Wikipedia Wants AI to Pay Up

Wikipedia just told the AI industry to stop scraping and start subscribing. In a blog post Monday, the Wikimedia Foundation urged AI developers to access its content through Wikimedia Enterprise, a paid API that supports the site’s nonprofit mission. The message was polite but clear: attribution matters, and free-riding doesn’t. Continue Reading →
OpenAI’s new AI-powered browser, Atlas, is changing the way we shop, search, and interact online. Tech expert Shelly Palmer joins Fox 5 New York to explain how agentic browsers—tools that can act on your behalf—are transforming e-commerce and the future of the web. Instead of just searching for information, Atlas can find the best deals, locate nearby stores, and even fill your online cart. But should we trust AI with our wallets? Shelly breaks down how AI-driven shopping agents work, what this means for Google’s dominance, and how “agentic systems” could redefine our digital lives. Continue Reading →

OpenAI’s $20 Billion Bet

Sam Altman announced Thursday that OpenAI expects to top $20 billion in annualized revenue this year, with plans to reach hundreds of billions by 2030. The company has committed to $1.4 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next eight years. That's a staggering sum, and it immediately raised the obvious question: how exactly are they planning to pay for all this? Continue Reading →
Apple has finally admitted what the rest of us have known for years: Siri is terrible. According to reports from MacRumors and Bloomberg, Apple has struck a deal with Google to integrate the Gemini AI model directly into Siri and future iOS releases. After more than a decade of living in last place among voice assistants, Siri is about to borrow someone else’s brain. Continue Reading →
Amazon has formally asked Perplexity to remove its “Comet” shopping agent from Amazon’s platform. The company released a statement on November 4, citing repeated requests that Perplexity stop allowing users to make purchases through Amazon. A cease-and-desist letter sent on October 31 argues that Comet’s behavior violates Amazon’s terms of service and creates a “significantly degraded shopping and customer service experience.” Continue Reading →
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and other Japanese rights holders have asked OpenAI to stop using their content to train Sora 2. The request came via CODA, Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association, which issued a public letter on October 27 arguing that replication during machine learning may constitute copyright infringement under Japanese law. Continue Reading →
Greetings from Los Angeles. I’m here at Adobe Max, where Adobe is showing how quickly creative tools are evolving into full AI systems. This year’s event focuses on the convergence of generative media, automation, and agents that create alongside people. Continue Reading →