Generative AI

A Reddit user's post showing a house listing allegedly enhanced with AI has sparked debate, with commenters arguing the practice should be illegal and constitutes fraud. The enhanced image, which adds a perfect lawn, fac…

Microsoft's MS Paint embeds an invisible watermark containing a server-issued GUID in every AI-generated image, and cancels generation if the watermarking step fails, according to a reverse engineering analysis by resear…

Lisa Riley, 50, known for playing Mandy Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale, publicly condemned an AI-generated Facebook post falsely claiming she is pregnant, calling it 'horrendous' and 'sick' given her years of fertility strugg…

Verizon is deploying Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience platform to handle the majority of its inbound consumer calls and chats monthly, freeing customer care representatives for complex needs, and …

WildBrain, the studio behind Peanuts, has acquired Personality AI, a generative AI company known for the 'Hey Peppa Pig' experience, in a deal valued at up to $69 million. The acquisition includes $11 million in cash, on…

Google has expanded its football partnership program, naming Gemini the Official Consumer AI Assistant and Google Pixel the Official Smartphone Partner for Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München, Liverpool FC, and P…

Dr. Dre said in an interview with Jimmy Iovine that he uses AI as a creative tool and called out 'closet AI producers' who use the technology but won't admit it, comparing resistance to AI to the rejection of drum machin…

OpenRouter, the unified AI API gateway, reported a 9,000x increase in weekly token usage since January 2024, growing from 10 billion to over 90 trillion tokens by mid-2026. Agentic AI workloads drove the surge, accountin…

WildBrain, the Canadian children's media company behind 'Yo Gabba Gabba!' and 'Teletubbies,' has acquired child-focused generative AI startup Personality AI in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $69 million. The deal incl…

Google Cloud announced AI-powered Quick Assessments in its Migration Center, enabling near-instant total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling and automated service mapping for enterprise customers and partners. The new Gemin…

WildBrain Ltd. has acquired Personality AI, the company behind an interactive Peppa Pig developed with Hasbro, for US$11 million in cash and one million WildBrain shares, with potential additional payments up to US$58 mi…

Alibaba's Wan3.0 video generation model is now available in beta, producing videos up to 30 seconds long from text, images, PDFs, web pages, and PowerPoint files, doubling the length of its predecessor Wan2.5. The model …

Google's Pixel 11 Pro features a 120x Super Zoom that relies heavily on AI to generate images, raising questions about the boundary between photography and AI-generated fantasy. The feature, which defies optical physics,…

Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership with Verizon to deploy its full-stack AI, including Gemini Enterprise, across Verizon's customer experience, network operations, and marketing. The platform now handles the …

Tamanna Haque, co-founder of GenSight.AI, discussed Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) on the Root Cause podcast, explaining that as users shift from search engines to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, …

Dr. Dre said that only "people who have trouble creating" see AI as a threat, and he is using generative AI in his own music production. He compared the backlash against AI to the earlier resistance to synthesizers and d…

Spotify removed 75 million bulk uploads, duplicate songs, and other 'spammy' tracks, and LinkedIn tightened its detection systems, as platforms push back against AI-generated content slop, according to Tiffany Hsu of The…

Iranian state-linked television aired an AI-generated segment in August fantasizing about assassinating Barron Trump, the 20-year-old son of US President Donald Trump, following a previous clip titled 'How to Kill Melani…

Google is rolling out a new Ask Gemini shortcut in Android's text selection menu, allowing users to send selected text directly to the Gemini app with one tap. The feature, found in Google app versions 17.51.19 and 17.51…

Cheshire Academy, a private boarding and day school in Connecticut with about 400 students in grades 9 through 12, is piloting a traffic light metaphor to guide students on when AI use is appropriate, while teachers use …