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OpenAI Film Project, Meta Safety Dispute, Alibaba Robot Bet · Newslit Daily

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Monday,
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  SPEAKER_00: September 8th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you are listening to Newslit Daily,
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  expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to
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  supercharge your
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  SPEAKER_00: mornings.
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  SPEAKER_00: In today's edition, OpenAI backs AI-made animated feature film.
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  OpenAI is backing the creation of Critters,
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  an animated feature made largely with generative AI.
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  SPEAKER_00: The film is slated for a canned premiere in 2026,
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  SPEAKER_00: with OpenAI providing its tools and computing power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say.
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  Meta employees told Congress that company lawyers influenced
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  internal research on
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  SPEAKER_00: child safety risks in virtual reality,
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  SPEAKER_00: while Meta rejects claims it suppressed or altered findings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chinese startup X-Square Robot raised $100 million led by Alibaba Cloud,
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  SPEAKER_00: unveiled an open source embodied AI model,
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  and introduced a new humanoid robot as it eyes global expansion
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  and a possible IPO.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany.
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  Uber and Momenta plan to begin testing fully driverless cars in
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  Munich in 2026,
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  a move aimed at paving the way for a broader robotaxi rollout
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  across Europe.
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  SPEAKER_00: U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: weighs annual China chip supply approvals for Samsung Hynix.
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  SPEAKER_00: The U.S.
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  is considering shifting Samsung and SK Hynix's China chip
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  supply approvals to a
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  SPEAKER_00: yearly renewal system,
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  replacing expiring waivers and aiming to avoid disruptions in
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  the global electronic
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  SPEAKER_00: supply chain.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for today.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.