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Jay Peters

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    Netflix has signed a multi-year deal with the directors of the recent Super Mario movies.

    Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath will “develop animated series and films exclusively for Netflix, with first-look rights for live action projects,” according to a press release. Their latest film, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, debuted in April.

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    Jay Peters
    Google’s AI world model can now generate experiences based on real world places.

    When making an interactive experience with Project Genie, you can now pick a place in the US and Genie can use Street View data from that place for grounding. You can also prompt a style to change what that place looks like in your interactive AI-generated world.

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    Jay Peters
    Google’s super expensive AI plan is getting cheaper.

    It’s still expensive, though: Google AI Ultra plan, which used to cost $249.99 per month, now starts at $100 per month. There’s also a $200 per month option that includes access to Google’s Project Genie world model.

    The two options for Ultra matches OpenAI’s approach for its Pro tier, which also now comes in $100 and $200 per month tiers.

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    Jay Peters
    Apple’s new hardware chief Johny Srouji is rearranging his org chart.

    The changes are intended to help Apple’s chip teams work better with its product teams, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Srouji got chief hardware officer job after former SVP of hardware engineering John Ternus was tapped to succeed Tim Cook as CEO.