Generative AI

A developer who mass-produces web tools with AI built out the JSON-based design-locking approach to compare it side-by-side with a design-system approach under matched test conditions. The comparison, using a BMI calcula…

The quality problem labeled 'AI slop' stems from a lack of rigorous review and verification, not the use of AI tools themselves, according to the article. It argues that treating LLMs as vending machines rather than coll…

Content creators face reputational risks from AI, with backlash intensifying over promotional posts for AI companies and heavy AI use in content. YouTubers Hank Green and Cliff Tan recently apologized after fan criticism…

An economist will write an academic paper in six days on a beach in Hong Kong's Lantau South Country Park, using only generative AI for assistance and livestreaming the entire process, to test whether prompt-based resear…

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash, a multimodal AI model supporting text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs with a 1049k context window and 66k max output tokens, on August 13, 2026. The model is available via models.de…

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings said on Semafor's 'The CEO Signal' podcast that CEOs may soon face a choice to cut their workforce in half or expand their reach as generative AI improves, predicting frontier models will …

Adam Lyttle, a developer, posted on X that he used AI to create a Roblox clone populated with AI bots to simulate a multiplayer experience for his son, without telling the child, sparking backlash and comparisons to 'The…

Doja Cat called Tyga a penis for using AI on his album '$tarface' during a livestream on Wednesday (Aug. 12), adding to criticism the rapper faced after admitting he used AI to create '80s synths and a guitar solo. Tyga …

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to acquire Decart AI for $6 billion, a move that would integrate Decart's generative video and interactive world-model technology into the Claude ecosystem. The acquisition would position…

A Hacker News user asks the community to define 'slop' in AI-generated text and code, questioning whether the issue is AI itself or the lack of review and testing. The post contrasts outsourcing work to human teams at va…

A developer built a tool that checks how visible websites are to AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, revealing that most sites are failing at Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). The tool, integrated into W…

Google introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents, with an introductory price of $0.75 per 1 million input tokens and $3.75 per 1 million output tokens, half the original 3.6 …

Alphabet Inc.'s Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new installment of its workhorse AI model that outperforms its predecessor in coding tasks and can generate production-ready code on the first try, but did not announce…

Digital document forgery surged 244% year-over-year in 2024, with digital forgeries now representing 57% of all document fraud, according to Entrust's 2025 Identity Fraud Report. The average cost of a phishing-related br…

Microsoft has begun integrating its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps, starting with a small subset of users this week, as part of a push toward a super app featuring chat, coding, and autonomous functions. The unifie…

Google introduced Sheets canvas, a Gemini-powered feature in Google Sheets that lets users turn spreadsheet data into interactive mini-apps using natural language prompts, available globally in English to Google AI Pro a…

CasaNova Labs, an AI studio for real estate imagery, breaks down the true GPU cost of rendering AI-staged rooms, revealing that per-image pricing in production is dominated by model loading, idle VRAM, and discarded rend…

MiniMax, the Shanghai-based AI company founded by Yan Junjie, released Music 3 on August 13, 2026, an open-weights model that generates complete songs of up to five minutes from lyrics and a production brief. The model u…

Microsoft is consolidating its Copilot apps into a single unified app that keeps the 'Microsoft Copilot' name with a refreshed icon, allowing users to switch between personal chat/image generation and Microsoft 365 work …

Generative video models still cannot match human creativity in pacing and timing, according to a practical guide for AI-assisted filmmaking. The article argues that AI tools like Claude Code and video generators serve as…