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Sora: OpenAI closes AI video app and cancels $1bn Disney deal
- OpenAI closes Sora video-making app and cancels $1bn Disney deal OpenAI has shut down its artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation app Sora less than two years after its unveiling made headlines for creating realistic clips based on simple prompts. At the same time OpenAI will also wind down its $1bn content partnership with entertainment giant Disney , the BBC understands. OpenAI told the BBC on Wednesday ...

Source: bbc.com
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Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics
- Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout The deal, Amazon's second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company's portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna ...

Source: thenextweb.com
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Ads are coming to Apple Maps, as Apple expands its business offerings
- Topics More from TechCrunch Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps , starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer. The ads will be available to any size business that has a physical location and has already created a business listing on Apple Maps. Users, meanwhile, will see the ads appear next to relevant search results. The ads are part of a ...

Source: techcrunch.com