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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…
Google pulled its Google Earth AI image generator within 24 hours of its July 30, 2026 launch after researchers demonstrated it could fabricate photorealistic images of bomb craters near the Kremlin, nuclear explosions a…
Educators warn that the debate over generative AI in higher education has focused too much on cheating and not enough on student learning, with Georgia Institute of Technology Regents' Professor Amy Bruckman telling Fox …
Google removed its AI-powered satellite image generator from Google Earth after less than one day online, citing policy-level concerns over potential misuse for misinformation and legal risks. The tool, which synthesized…
Security researcher Michael Bargury demonstrated a self-spreading worm that hides prompt injections inside Word documents and hijacks Microsoft Copilot, automatically spreading to new files when reused. Microsoft confirm…
ByteDance released Seedance 2.5, an AI video model that generates video and audio together, producing clips up to 30 seconds long—three times longer than Google's Gemini Omni Flash. The model accepts dozens of reference …
Google's April 2026 Gemini Drop expands the Gemini app with native macOS support, NotebookLM integration, and new chat organization features, positioning Gemini as a cross-platform connective layer. The update also intro…
A $2 million publishing deal for Jerry Falade's debut crime novel 'Call Me I'll Hide the Body' collapsed after literary agents withdrew the manuscript, citing an inability to authenticate how it evolved, raising concerns…
Google has rolled back its AI image generation feature in Google Earth after one day, citing policy violations and the need for stronger guardrails. The company stated that generated images were watermarked as AI and did…
DeepSeek released V4 Flash, a coding model that performs near Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 but costs about 28 cents per output unit versus $25 on Opus 4.8, a 99% discount, accelerating the commoditization of AI. The relea…
Snap Inc. announced that Snapchat will ban AI-generated content from its Spotlight feed, joining LinkedIn, Substack, and TikTok in addressing the proliferation of low-quality AI slop on social media platforms.
Charlie Stross, a science fiction author, published a blog post on August 2026 explaining why he does not use artificial intelligence in his writing process, citing concerns about originality and the nature of creativity…
A federal judge denied Elon Musk's xAI emergency request to block Minnesota's pioneering law targeting AI 'nudification' tools, allowing the measure to take effect on Saturday while the legal challenge continues. US Dist…
MiskaKan released thinair, a Python library that integrates large language models into the Python runtime by allowing developers to create probabilistic objects, where undefined attributes and methods are filled by an LL…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticized Google's AI Overviews during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call, stating that the feature has not yet delivered the positive impact of traditional search results and that businesses a…
XAI rolled out an upgrade to Grok Imagine on August 1, adding multi-channel audio references for voice consistency, native 1080p video output, and support for up to seven image references, available to paid subscribers. …
A developer has released a free, open-source, local-first AI prompt engineering tool called 'AI Prompt Gen' that runs entirely in the browser and teaches users why each prompt field matters. The tool supports text, image…