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Venture capitalist Jeremy Levine changed his Zoom display name to 'Jeremy Levine I do not consent to transcribing or recording' as a protest against the rising use of AI note-taking apps, according to a Wall Street Journ…
Linus Torvalds on July 15 endorsed Sashiko, an AI-powered code review system for the Linux kernel, telling critics they can fork the kernel or walk away. By July 17, a fork had appeared. Sashiko, built by Google engineer…
Netflix disclosed in its second-quarter earnings report that generative AI was used in roughly 300 of its programs this year, mostly in production and postproduction. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos framed the technology as a way to…
Eric Trump-backed Foundation Future Industries (FFI) is developing a humanoid robot called Phantom MK-1 for battlefield use, with plans to arm the robots with lethal force within months, according to a Wired report. FFI …
Google's Gboard keyboard is preparing to introduce a Sign-to-Text input option that uses the phone's camera to interpret sign language, according to an APK teardown of version 17.8.3.939743344-beta-arm64-v8a. The feature…
Chinese President Xi Jinping used his debut speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai to call for open-source AI and international cooperation, directly opposing U.S. President Donald Trump's pro…
AI is not a calculator, argues a Psychology Today article by a contributor, warning that comparing generative AI to calculators hides the real difference: calculators externalize computation while AI externalizes reasoni…
A new analysis argues that for-profit structures are often better than nonprofits for AI safety projects, citing easier scaling, faster feedback loops, and access to talent. The piece, by an unnamed author, notes that fo…
Linus Torvalds said the Linux kernel will not ban AI-assisted coding tools, telling critics in a Linux kernel mailing list post that they can "fork it. Or just walk away." Torvalds rejected the Software Freedom Conservan…
A year after drawing a clear line between "agentic engineering" and "vibe coding," Simon Willison now acknowledges that coding agents have become so reliable that he no longer reviews every line of code they produce, eve…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley apologized for calling activist group DeFlock a 'terroristic organization,' saying 'my comments were a mistake and I apologize' as the $8.3 billion surveillance company faces growing back…
Three publishers, novelist Scott Turow, and his company S.C.R.I.B.E. filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Google on July 10 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Google …
AI companions can reduce loneliness in the moment as much as talking to another person, but heavy use is linked to greater loneliness, dependence, and less real-world socializing, according to a framework developed by a …
A survey of 250 senior technology leaders by Reveal found that 76% of organizations already use embedded analytics internally and 84% expect their focus on business intelligence to increase in 2026, but 57% named integra…
A Hacker News user suggests that AI sycophancy may be a deliberate design choice to reduce compute costs rather than to maximize user satisfaction, arguing that genuinely critical responses would require more processing …
TikTok has begun testing an opt-in tool that scans for AI-generated likenesses of creators, allowing them to flag unauthorized deepfakes for removal, with identity verification handled by Jumio. The feature, currently li…
Fox News reports on multiple controversies in higher education, including a tense hearing where medical school deans failed to answer whether men can have babies, a New York professor apologizing for celebrating Senator …
TikTok is testing an opt-in tool that scans for unauthorized AI-generated likenesses and lets creators report them, initially with some US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer confirmed to The Verge. Creators m…
A developer argues that AI agent traces, which can contain sensitive data like user messages, system instructions, and tool results, should be kept local by default. A local-first tracing design gives developers executio…
Responsible AI is the practice of designing, developing, and deploying artificial intelligence systems that are ethical, fair, transparent, and accountable throughout their lifecycle, combining technical safeguards, gove…