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Ford and SK On are ending their U.S. battery joint venture

Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry

TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year

Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs

Interest in Spoor’s bird monitoring AI software is soaring

Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap

Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital

Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech

State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

You can now share live video with emergency services on Android

CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach

Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms

OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility