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A structural flaw in dermatology AI systems causes them to perform worse on darker skin, yet patients with darker skin are rarely told this before the tools are used on them, raising questions about informed consent and …
A developer built ImagePromptNow, a free tool that uses a vision-language model to generate detailed prompts from uploaded images, enabling reverse engineering of styles for AI art platforms like Midjourney and Stable Di…
Skyvern, an open-source browser automation tool using LLMs and computer vision, shipped an update. The project, written in Python with 22k GitHub stars, was last updated in July 2026 and offers a Playwright-compatible SD…
A developer built StarDoppel, a suite of AI-powered face-analysis tools with an in-house matching engine in Python, avoiding reliance on third-party APIs. The tools process photos statelessly, delete images immediately a…
Visuali has launched an AI agent for its editor that generates, edits, and builds full layouts on an infinite canvas, now in beta on every plan. The agent can generate and edit images, add text, create shapes and icons, …
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…
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…
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…
The Wardrobe project, developed by the team tandpfun, uses GPT-powered image processing to extract and categorize clothing items from user-uploaded photos, enabling digital wardrobe management. The open-source tool has g…
Deise Yumi Asami, founder of AI-enabled robotics startup Maximo, discussed on The Robot Report Podcast how her company's robotic platform is accelerating utility-scale solar construction by automating solar module instal…
A reverse prediction test suggests that supposedly brainlike AI models may rely on visual strategies the primate brain does not use, according to scientists. The finding indicates that the internal workings of today's vi…
Samsung launched the Freestyle Plus projector, capable of projecting up to 100 inches at 1080p with 430 lumens, for $1,199. The device uses AI for automatic keystone correction, obstacle avoidance, and real-time focus, a…
Public backlash against Flock Safety, a $7.5 billion startup making AI-powered license plate-scanning cameras, has intensified, with the LAPD allowing its three-year contract to expire and other cities removing cameras. …
A series of errors between Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate recognition system and law enforcement led to auto journalist Kevin Williams being wrongfully detained for days and ambushed by police in Plymouth, Minne…
Artist Refik Anadol will project AI-generated imagery onto the Smithsonian Castle on July 17 and 18, using a custom artificial intelligence system trained on nearly 200 years of the institution's digitized collections. T…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) draws parallels between Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 video game and real-world digital rights issues, noting that the game's 2016 depiction of hacktivists fighting surveillance tech and…
Google has expanded Google Vids with a feature that creates AI avatars resembling users' faces and voices from selfies and voice recordings, announced Thursday. The update, reported by TechCrunch, transforms Vids from an…
Elorian, a Palo Alto-based startup building visual-reasoning AI, has raised $55 million in seed funding at a $300 million post-money valuation before shipping a product. The round was co-led by Striker Ventures, Menlo Ve…
A developer built Product Studio, a tool that chains a segmentation model (fal-ai/birefnet/v2), a compositing model (fal-ai/bria/product-shot), and an LLM (gpt-4o-mini) behind a single API call for product photos. The sy…
A developer trained the same two faces on six base models (Ideogram, Flux.1 Dev, Flux.2, Klein, Krea, Z-Image) to find the best base model for character LoRA training in 2026, concluding that Ideogram 4 held likeness bes…