Meta scored a decisive victory in federal court this week. A lawsuit filed by thirteen authors – including Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, and Christopher Golden – accusing Meta of copyright infringement was largely dismissed by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria.| Shelly Palmer
You're running late for dinner, stuck in traffic, and realize you forgot to make a reservation. Instead of frantically switching between OpenTable, Google Maps, your calendar app, and your messaging app, you simply say: "Find me a table for two at the highest rated Italian restaurant in Midtown at 7:30 PM and text Sarah the details." This exists today.| Shelly Palmer
Midjourney has introduced its first video generation model. Called “V1,” it creates 10-second, 24 fps clips from text, image, or mixed prompts. Early tests show support for dynamic motion, basic scene transitions, and a broad range of camera moves. Aspect ratios include 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16. It runs on a mix of image and video training data.| Shelly Palmer
Before 1945, steel was just steel. Then, nuclear bomb tests contaminated the atmosphere, embedding trace radiation into all newly-smelted metal. Today, when uncontaminated steel is needed for radiation-sensitive instruments (like Geiger counters, particle detectors, or space telescopes), they salvage it from ships that sank before the blasts. It's called low-background steel and it is a rare, coveted material. Now, one man is doing the digital equivalent.| Shelly Palmer
OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities for national security use. According to the official DoD announcement, the contract is a fixed amount, prototype, "other" transaction agreement awarded under the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).| Shelly Palmer
Greetings from Cannes. While most attendees are focused on creativity, storytelling, and getting invites to the right parties, Europe is quietly rewriting the rules of tech power at a national level. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been crisscrossing the continent making a compelling case for “sovereign AI,” which has been defined as localized AI models that reflect each country's unique language, culture, and values.| Shelly Palmer
