Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses face growing backlash over privacy concerns and misuse, leading some creators and early adopters to stop using them or limit use in public. Reports of intimate image revie…
AI Appreciation Day on July 16 is criticized as a marketing stunt that does not warrant celebration, with the author urging people to support local artists, enjoy nature, and connect with friends inst…
Phoebe Gates' AI shopping app Phia reportedly used cookie stuffing to claim unearned affiliate sales, according to investigations by researcher Ben Edelman, Bloomberg, and Capital One Shopping. The br…
OpenAI's head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, is leaving the company as part of a reorganization that merges safety and research teams under a new vice president, Mia Glaese. The restructuring f…
Meta deactivated a Muse Image feature that let users generate AI images of any public Instagram account by @-mentioning them, after feedback that the capability 'missed the mark.' The feature required…
OpenAI is deprecating its standalone Atlas browser but integrating its features into the ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension, effectively merging browsing capabilities with its AI assistant. The …
Microsoft's carbon emissions rose 25% year over year in 2025, driven by AI data center expansion, moving the company further from its 2030 carbon-negative goal. The company admitted sustainability sol…
The US Federal Reserve appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to a task force assessing AI's economic impact on jobs, days after she announced 3,200 layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division. Critics question th…
OpenAI released ChatGPT Work, a new productivity agent that integrates ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent, and a web browser into a single desktop app. The tool, powered by GPT-5.6 models, supports task …
Google is adding transparency disclosures to AI-generated ads on its Search, YouTube, and Discover platforms. The My Ad Center panel will automatically label ads created with Google's AI tools, and ad…
Anthropic released a new Reflect dashboard for its Claude chatbot that provides users with usage summaries, topic breakdowns, and AI fluency recommendations to help them use the tool more efficiently …
SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5, its first model trained with AI company Cursor, claiming it excels at coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work. The model is now the default for the Grok Build coding agen…
OpenAI released two new voice models, GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, for ChatGPT that use a duplex architecture to allow simultaneous input and output, enabling natural interruptions and acknowledgem…
Apple pledged to buy $30 billion of Broadcom's US-made chips, with $1.5 billion allocated to upgrade a Broadcom facility in Colorado. The deal aims to produce 15 billion US-made chips for Apple produc…
The US government is preparing to investigate and potentially restrict American companies' use of Chinese-made AI models, citing concerns that they advance Beijing's narratives and censor dissent. The…
OpenAI received permission from the Trump administration to publicly launch GPT-5.6 and its three variants—Sol, Luna, and Terra—on July 9, after submitting the models for government review and additio…
Meta announced it will disable the camera on its AI glasses if the recording LED is tampered with, and will take legal action against businesses advertising LED tampering services. The company is roll…
Meta released a web-based detection tool that identifies images and videos created with its new Muse Image model by checking for invisible Content Seal watermarks, which persist even after cropping or…
Meta launched Muse Image, its first AI image model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, now available in the US through Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The model generates and edits images from complex…
Anthropic released an update to its Claude Cowork AI that lets users monitor and manage tasks on their computer from their phone via the Claude app on Android and iOS. The update also enables backgrou…