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When AI Imitates Music: What Fans Think About Digital Ozzy

When AI Imitates Music: What Fans Think About Digital Ozzy

Jack Osbourne says the Digital Ozzy backlash was his fault. The stalled avatar plan highlights how consent, credit and creative quality shape fan reactions to AI.
A New Funding Model Emerges As Big Tech Invests In AI

A New Funding Model Emerges As Big Tech Invests In AI

Microsoft offers eligible staff voluntary severance as Meta plans up to $95 billion in stock sales amid rising AI infrastructure costs.
Why IBM’s CEO Is Betting On Companies Running AI Themselves

Why IBM’s CEO Is Betting On Companies Running AI Themselves

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says open-weight AI can cut token costs, but benchmark gaps, hardware use and staffing shape the economics.
Retail’s AI Shopping Debate: Access, Control And The Customer

Retail’s AI Shopping Debate: Access, Control And The Customer

Walmart is building a gateway for AI shopping agents, while Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse. The dispute raises questions about access, data and customer control.
GPT-6.1 Terra May Deliver The Capability You Need At A Lower Cost

GPT-6.1 Terra May Deliver The Capability You Need At A Lower Cost

OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra costs less per token than its predecessor. Independent tests find low and medium effort can also reduce task costs.
50 Signs Checked: What They Mean For AI, AGI, And ASI

50 Signs Checked: What They Mean For AI, AGI, And ASI

A review of 50 proposed signs of superintelligence finds some verified AI advances, but many indicators remain partial or rest on company claims.
ByteDance Denies Seed AI R&D Chief Zhou Chang Has Left The Company

ByteDance Denies Seed AI R&D Chief Zhou Chang Has Left The Company

ByteDance denied a report that Seed AI research head Zhou Chang left to start a company. His status and the report’s evidence remain unclear.
Anthropic Reveals 14-Fold Increase In Growth As It Prepares For Blockbuster I.P.O. – The New York Times

Anthropic Reveals 14-Fold Increase In Growth As It Prepares For Blockbuster I.P.O. – The New York Times

A New York Times headline reports 14-fold growth as Anthropic prepares for a possible IPO, but the metric, timeframe and listing status are unclear.
10 Monthly Chapters On The State Of AI In 2026

10 Monthly Chapters On The State Of AI In 2026

A January-to-October review tracks AI agents, market losses, security incidents, falling model prices and an unsettled forecast score.
The Debate Over Claude’s Ability To Recompile Games

The Debate Over Claude’s Ability To Recompile Games

A Kotaku headline suggests Claude’s game reverse-engineering ability may have been reduced, but the available material offers no tests or Anthropic response.