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Google said Tuesday, Aug. 11, that its Gemini app reached 1 billion monthly active users, up from 950 million in July, placing it alongside ChatGPT at roughly the same reported scale. The company-reported figure excludes…
Lovable, a Stockholm-based AI software-building startup, has raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Menlo Ventures and EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund, doubling its valuation to $13.3 billion from $6.6 billion in…
RuntimeWire, an AI newsroom operated by serial entrepreneur Ryan Merket, beat WIRED by more than three hours in reporting OpenAI's Black Hat security conference disclosure about rogue AI agents, publishing the story in a…
Forbes contributor Anisha Sircar reports that AI-generated videos are becoming more convincing, and outlines key warning signs and practical verification methods to help viewers spot them before sharing. The article high…
A researcher who prompted ChatGPT to generate a breakthrough in a field outside their expertise reports that the AI produced a counterexample to an open conjecture about polynomials with real roots, listed as an open pro…
Agency Agents, an open-source collection of specialized AI agent personalities, has surpassed 140,000 GitHub stars. The project, which originated from a Reddit thread, offers over 100 agents across divisions such as engi…
Google's Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion users, becoming the fastest app ever to reach the milestone and catching up with rival ChatGPT. Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, called Gemini the company's 'fastest gr…
On August 11, the Alliance de la presse d'information generale (APIG), representing nearly 300 French newspapers, filed a complaint with France's Autorite de la concurrence alleging that Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode…
AI music generator Suno has struck a licensing deal with music company BMG, paying for BMG's repertoire and training data use, as it prepares new label-backed models. BMG joins Warner Music Group in settling with Suno, w…
A 22-year-old medical student in India, identified only as 'Sam,' created the AI-generated MAGA influencer Emily Hart, a pickup-driving, Trump-supporting persona that gained thousands of followers within weeks through ri…
Anthropic is adding watermarking to its AI models in response to the European Union's AI law, a move that Ben Thompson of Stratechery criticizes as a terrible idea primarily for philosophical reasons. The watermarking te…
BMG and Suno announced a licensing deal on Tuesday (Aug. 11) that allows BMG's recorded and publishing works to be used for derivative works on Suno's platform, with artists and songwriters required to opt in and be comp…
BMG and Suno announced a global strategic alliance on August 12 covering BMG's recorded-music and publishing repertoire, with participating artists and songwriters to receive compensation and retain choice over involveme…
Kellogg School of Management associate professor Sébastien Martin is using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to replace pen-and-paper activities with AI-powered simulations and Socratic AI tutors in hi…
A developer's essay argues that using LLM coding agents like OpenAI's Codex turns every new project into a brownfield project, requiring developers to understand and work with unfamiliar generated code, which undermines …
AI is automating SQL, dashboards, and ad-hoc analysis, but the future of data analytics is not fewer analysts; it's analysts who lead with judgment, not queries, according to Emma Stowell, Angus Morshead, and Ogo Odili, …
Google is testing a homepage for signed-out desktop users in the U.S. that removes the Google Search button, replacing it with three AI Mode shortcuts: Create images, Ask about files, and Brainstorm. Google confirmed the…
PwC US CEO Paul Griggs uses a custom AI assistant called 'PG's Whisperer' throughout the day, built with two unnamed models, to review documents, test ideas, and pressure-test strategy, saying it allows him to assess inf…
Google confirmed a small desktop test that adds new homepage buttons for AI Mode, including "Create images," "Ask about files," and "Brainstorm," according to Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google. Stein stated the test a…
Labour MP Jess Asato is suing xAI over Grok's generation of sexualised deepfake images of her, arguing the platform's design violates UK data protection and privacy laws. Asato's legal team documented that Grok's prompt …