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OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court | Equity Podcast

When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push…

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When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back.

That tension is everywhere this week, from OpenAI shutting down its Sora app to courts finally starting to hold social platforms accountable. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what it looks like when the AI hype cycle meets reality.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Would you turn down $26M for your farm?

03:56 Rivals Kalshi & Polymarket CEOs are investing together

10:28 Deals for drones: Zipline, Brinc & Lucid Bots

18:17 Kleiner Perkins goes all-in on AI with $3.5B raise

22:52 OpenAI shuts down Sora

28:04 Meta gets hit with dual verdicts

34:56 Outro

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