The bipartisan group of senators sent letters to eight companies: Anthropic, Character.AI, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and xAI.

EV maker Rivian is holding its inaugural autonomy and AI day in the Bay Area today, and Engadget’s senior reporter Karissa Bell will be attending and reporting from the event live. The EV company is widely expected to make announcements around autonomous driving and AI technologies, alongside updates to its in-cabin features and experiences.

AI spending is front and center again for investors. Oracle plunged Thursday, with top hardware makers including Nvidia and Broadcom also dropping.

Amazon Prime Video has pulled its AI-powered video recap of Fallout after viewers noticed that it got key parts of the story wrong. The streaming service began testing Video Recaps last month, and now they’re missing from the shows included in the test, including Fallout, The Rig, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Upload, and Bosch.

“With advancements in AI, scams will continue to grow in sophistication, frequency, and impact,” the senators wrote in the letter. “In the early phases of a scam, criminals can use generative AI to quickly identify and then collect details on their targets, enabling them to create tailor-made scams.”

Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that the partnership with OpenAI values creativity and keeps creators safe from replacement while giving fans new opportunities for creativity.

And that's why Nvidia, even after its explosive growth in recent years, still might be the most compelling AI stock for the next decade.

Long known for dull back-office software systems, Oracle this year found a renewed purpose as a provider of cloud computing services for the AI boom.