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Epic Games quietly pivoting an unannounced Disney shooter to AI-driven development feels less like a creative leap and more like a stress test for the entire pipeline. That shift lands hard while OpenAI negotiates to license Sora to a Katzenberg-led film startup. Meanwhile Google restricts Gemini 2.0 Flash access exclusively to AI Ultra subscribers, turning model upgrades into premium gated content even as Meta’s Muse Wonder Full hits a 56 benchmark score and lifts its stock by 3%. On the infrastructure side NVIDIA launched OpenShell to sandbox autonomous agents, providing the safety rails ByteDance needs for its new interactive world models. The US government also secured $2.4 billion in AI compute commitments from major tech firms, ensuring the hardware keeps up with the software hype. Z.ai entered the fray with GLM-Legal for contract review.