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OpenAI launched GPT-Live on July 8, introducing GPT-Live-1 for paid subscribers and GPT-Live-1 mini for free users globally, while Google expanded its Gemini 3.5 Live Translate feature since June, bot…

Google is testing a redesigned Search homepage that removes the Google Search button and replaces it with three AI feature shortcuts: Create images, Ask about files, and Brainstorm. The test appears f…

Zishen Wan, an incoming assistant professor at Columbia CS (Fall 2026) and currently a postdoc at Harvard, will present his research on AI-native computing systems, covering workload characterization …

A developer has launched AVS, an AI assistant application, on Render. The project includes AI models, authentication, chat history, sessions, and Google login, but lacks a domain, investors, and marke…

Apple has revealed that its new Siri AI features in China will be powered by Alibaba's Qwen models, a partnership required by the Chinese government, which raises privacy questions. Unlike in most cou…

Meta's Superintelligence Labs released Muse Glimmer, a 30B-parameter local AI model, which outperforms Google's Gemma4-31B and Alibaba's Qwen3.6-27B on most benchmarks, including a 75.5 score on MCP A…

Microsoft's custom AI chip program is back on track, with the Maia 200 inference chip now deploying in data centers in Iowa and Arizona and the Maia 300 already in design. The Maia 200, built on TSMC'…

Google is testing non-clickable sitelinks in ads displayed in AI Mode, a new ad format observed for the first time. The links appear alongside ads in a style similar to traditional sitelinks but are n…

AgentRouter, a non-profit OpenAI-compatible API gateway, aggregates over 30 AI models including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek behind a single endpoint, offering new users $200 in free credits via …

A Berkeley team's experiments show that distilling a strong model's outputs into an open model transfers reasoning structure, not capability, with accuracy drops of 3.2-3.3 points when traces contain …

Anthropic PBC has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and Singaporean wealth fund GIC to create Theseus Infrastructure, a venture to develop AI data centers with an initial …

A developer built BG Remover, an AI-powered background removal tool, in 17 days, focusing on completing the full product loop from MVP to payments and SEO. The project used an existing background remo…

Google is testing blue hyperlinks within sponsored results ads that direct users to the same landing page as the ad's title, adding more clickable entry points likely to boost click-through rates. Thi…

Google's Gemini AI assistant is reportedly responding to ambient conversations on Android and Pixel devices even when hotword detection is disabled, with users tracing the issue to hands-free assistan…

JPMorgan strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas raised his S&P 500 price target to 8,000 from 7,800, citing strong earnings and AI monetization signs. With 87% of S&P 500 companies having reported, 78% beat …

JetBrains has released Chrome DevTools Connect for WebStorm 2026.2.1, a bundled Chrome DevTools CLI skill that lets AI agents interact with Chrome directly from the IDE, eliminating the need to switch…

Meta on August 10 endorsed Texas Governor Greg Abbott's data center standards, stating it pays full energy, water, wastewater, and grid-infrastructure costs for its facilities. The company joins OpenA…

OpenAI's ChatGPT began sending 157% more referral traffic to websites on May 7, with the share of visits landing on brand homepages jumping from roughly 25% to 60%, according to a Similarweb report. T…

Tucker Bryant, a former Google marketing manager now working as a keynote speaker, artist, poet, and social media creator, paid $6,000 to rent a billboard in downtown San Francisco for July that adver…

More than 80 developer teams gathered at the National Incubation Centre (NIC) Islamabad on August 8–9 for the AI Seekho Builders Day Hackathon 2026, organized by Google Developer Group (GDG) Islamabad…