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Google announced its first new smart speaker in six years, the $99 Google Home Speaker, which ships June 25. The device is built around Gemini for Home, but key features like Gemini Live and Home Briefs require a $10/mon…
Apple's iOS 27 update introduces four new features to the Notes app, including Siri AI integration for generating notes, Markdown copy-and-paste, divider lines, and section links. The update is currently in developer bet…
A user tested Claude's ability to generate Lean 4 code to formalize a ring theorem, achieving a proof after 11 iterations but with five unproven 'sorry' sections. The experiment highlights challenges in AI-assisted forma…
The US Department of Commerce awarded AI startup SandboxAQ $500 million under the CHIPS Act to develop new semiconductor materials, reducing reliance on Chinese supply chains. The government takes an equity stake and roy…
A developer spent $47,000 on Anthropic's Claude Code over 90 days, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of AI-assisted coding tools. The developer's CTO asked a single question about the return on investment, w…
GitHub is reopening sign-ups for Copilot Student, Pro, Pro+, and Max plans over the next few weeks, with new upgrade and pay-as-you-go options for users exceeding their plan limits.
Vbrick has been named a Leader in the 2026 Aragon Research Globe for Enterprise Video for the 11th consecutive year, reflecting its expertise in enterprise video and AI innovation. The company expanded its AI capabilitie…
Kilo has partnered with Swedish AI infrastructure provider Inceptron to offer high-performance inference for open-weight models hosted in the EU, prioritizing data sovereignty and GDPR compliance. The integration allows …
WitnessAI launched Agentic Control, a security platform that provides visibility and control over AI agents interacting with enterprise systems, tools, and MCP servers. The solution offers a single control plane to disco…
Klipy, a GIF and meme content startup, raised $3.8 million from Google's AI Futures Fund and venture capital firms to grow its platform, which lets users create and share GIFs, stickers, and video clips. The company aims…
The AAIF Annual Technical Excellence Awards nominations are open until July 17, with guidance provided for writing effective nominations across three categories: Outstanding Technical Contribution, Community Builder, and…
A developer built a custom AI assistant to gain control over workflow, data privacy, and tool integration, using GPT-4o as the primary model with Claude as a fallback. The project was motivated by the limitations of off-…
A new study from Fractl and Search Engine Land, surveying 1,008 consumers and 150 marketers, finds that while 70% of consumers increased their use of AI tools for search over the past year, trust in AI-powered search has…
Google Vids announced that AI avatars are now available for free users, with the Workspace video creation tool serving 7 million monthly users. Free users get 10 video generations per month, and paid users will soon gain…
Clarecast released its inaugural industry report on June 17, 2026, identifying nearly 10,000 companies at risk of AI-driven workforce contraction and over 1,300 showing signs of a full 'Quiet Restructuring' pattern. The …
Nitrosend launched an AI-native email platform called Email for Codex that operates within AI agents like Codex, ChatGPT, and Claude Code, enabling users to build transactional emails, automated flows, and newsletters fr…
A Pew Research Center survey found that men are more likely than women to use AI chatbots regularly and for work tasks, while women are more skeptical about AI's impact. The gender gap in overall chatbot use has closed s…
A Pew Research Center survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults found that while most adults under 30 use AI chatbots, they are the most skeptical about AI's future impact, with roughly half saying AI will negatively affect socie…
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 29% of Americans associate AI with chatbots, making it the most common technology linked to AI in their minds. Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults say they engage with AI at least s…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and a cheaper MiniMax-M3 agent, named Hermes, built and now run a news site autonomously, with a human setting direction and a git repository providing an audit trail. The founder tasked Claude…