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Users of OpenAI's video generation app will soon be able to see their own faces alongside characters from Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars and Disney's animated films, according to a joint announcement from the startup and Disney on Thursday. Perhaps you, Lightning McQueen and Iron Man are all dancing together in the Mos Eisley Cantina. Sora is an app made by OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, which allows users to generate videos of up to 20 seconds through short text prompts. Disney announced that it would invest $1bn in OpenAI and, under a three-year deal perhaps worth even more than that large sum, that it would license about 200 of its iconic characters - from R2-D2 to Stitch - for users to play with in OpenAI's video generation app. Examples of content generated by OpenAI's Sora with Disney properties.

RFK Jr.'s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men's Health Initiative At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a "men's health crisis." Others called to ease men's access to hormones. The US Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal men's health initiative, a source at the agency tells WIRED. Brian Christine, who will be sworn in on December 12 as assistant secretary for health at HHS and head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, called for such an effort Wednesday during a Food and Drug Administration panel on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men. A spokesperson for HHS declined to comment.

Security researchers reveal how 145 browser extensions across Chrome and Edge stores were secretly updated with malicious code to steal user data and hijack searches.

The company launched the video recap feature in November, and it's already getting the details wrong. Amazon's plan to offer AI-generated recaps of Prime Video shows isn't off to a great start. The company's recap of the first season of features multiple errors, writes, including basic facts about the plot of the show. You can watch the recap yourself in the Extras section of Amazon's season two listing in Prime Video. Besides being somewhat dry, the AI-generated recap incorrectly identifies the time period of the show's Los Angeles-set flashbacks as being the 1950s, when they're actually 2077 (the Fallout franchise is set in an alternate history that diverged from our real one after 1945). As notes, the recap also seems to misunderstand the ending of the first season, which sets up season two's partnership between vault dweller Lucy and The Ghoul, an irradiated wastelander with a personal connection to the mystery at the heart of the first season.

It's no accident the company picked a partner it could control. This morning Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing agreement: Starting in 2026, ChatGPT and Sora can generate images and videos incorporating Disney IP, including more than 200 characters from the company's stable of Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel brands. To say these companies make for strange bedfellows is an understatement. Before OpenAI released Sora, the company reportedly notified studios and talent agencies they would need to opt out of having their work appear in the new app. The law effectively froze the advancement of the public domain in the United States, with Disney being the greatest beneficiary. On the face of it, it's unclear OpenAI is getting much value out of the deal.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright declared artificial intelligence the top scientific priority of the Trump administration amid growing energy demands from AI data centers.

A bill focused on how someone's name or likeness can be used after their death was also passed. New York is taking steps to regulate the use of AI in the state's entertainment industry. NY State Governor Kathy Hochul passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday that forces certain productions to disclose the use of AI-generated performers, and defines rules around how someone's likeness can be used after their death. Assembly Bill A8887B, now known as S.8420-A, specifically covers the use of AI performers in advertisements. Per Hochul's announcement, the law requires persons who produce or create an advertisement to identify if it includes AI generated synthetic performers.

Corticosterone is to rodents as cortisol is to humans. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It appears that rats will often indulge in a bit of cannabis if given the chance, according to new research. But just like many humans, some rodents are more prone to the recreational drug than others. As neuroscientists explain in a study recently published in the journal, stressed rats are far more likely to take a hit than their calmer relatives.