Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says companies are moving from renting AI via frontier APIs to open source models as costs scale, with Hugging Face now used by half the Fortune 500. He warns against a …
Anthropic launched Reflect, a beta dashboard for its Claude chatbot that tracks usage patterns and suggests breaks, aiming to promote thoughtful AI use rather than maximizing screen time. The feature,…
Gradium, an AI startup spun out of Kyutai, raised a $100 million seed extension backed by Nvidia to accelerate development of real-time speech models and expand into the San Francisco Bay Area. The fu…
Meta launched Muse Image in early July, a generative AI feature that uses public Instagram photos to create images, automatically opting in adult public accounts without notification. Privacy groups c…
OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas browser on August 9, 2026, and moving its agentic browsing features into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension, according to reports from The Verge and T…
Google announced a new feature that labels ads created or edited with AI in its My Ad Center, visible on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube. The label is automatically applied to ads made wit…
A security researcher disclosed a pull-based prompt-injection attack called HalluSquatting that targets coding assistants and agentic tools including Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot. …
Google is rolling out a feature that labels advertisements made with generative AI, visible in the My Ad Center panel across Search, YouTube, and Discover globally. The disclosure is automatic for ads…
Meta is debating whether to keep the privacy LED off for always-on 'super sensing' AI glasses that would capture images every few seconds and use continuous audio for Meta AI, according to Financial T…
In 2026, reinforcement-learning environments became the most contested resource in AI, with open-source lab Prime Intellect warning that big labs are locking them down and Anthropic reportedly plannin…
Meta disabled its AI glasses' camera if the recording LED is tampered with, but the same week it tested an always-on 'super-sensing' mode that would keep the camera running continuously, and CEO Mark …
Character.AI is launching its own microdrama series featuring AI characters, with an interactive twist allowing users over 18 to chat with and roleplay with the characters. The startup aims to eventua…
Meta announced it will disable the camera on Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses if the LED recording indicator is tampered with, while simultaneously testing prototype 'super-sensing' glasses that capture photos…
Meta released Muse Image, an AI tool that allows users to manipulate photos of any public Instagram account without explicit consent, raising major privacy concerns. The feature, which requires users …
General Intuition, a startup led by CEO Pim de Witte, raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to develop a foundation model for robotics trained on video game data. The company argues that its…
The U.S. government's June 2026 export restrictions on Anthropic's frontier AI models backfired, driving allies toward Chinese open-source alternatives and undermining the strategic goal of promoting …
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generator integrated into Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp, that can incorporate other users' public Instagram photos when their account is @ mentioned. P…
Runway opened its first office in Paris with a 10-person team and a $30 million investment, positioning the hub as a research center for world models and physical AI. The move reflects the company's s…
Meta Superintelligence Labs launched Muse Image on July 7, the first image generator that autonomously uses tools like web search and code execution at inference time, with self-refinement emerging fr…
Meta launched Muse Image on July 7, 2026, enabling Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI users to generate images using public Instagram accounts via @-mentions, with a default opt-in setting that raises p…