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How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

April 04, 2026

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood  —  India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages.



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Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

April 04, 2026

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning  —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.



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VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

April 04, 2026

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024  —  Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams



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OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

April 03, 2026

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks  —  OpenAI's chief operating officer is shifting into a new role and two other top executives are going on leave due to health reasons …



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Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

April 03, 2026

Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers  —  AI models from the tech giants constantly need new training data.  This $10 billion startup is on the hunt for fresh resources.



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Sources: SpaceX is floating a $2T+ valuation to prospective investors in its IPO; SpaceX's acquisition of xAI reportedly valued the combined company at $1.25T (Bloomberg)

April 02, 2026

Bloomberg:
Sources: SpaceX is floating a $2T+ valuation to prospective investors in its IPO; SpaceX's acquisition of xAI reportedly valued the combined company at $1.25T  —  SpaceX boosted its target IPO valuation above $2 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter, as the world's …



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The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)

April 02, 2026

Alex Harring / CNBC:
The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets  —  A federal commission on Wednesday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.



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