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Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Consider Discord. However, there are AI characters alongside humans. Shapes was founded in 2022 and has over 400,000 monthly active users. The app’s founders, Anushk Mittal and Nouri Dhingra, believe Shapes can address the issue of “AI psychosis.” AI psychosis refers to cases where an individual may develop delusions or paranoia due to prolonged interaction with an AI chatbot or AI companion. Rather than isolating people with one-on-one interactions with AI, Shapes allows people to connect with…
shares of Nvidia It fell slightly on Tuesday after a WSJ report raised questions about OpenAI’s growth goals and the AI complex as a whole.Option traders took advantage of the stock sell-off to make bullish bets that the stock would return to all-time highs.Until Tuesday, Nvidia options were trading at a lower price than they are now. VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)the result of a narrow trading range for much of the past year. The situation changed today as implied volatility rose along with price and traders flocked to the stock with a mostly bullish bias.Traders now expect Nvidia’s stock price…
The Federal Communications Commission disney’s A letter from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Tuesday said the station was granted a license following concerns about the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The letter orders the company to apply for early renewal of ABC’s TV stations and notes that the action is related to an investigation into Disney’s DEI efforts that began last year. ABC’s broadcast license was originally due to be renewed between 2028 and 2031. Disney confirmed on Tuesday that it had received an FCC order to begin an expedited review of its license. Disney currently has 30…
Metaplatform’s stock price is recovering from a slump earlier this year, when investors shied away from the social media giant’s big bet on artificial intelligence. Wednesday’s results will determine whether this recovery continues. The stakes are high. The meta is in the midst of the most aggressive AI augmentation of all megacaps. In recent weeks, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has made major computing commitments, planning investments across cloud infrastructure and custom chips. It’s all part of the company’s plan to spend up to $169 billion this year, most of which will go toward artificial intelligence. Investors are…
Havana, Cuba — During a state visit in 2016, Raul Castro was walking a red carpet to the government palace in Paris to be welcomed by French people when furious photographers began yelling at the Cuban president. “Please! Bodyguard!” the photographers yelled at the Cuban officials who followed Castro and ruined the shot. Then-French President Francois Hollande waved off a Cuban bodyguard tailing the two leaders, a moment that became fodder for the country’s late-night comedians. Such a public gaffe might have been career-defining for any other security official, except that the bodyguard in question was also Castro. Raul Guillermo…
Nelly Korda “has the ability to dominate” women’s golf, says Catriona Mathews, after winning her third major title.Korda achieved an overwhelming wire-to-wire victory at the Chevron Championship, matching the tournament’s lowest 54-hole score before winning by five strokes and returning to number one in the world. It’s the kind of dominating display that was common during the days when Tiger Woods was at the top of the men’s game, and Matthew, the 2009 Women’s British Open champion, believes the women’s game could benefit from a similar figurehead. Mathews told Sky Sports News: “In any sport, for me there’s one player…
The UAE’s withdrawal from OPEC this week weakens the influence of the cartel and its leader Saudi Arabia over the oil market, a development that could be bearish for prices in the long term. The UAE was OPEC’s most influential member after Saudi Arabia. Jorge León, head of geopolitical analysis at Rystad Energy, said that along with Saudi Arabia, it was one of the few member states with meaningful spare capacity to influence prices and respond to supply shocks.Reserve capacity is idle production that can be brought online quickly to deal with a major crisis. Saudi Arabia and the UAE…
Welsh great George North has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of this season.The 34-year-old made his Welsh debut as a teenager in 2010 and began his career with the Scarlets before joining Northampton Saints in 2013 and winning the Premiership. The versatile back joined the Ospreys in 2018 and spent five years there before joining French side Provence. North, who won 121 caps for Wales and retired from international rugby in 2024, toured twice with the British and Irish Lions during his career.He is third on the list of all-time Wales men’s caps and second…
At a U.S. military base in central California, a four-seater all-terrain vehicle roams a hillside path. This is training, but not for the people in the vehicle. This is an effort to train AI models to enter conflict zones. The autonomous military ATVs are operated by Scout AI, a startup founded in 2024 by Coby Adcock and Colin Otis that calls itself “Frontier Lab for Defense.” The company announced Wednesday that it has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates, following a $15 million seed round in January 2025. Scout invited TechCrunch…
starbucks on Tuesday raised its full-year outlook for comparable profit and same-store sales growth after reporting a second consecutive quarter of growth in store traffic.”This quarter was a milestone for Starbucks and a turning point in our recovery,” CEO Brian Nicol said in a video posted with the company’s second-quarter results.Starbucks said global and U.S. same-store sales in fiscal 2026 are expected to increase at least 5%, up from the previously expected 3% increase. Starbucks also raised its adjusted earnings per share forecast to a range of $2.25 to $2.45 per share, from the previous range of $2.15 to $2.40.Concerned…