Richard Lawler

Already riding a wave of hype over its R1 “reasoning” AI that is atop the app store charts and shifting the stock market, Chinese startup DeepSeek has released another new open-source AI model: Janus-Pro.

Last fall, Megan Garcia sued Character.AI, its founders, and Google over the death by suicide of her 14-year-old son, who had chatted continuously with its bots, including just before his death. In December, the firm added safety measures aimed at teens and concerns over addiction.

According to The Information, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was annoyed by the costs of shows like LotR: The Rings of Power and Citadel and has pushed for the video service to be profitable by the end of this year. As Netflix raises prices, Prime is promoting shows from competing services and focusing more on live sports than originals.

In a CNBC interview this morning, Microsoft’s CEO avoided the accusations that OpenAI and Softbank don’t have the money to support their AI infrastructure dreams.

It’s reportedly part of “billions of dollars in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure” that Donald Trump is preparing to announce, with the first project in Texas. Oddly, earlier rumors about “Stargate” included Microsoft and this one doesn’t so far, but their connection with OpenAI has grown more complicated since then.

Marvel Rivals already catered directly to existing Overwatch fans with its 6v6 team hero shooter gameplay. Now, its Spring Festival event will follow the season one launch with a 3v3 Rocket League-style limited-time mode that looks just like Overwatch’s Lucioball.