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What2Do, an AI-powered local activity guide launched in 2026, offers personalized activity recommendations using Claude (Anthropic's AI) with a free Basic tier and a $4.99/month Pro tier. The platform features weather-aw…
A growing number of industry reports and experts identify an AI Productivity Paradox, where generative and agentic AI adoption accelerates output but fails to improve business outcomes. McKinsey's latest Quarterly notes …
A dog photographer lost a copyright case against an AI company that used her image to generate a comic-style version, with the court ruling that the AI-generated output was sufficiently transformative to avoid infringeme…
Pete Warden, an AI researcher and instructor, demonstrates how open-source AI running locally on a Raspberry Pi can solve practical setup problems, such as configuring wifi by voice, addressing the frustration that less …
Google's Gemini Gems are custom chatbots that remember user instructions, functioning similarly to Custom GPTs in ChatGPT, and can be created with personalized settings, file uploads, and default tools. A CNET writer suc…
A practical guide for AI beginners recommends focusing on three core tool categories: large language models (Claude for nuanced writing and coding, ChatGPT for quick tasks), image generators (Midjourney for quality, DALL…
VEED launched Multi-Shot Characters, an AI feature that automates multi-camera video creation from a single source clip, on July 23rd, 2026. The company claims the tool boosts viewer retention and cuts editing time, offe…
Loop group actors, who provide background audio for films and TV shows, face an existential threat from AI, according to Jason Harris, founder of the Looping Division. Harris, who has worked on over 1,000 productions inc…
Microsoft AI introduced MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, two new model variants now in public preview on Azure. MAI-Image-2.5-Pro is the company's highest-fidelity image model, priced at $5 per 1M text input toke…
Tuziyo launched a web tool that lets users compare AI image models including Midjourney, Flux, and DALL-E in a single interface by entering one prompt and selecting which models to test against each other. The platform d…
OpenAI is releasing a major update to the ChatGPT desktop app today that introduces GPT Voice mode, powered by GPT-Live, allowing users to talk through work and coordinate tasks in Chat, Work, and Codex on macOS and Wind…
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8, available for pre-order at $1,199, introduces a revamped cover display with Galaxy AI-powered personalized briefs and Gemini Intelligence, making it the closest approximation to a 'Google Pixel…
Codeberg, a volunteer-run code hosting community, has voted to ban vibe-coded projects primarily developed by AI agents, citing resource strain, environmental harm, and damage to the Free, Libre and Open Source Software …
On July 23rd, 2026, Here launched private AI-powered workspaces for team collaboration, announced by founder Adam Ludwin on X. The feature aggregates dashboards, reports, and other artifacts generated by AI agents into a…
A founder's LinkedIn post was detected as AI-generated by Pangram, an AI detection tool, according to a blogger who tested the post after suspecting it was not human-written. The blogger's own human-written post was corr…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has built ELSA, a generative AI platform available to all 16,000 staff, and Halo, a governed data foundation on Databricks, achieving 85% daily staff adoption within two months…
Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released a campaign ad Thursday that uses AI-generated animation to depict Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and the state's Democratic esta…
Canadian legaltech company Clio launched its AI-powered workspace Clio Work in Canada on Thursday, after the product became the fastest-adopted in company history among US customers. The tool, which summarizes cases, sug…
On July 23, 2026, Sonilo announced the first Sound World Model, Sonilo Sound Effects 1.0, which generates synchronized music and sound effects from raw video input. The startup claims leadership on 12 of 15 video-to-soun…
A solo developer launched Pixanima, a browser-based pixel-art and animation editor with an optional AI assistant, built with Vue 3 and Laravel 12. The editor is free, with AI features as the only paid component, and uses…