The world's leading AI companies pledge to protect the safety of children online … Rivian offers (up to) $5,000 discount if you trade in your gas-powered truck … and Elon Musk says X will launch a smart TV app that will most definitely actually happen. It's Wednesday, April 24th and this is Engadget News.
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Uber will soon let you reserve a shuttle, Ubisoft is re-focusing, and Netflix will stream NFL games on Christmas Day
Google's Gemini will search your videos to help you solve problems
Ilya Sutskever is leaving OpenAI, Google I/O kicked off yesterday with some big announcements, and X now treats the term cisgender as a slur
OpenAI claims that its free GPT-4o model can talk, laugh, sing and see like a human
A bill may end Section 230 protections, AI-infused headphones with cameras from Meta may be on the way, and Google teases a new I feature ahead of I/O
The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online
Waymo Robotaxis trips are up, the world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online, and App Store developers aren’t using outside payments option
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TikTok will automatically label more AI-generated content in its app
Apple apologized for its tone-deaf ad, Jack Dorsey says Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter, and Nintendo is done paying Elon Musk for X integration
Google DeepMind’s latest medical breakthrough borrows a trick from AI image generators
Is OpenAI working on a search feature for ChatGPT, FTX plans to refund defrauded customers with interest, and Max subscription prices might be going up again
Research indicates that carbon dioxide removal plans will not be enough to meet Paris treaty goals
OpenAI partnering with Dotdash Meredith, Meta testing cross-posting, and Disney+ will start showing live sports
Boom's XB-1 supersonic jet has been authorized to break the speed of sound
‘Digital twin’ chip research institute funding, Meta to rule on ‘from the river to the sea,’ and Proton will scour the dark web for you
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may finally take its first crewed flight next week
Is Jack Dorsey still around at Bluesky, X using Grok to publish news summaries, and Parrots enjoy video chatting
Peloton’s pandemic-era fairy tale is officially over
Huawei secretly funding research in America, the latest Windows security updates might break your VPN, and Audible is testing a cheaper plan
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