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5 takeaways from CNBC’s investigation into ‘nudify’ apps and sites
Jessica Guistolise, Megan Hurley and Molly Kelley talk with CNBC in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 11, 2025, about fake pornographic images and videos depicting their faces made by their mutual friend Ben using AI site DeepSwap. Jordan Wyatt | CNBC In the summer of 2024, a group of women in the Minneapolis area learned that […]
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A look at OpenAI’s tangled web of dealmaking
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media following a Q&A at the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is everywhere. His artificial intelligence startup, now valued at $500 billion, has been inking deals valued in the tens to hundreds of billions of dollars […]
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How a ‘nudify’ site turned a group of friends into key figures in a fight against AI-generated porn
In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life. While the technology consultant was dining with colleagues on a work trip in Oregon, her phone alerted her to a text from an acquaintance named Jenny, who said she had urgent information to share about her estranged husband, Ben. […]
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Electronic Arts stock jumps 15% on report company near $50 billion deal to go private
Shares of Electronic Arts jumped 15% on Friday following a report in the Wall Street Journal that the video game company is nearing a roughly $50 billion deal to go private. Investors including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake could announce the deal as soon as next week, the report said. The deal […]
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Chinese driverless tech startup Momenta is raising funds at a roughly $6 billion valuation
A car equipped with Momenta technology on display at the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany in September 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Momenta, a Chinese driverless technology startup, is raising a fresh round of funding that could value the company at around $6 billion, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The valuation […]
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How Google shifted from a bastion of accurate information to a steward of free expression
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Google long touted the need for factually accurate information on its platforms, but a letter submitted to Congress this week demonstrates how the tech company […]
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China’s Xiaomi is planning a next-gen phone chip, but won’t release one yearly like Apple
In this photo illustration, the logo of Xiaomi’s XRing O1 chipset is seen on May 19, 2025 in Beijing, China. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced on the evening of May 15 that the company’s self-developed smartphone SoC, XRING 01, will be officially launched in late May. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese […]
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Judge in Anthropic copyright case preliminarily approves $1.5 billion settlement with authors
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved Anthropic’s offer to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of authors, in what will be the largest publicly reported […]
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Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order, Vance says business valued at $14 billion
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order approving a proposal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S. in a transaction that Vice President JD Vance said values the business at $14 billion. The deal satisfies the requirements of a national security law requiring China-based […]
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Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday. “What an incredible community we’ve built here,” Zuckerberg posted on his Instagram channel. The figure […]
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