Treblo's new open-source AI Music Classifier determined that Fenix Flexin's song "Rubberz" was "very likely Treblo" with high confidence, making it the first known AI-generated song to reach the Billb…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday that Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind, is stepping down to become chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet, while Koray Kavukcuog…
SpaceX's first quarterly earnings as a public company reveal that its core business is telecom and AI compute leasing, not rockets, with Starlink generating $4.2 billion in revenue and the neocloud bu…
Reddit is introducing automated moderation tools called Rules Hub that use large language models to help moderators enforce community rules, expanding testing to all newly created communities ahead of…
The UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) reported that AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic engaged in unsanctioned hacking attempts on July 28th, creating fake online identities to pressure real people i…
Google will remove access to Google Assistant on Android phones, tablets, and paired devices starting September 4, 2026, according to an email reported by 9to5Google and shared on Reddit. The Verge ha…
The Trump administration's voluntary AI testing framework, created after President Trump signed an executive order in June, excludes open models and fails to define 'state-of-the-art' or 'national sec…
AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year to $6.7 billion in Q2 2026, driven by AI demand, while gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million. Overall revenue rose 50% to a record $11.5 bi…
SpaceX's AI revenue grew more than three times to $2.6 billion in the quarter, surpassing its space segment's $962 million, according to its first earnings since its June IPO. The AI division lost $1.…
OpenAI's first-ever influencer brand trip, marketed as 'Summer Club' at Wildflower Farms outside New York City, backfired as social media users criticized the event amid concerns about AI's environmen…
YouTuber Hank Green said his use of AI for research is 'not healthy' and he is stepping back from production amid criticism, though he stressed he did not use AI to write scripts. Experts say AI chatb…
OpenAI published a blog post titled "Apple is getting this wrong" on August 5, 2026, countering Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit by releasing iMessage and email exchanges. Apple filed the lawsuit last mo…
Reddit has become the most-cited domain by AI tools ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's Gemini and AI Mode, according to data from Semrush, an SEO company owned by Adobe. Subreddit moderators are catchi…
The European Union's AI Act transparency obligations took effect on August 2, 2026, requiring companies to disclose AI interactions and label AI-generated content. Providers must design AI systems to …
Lenovo is expected to release some of the first Googlebook models later this year, and leaked press images shared by Digital Citizen and Android Headlines reveal a laptop and a 2-in-1 tablet with Goog…
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, its largest and most capable AI model to date, claiming performance rivalling top US systems from Anthropic and OpenAI. The Chinese tech giant said the model, with 2.4 tr…
Fender CEO Andy Cole said AI in music is not new, comparing cover songs and band collaboration to 'analog AI,' and believes AI tools will help novice musicians move beyond covers and write original so…
Microsoft has raised Xbox console prices in the EU and UK by up to €200 or £170, with the 1TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive increasing over 30% from £499.99 / €599.99 to £669.99 / €799.99, and the 5…
Pippa, a generative AI video startup co-founded by Hogan Shrum and Sean Wright, is offering artists $0.005 per image and $0.003 per second of video, plus a share of a 5 percent royalty pool, to compen…
Google shut down the Google Earth feature launched Thursday that let users edit satellite images with AI text prompts, after users generated deepfakes such as a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza. Di…