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OpenAI says it is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200K as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT; two sources say their firms were pitched lower amounts (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/exclusive-openai-confirms-20…

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI Confirms $200,000 Minimum Commitment for ChatGPT Ads
For some brands, ad testing starts as early as February 6.

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Denver-based Northslope, which builds customized AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22M Series A led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/01/29/exclu…

Exclusive: Applied AI startup Northslope secures $22M
Palantir-native AI startup scales custom software

Source: CBS News may cut ties with new contributor Peter Attia, a wellness expert, after the latest trove of Epstein emails revealed Attia's Epstein links (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/peter-attia-epstein-cbs-param…

CBS News Expected to Cut Ties With Contributor Peter Attia Over Epstein Links | Exclusive
Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss announced Peter Attia’s hiring last week as part of her new vision for the network, but since then he appeared in the Epstein files.

Runway launches Gen 4.5, a new text-to-video AI model that produces HD videos from written prompts and excels at physics; Gen 4.5 tops Video Arena's leaderboard (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/runway-gen-4-5-video-model-google-open-ai.h…

Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark
Gen 4.5, a new AI model that allows users to generate high-definition videos based on written prompts.

Memo: Adam Mosseri asks Instagram US staff to return to office five days a week, starting February; sources: it's the first such RTO mandate for a big Meta unit (Alex Heath/Sources)

Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.

Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deal

Exclusive: Indigo raises $50M for medical liability insurance
The company is open to M&A that would help it enter credentialing or tucking in competitors that add scale.

Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future (Dan Wang)
https://danwang.co/2025-letter/

2025 letter | Dan Wang
Corgis, compute, Cold War; Ecclesiastes; ties; Stendhal; humor; Pascal's Wager; deep infrastructure; Germanic obedience; Texas State Fair

CNN partners with Kalshi to use the company's real-time prediction data in its reporting, for on-air data tickers, fact-checking, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/cnn-kalshi-prediction-market-data

Exclusive: CNN strikes prediction data partnership with Kalshi
The collaboration marks the first major news partnership for Kalshi.