trump Phone. Since its very first debut, the device – technically called the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 – has seemed utterly impossible to execute as advertised. The Trump Mobile team has also spent the last eight months rapidly moving the goalposts, changing specs and making increasingly […]
Vibe coding Nothing’s apps is fun, until you try to make them useful
After a week vibe coding apps using Nothing’s Essential Apps Builder, I’m conflicted. I buy into the smartphone maker’s vision for software that adapts to you, not the other way around, but right now it doesn’t deliver. It’s hard to see how this goes from cool novelty to a reliable tool without serious refinement, and […]
The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most
Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees’ to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.
ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads
ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats, as OpenAI announced on Monday that it’s officially beginning to test ads on its AI platform. They’ll appear as labeled “sponsored” links at the bottom of ChatGPT answers, but OpenAI says the ads “do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you.” Currently, ads will only […]
Databricks CEO says SaaS isn’t dead, but AI will soon make it irrelevant
AI isn’t going to replace major SaaS apps with vibe-coded versions, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes. But it could give rise to competitors.
Workday CEO Eschenbach departs, with co-founder Aneel Bhusri returning as CEO
Bhusri said in a statement that the company’s next chapter would be focused on AI.
AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year’s Super Bowl with gen AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or like something worth getting excited about. Though we’ve seen plenty of AI generated commercials before (at previous Super Bowls, no less), this year’s event was oversaturated with them. That’s […]