Maddy Varner

Senior reporter, WIRED

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    Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits Card

    WIRED reports, from court filings, that Disney hired most of Character.AI's staff and seeks a licence to much of its technology through the startup's chapter 11 bankruptcy, while Character.AI keeps its legal liabilities, including a 46-jurisdiction state investigation over child safety.

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    The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos

    According to the excerpt, Wired reports that the US government's Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to direct millions of dollars to “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. The headline concerns 5-minute videos for “kill chain” AI buys.