(Reuters) -Videogame voice actors and motion-capture performers have called a strike over failed labor contract negotiations focused around AI-related protections for workers, bringing about another work stoppage in Hollywood. The SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of the Interactive Media Agreement that covers video game performers, effective July 26, the union said on Thursday. The decision follows months of negotiations with...

(Reuters) -OpenAI is venturing into a territory long dominated by Google with the selective launch of SearchGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered search engine with real-time access to information from the internet. The move, announced on Thursday, also places the AI giant in competition with its largest backer Microsoft's Bing search and emerging services such as Perplexity - a search-focused AI chatbot...

(Reuters) - KKR & Co ( KKR ) will take education software platform Instructure Holdings ( INST ) private for $4.8 billion, the private equity firm said on Thursday. The buyout heralds a potential resurgence in private equity activity, following a period of dormancy due to elevated interest rates that had hindered debt financing for leveraged buyouts. The deal for...

July 25 (Reuters) - KKR & Co ( KKR ) will take education software platform Instructure Holdings ( INST ) private for $4.8 billion, the private equity firm said on Thursday. The buyout heralds a potential resurgence in private equity activity, following a period of dormancy due to elevated interest rates that had hindered debt financing for leveraged buyouts. The...