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[ad_1] At ease, Hollywood.OpenAI may be changing its tune about the use of copyright materials in its video-generation tool, Sora.Since launching earlier this week, the new Sora 2 app — which allows users to generate short AI videos from text prompts — has been flooded with clips featuring well-known animated characters and big brands, sparking warnings from legal experts over potential copyright lawsuits.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has now outlined changes that would give rights holders more control over the use of their intellectual property on the platform, which was the No. 1 free app on the Apple App Store on Friday.In a…

[ad_1] Agriculture is a thirsty industry, consuming 70% of all fresh water used worldwide. In some countries, like India or Chile, it can be more than 90%. For Mario Bustamante, who lives in Chile, the problem hits close to home. “Lack of water is a big issue here,” he told TechCrunch. Bustamante is betting that AI can help slash water use in farms across the world. His startup, Instacrops, was originally founded to deploy internet-of-things (IoT) sensors on farms to warn farmers about damaging frost conditions, but as the hardware became commoditized, the company pivoted to software and water use.…

[ad_1] OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora. Prior to Sora’s launch this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI had been telling Hollywood studios and agencies that they needed to explicitly opt out if they didn’t want their IP to be included in Sora-generated videos. Despite being invite-only, the app quickly climbed to the top of the App Store charts. Sora’s most distinctive feature may be its “cameos,” where users can upload their biometric data to see their digital likeness featured in AI-generated videos. At the…

[ad_1] Company: Workiva (WK)Business: Workiva is a provider of cloud-based reporting solutions that are designed to solve financial and non-financial business challenges at the intersection of data, process and people. The company offers its unified software-as-a-service, or SaaS, platform that brings customers’ financial reporting; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) together in a controlled, secure, audit-ready platform. The Workiva platform is multi-tenant cloud software deployed in multiple regions worldwide for assured integrated reporting. The company’s platform is built primarily on Amazon Web Services and is composed of both proprietary and open-source technologies. Its Workiva platform…

[ad_1] EUNICE, NEW MEXICO — Paul Lorskulsint was a shift manager at a brand new uranium enrichment facility deep in the American Southwest when catastrophe struck Japan in 2011.A massive tsunami and earthquake had caused a severe accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Thousands of miles away in Eunice, New Mexico, Lorskulsint turned on the television to make sure his team could witness what was happening across the Pacific Ocean.Lorskulsint knew the disaster in Japan was a watershed moment for the nuclear industry. The plant where he was leading an operations shift had just opened in 2010, after…

[ad_1] A popular technical metric suggests that some of the most high-flying stocks this year — such as Robinhood and Micron Technology — now appear overbought, particularly after this week’s market rally. The three major stock indexes saw strong weekly gains, overcoming fears about the effects of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The S & P 500 gained roughly 1.4% for the week, while the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average has added 1.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up 1.4% this week as stocks tied to the artificial intelligence trade got a boost. But some individual names may have run…

[ad_1] Bank of America named a slew of stocks that are best positioned in October. The Wall Street investment bank says companies like Disney are compelling, with more room to run. Other buy-rated names screened by CNBC Pro include: Birkenstock , CRH , Spotify and C.H. Robinson. CRH The construction and building materials supplier is “more than meets the eye,” according to Bank of America. Analyst Michael Feniger recently reinstated coverage of CRH with a buy rating, writing that the company has a “track record of driving value.” Further, CRH should benefit from easing interest rates, he added. Amid a…

[ad_1] 2025-10-04T10:30:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Two rarely available condos near Central Park are listed for $1.39 million. Pomander Walk, a hidden gem in Manhattan, features unique European-style cottages. Built in 1921, the landmarked area offers a rare real estate opportunity for the next buyer. An Irish immigrant designed a neighborhood on the Upper…

[ad_1] More than a century after its founding, Ford is trying to reinvent itself for the age of electric vehicles.As part of this process, CEO Jim Farley says he’s taken a page from Japanese rival Toyota to help him make decisions. “Every big decision I ever make, I go in person,” Farley told the “Decoder” podcast in an interview published this week.The hands-on management practice is called “gemba,” which Farley said he “fell in love with at Toyota,” where he started his automotive career. Gemba stems from the Japanese phrase “genchi genbutsu,” meaning “go and see with your own eyes,”…

[ad_1] When Connor Diemand-Yauman popped the question to Rebecca Taber Staehelin, he got down on a knee and handed her a rose.His gesture drew the attention of others at the Italian food hotspot in San Francisco, where the colleagues were discussing how to structure their work partnership.”Everyone in the restaurant started applauding because they thought we were getting married,” Diemand-Yauman told Business Insider.What he was actually asking Taber Staehelin to formalize in 2019 was their decision to serve as co-CEOs of Merit America, a nonprofit they had founded the year before to help low-wage workers build skills and reach the…