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A personal essay by Victoria Krakovna describes using AI models, including Claude Opus 5 and Fable, to analyze a decade of personal notes, worksheets, and therapy records, uncovering persistent patterns such as sleep, an…
A family archive of over 100 letters, half in English cursive and half in Yiddish, was found in Vancouver and transcribed and translated using AI, revealing the correspondence of Sam and Dora Diamondstein from 1900 to 19…
A federal judge in San José refused xAI's attempt to compel four women suing the company over sexualised deepfakes generated with Grok to reveal their real names, allowing the case to proceed under pseudonyms and rejecti…
A synthesis of three studies involving more than 480 learners, co-authored by Rónan Fulton, Alana McCarthy, and Michael Hogan, finds that the effectiveness of AI in team collaboration depends more on interpersonal trust …
On July 16, Beijing-based Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight AI model, which independent accounts call the largest ever built. Three days later, Moonshot paused new signups due to demand n…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promoted ChatGPT Work as a tool for parents to generate personalized podcasts for their children's school commutes, drawing criticism from 'Gravity Falls' creator Alex Hirsch, whose retort 'What if …
Researchers at Princeton University, led by Professor Ken Norman, have developed a system that reconstructs images from brain activity measured by fMRI in real time, producing reconstructions about 15 seconds after viewi…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested on X that parents use ChatGPT to generate daily podcasts about their children's activities and interests, prompting backlash from users including Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch, whose r…
HiveWeaver, an AI-powered radio station, broadcasts live shows with a real-time comic that visualizes the thoughts of its AI presenters as they speak. The station offers a full schedule of programs, from morning shows to…
Google has expanded personalized image generation in Gemini to eligible users across the United States, connecting Nano Banana 2 image generation with opt-in Personal Intelligence context. The feature allows users to cre…
Snap Inc. announced that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation on Spotlight, the short-video feed in Snapchat, effective this month, to reward authentic human-made content. The company …
A new essay argues that people dislike generative AI output because AI models lack a personal narrative and agency, making their creations feel devoid of intrinsic value. The author contends that unlike fictional AI char…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced widespread criticism on X after suggesting parents could connect family calendars to ChatGPT to generate a daily podcast about their children's lives for the school drive. The post drew about …
Google's AI Overviews now appear on 43% of search results, up from 15%, according to an analysis by an unnamed author. The increase reflects broader eligibility and quality improvements, and it signals Google's aggressiv…
Researchers introduced Explorative Modeling (XM), a new generative modeling paradigm that improves existing models across images, video, and language by adding exploration as a third pretraining axis. XMs achieve 6.2× sa…
Google released an AI feature in Google Earth on Thursday that let users generate fake images, leading to viral fakes such as a nuclear plant in Iran and a plane crashing into One World Trade Center. After online backlas…
Codeberg, a Git code hosting platform, has banned projects that consist mostly of generative-AI-written code, sparking debate. The decision highlights a gap in the open-source space: while many Git hosting alternatives e…
GEMA, the German collecting society for composers, lyricists and music publishers, won most of its lawsuit against AI music startup Suno on July 31, 2026, when the Munich Regional Court I ruled that Suno infringed GEMA's…
Google's Gemini Apps now support personal avatars that can be referenced in prompts for generating images and videos, enabling creators to reuse a consistent identity across outputs. The feature, which requires a Google …
Gavin Shapiro, a New York City-based digital artist, created Firewood Splitting Simulator, a free vibecoded game that lets players split logs with a mouse, and it has become addictive. Shapiro 3D scanned his stump, ax, a…