OpenAI Targets $1 Trillion Valuation as IPO Plans Take Shape - OpenAI is laying the foundation for a blockbuster public debut that could value the ChatGPT maker at up to $1 trillion, signaling a new era where AI companies rival the world’s largest tech giants in scale and ambition.

GM Unveils Eyes-Off Driving and Conversational AI, Setting Stage for Intelligent Mobility - General Motors is moving beyond manufacturing vehicles and toward building intelligent companions on wheels, blending eyes-off driving, conversational AI, energy innovation, and next-generation computing into a unified mobility vision. The result is a vehicle that is not only autonomous — but attentive.

Perseverance.ac Launches AI-Powered Continuous Startup Accelerator - Perseverance.ac has launched a continuous startup accelerator platform that blends AI-powered insights with human mentorship to help founders build and scale businesses through daily progress and targeted growth support.

AI Finds Its Voice - Startups are pushing AI voice into the mainstream, while investors weigh in on whether its breakout moment is now or still to come.

xAI releases Grokipedia - xAI released Grokipedia, an AI-driven Wikipedia-style encyclopedia with 800K+ Grok-generated articles, and options to let users submit corrections with real-time AI edits.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will have a ‘legitimate AI researcher’ by 2028 - OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing, with models increasingly able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast, in fact, that internally, OpenAI is tracking toward achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026 and a fully automated “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028.

Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots - Character.ai is cutting off teenagers from having conversations with virtual characters, after facing intense criticism over the kinds of interactions young people were having with online companions.

Visit Flow, sign in, click "+ New Project" and change from "Text to Video" to "Ingredients to Video", and upload photos of your person and background

Prompt: "Using uploaded photos, create a video where I stop typing, look at the camera, saying 'Ready to collaborate? DM me!' Add soft upbeat music and keyboard clicks"

Click "Edit" on the output, select any area to modify (e.g., select the window), and prompt "Add no-smoking sign" or select the background to "Insert robot"

Click "Add to Scene", then "+" and "Extend" to add: "Robot moves out and person gives thumbs up to camera"

Review seamless transitions between clips, click the download icon on the timeline to export your complete edited video

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