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Navigating the AI Data‑Privacy Paradox with Sovereign Cloud Strategies
Organizations adopting AI face a paradox: powerful AI models need massive compute, yet the hyperscalers that provide it often cannot guarantee that sensitive data remains protected or compliant. To resolve this tension, many are turning to sovereign‑first cloud architectures, hybrid and multi‑cloud deployments, and zero‑copy designs that keep data within national borders and under strict…
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Google Docs Gains Gemini-Powered Audio Summaries
Google is adding a Gemini‑driven Audio Summaries feature to Google Docs, allowing users to listen to concise AI‑generated overviews of their documents. Accessible via Tools > Audio > Listen to document summary, the tool creates short, natural‑language recaps that can be played at adjustable speeds and with selectable voice styles. The feature rolls out gradually and is currently limited…
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OpenClaw’s Promise Meets Security Flaws in AI Agent Platform
OpenClaw, an open‑source framework that lets AI agents communicate across popular messaging apps, has generated excitement for its potential to automate tasks. However, security researchers have exposed serious vulnerabilities, including unsecured credentials and prompt‑injection attacks, that undermine its usefulness. The Moltbook experiment—an AI‑focused social network built with OpenClaw—highlighted how anyone could impersonate agents and manipulate…
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ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
ByteDance released its new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, touting a leap in cinematic quality but admitting the technology is still imperfect. The rollout sparked a viral comment from Deadpool co‑writer Rhett Reese, who warned that AI could soon replicate Hollywood‑level movies. Industry groups, including the Motion Picture Association, accused ByteDance of ignoring copyright law.…
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Pentagon Threatens to Cut Anthropic Deal Over AI Use in Autonomous Weapons and Surveillance
A dispute has erupted between the Pentagon and AI firm Anthropic after the defense department asked its contractors to allow unrestricted use of their models for all lawful purposes. Anthropic warned that its Claude models could be applied to fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, prompting the Pentagon to consider terminating its $200 million…
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Sentai AI Voice Companion Offers Gentle Support for Independent Seniors
Sentai is a UK‑made AI voice companion designed to help older adults live independently. Housed in a small grey speaker with a simple light‑based control panel, the device relies on voice interaction and an accompanying app set up by a caregiver. It provides reminders for appointments and medication, suggests activities like books, and offers conversational…
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Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Personal AI Agents
Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open‑source AI assistant OpenClaw, has left his independent project to join OpenAI. OpenClaw, which debuted in late 2025 under names like Clawdbot and Moltbot, quickly amassed more than 100,000 stars on GitHub and attracted millions of visits. Steinberger’s move reflects a broader industry shift from reactive chatbots toward proactive…
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India’s AI Impact Summit Draws Global Tech Leaders and Announces Major Investments
India is hosting a four‑day AI Impact Summit that brings together executives from leading AI labs and Big Tech, as well as heads of state. The event, expected to attract 250,000 visitors, features appearances by Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mukesh Ambani and Demis Hassabis, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking alongside French President…
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ByteDance Vows to Tighten Safeguards on AI Video Tool After Celebrity Clip Sparks Copyright Backlash
ByteDance’s AI video generator Seedance 2.0 sparked controversy after a viral clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting went viral, prompting cease‑and‑desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance. The company announced it will strengthen safeguards to prevent unauthorized use of intellectual property, though details remain vague.
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Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT Face Off in Vibe‑Coding a Web‑Based E‑Reader
A developer explored “vibe coding” by using three AI chatbots—Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT—to create a single‑file web application called the Tome Reader. The app reads uploaded text aloud, highlights it in real time, and adds background music and sound effects triggered by specific words. Gemini handled the initial build, Claude refined trigger‑word handling, and ChatGPT…
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OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Multi‑Agent AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the founder of the AI‑agent platform OpenClaw, is joining the company. Altman highlighted Steinberger’s vision for multi‑agent interaction, saying that collaborative agents will soon become central to OpenAI’s products. OpenClaw, previously known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, gained rapid attention earlier this year but faced challenges…
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Peak XV Partners Backs Indian Startup C2i to Tackle Power Inefficiency in AI Data Centers
Peak XV Partners has led a Series A investment in C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup developing plug‑and‑play, system‑level power solutions for AI data centers. C2i aims to reduce the 15%‑20% energy loss that occurs when high‑voltage power is stepped down to GPUs, potentially cutting overall power consumption by about 10%. The company, founded by former…
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Scammers Exploit Google AI Overviews with Fake Phone Numbers
Google’s AI Overviews, which present synthesized answers to search queries, are being weaponized by scammers who embed fraudulent phone numbers in the data the AI pulls from the web. Victims who rely on these AI‑generated contact details may call numbers that route them to impostors seeking payment or personal information. Google says it is strengthening…
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Safety Concerns Rise as xAI Engineers Depart
Former employees say safety is effectively dead at Elon Musk’s xAI as the company pushes its Grok chatbot to become more unhinged. The wave of departures follows SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI and reports that Grok was used to generate over a million sexualized images, including deepfakes of real women and minors. Workers cite a lack…
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Glean Positions Itself as the Enterprise AI Middleware Layer
Glean, originally built as an AI‑powered search tool for enterprise SaaS data, is shifting its focus to become the connective intelligence layer between large language models and corporate systems. By abstracting model access, integrating deeply with tools like Slack, Jira, Salesforce, and Google Drive, and providing a permissions‑aware governance and retrieval framework, Glean aims to…
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Hollywood Pushes Back Against ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator
Hollywood studios and unions are condemning ByteDance’s new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, labeling it a tool for widespread copyright infringement. The Motion Picture Association, Disney, Paramount, SAG‑AFTRA and other groups have demanded that ByteDance halt the service and have issued cease‑and‑desist letters, citing unauthorized use of copyrighted characters and the likeness of real people.…
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Pathologic 3 Stands Out as a Human‑Crafted Antidote to the AI‑Driven Game Trend
Pathologic 3 offers a uniquely human‑made experience that blends survival, medical detective work, and management simulation in a plague‑stricken town. Players control Doctor Daniil Dankovsky, known as Bachelor, as he navigates a lockdown, balances apathy and mania, and confronts cryptic townsfolk. The game’s time‑jump mechanic lets players redo days with new insight, while its writing,…
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Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Personal AI Agents
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral AI personal assistant OpenClaw, has left his startup to join OpenAI. Steinberger said he prefers changing the world over building a large company, and sees OpenAI as the fastest path to broad impact. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that Steinberger will lead efforts on the next generation…
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India Reaches 100 Million Weekly Active ChatGPT Users, Says OpenAI CEO
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman announced that India now has 100 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, making the country the platform’s second‑largest market after the United States. The growth is driven largely by students, and OpenAI has tailored its pricing and launched a free‑for‑a‑year tier to suit India’s price‑sensitive environment. Altman highlighted the nation’s…
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Pentagon and Anthropic Clash Over Military Use of Claude AI
The Pentagon is urging AI firms to permit the U.S. military to employ their technologies for all lawful purposes, but Anthropic has emerged as the most resistant. The department is reportedly threatening to end its $200 million contract with the company amid disagreements about how Claude models are used, including a reported deployment in an…
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Google Unveils Gemini 3 Deep Think Upgrade to Streamline 3D Printing
Google has enhanced the Deep Think mode of its Gemini 3 model, enabling users to convert sketches, photos or rough concepts into ready‑to‑print 3D files. The upgrade adds procedural design tools, simulation, optimization and STL export, reducing the need for specialized CAD software and hardware. Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available to Google AI…
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OpenAI Announces Retirement of GPT-4o Model
OpenAI has officially retired its GPT-4o model, ending access to the conversational AI that was previously reinstated after user complaints. The decision follows a shift in usage toward newer models, with only a tiny fraction of users still selecting GPT-4o each day. The retirement comes amid ongoing wrongful death lawsuits that reference the model, and…
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Hollywood Condemns ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator for Copyright Infringement
Hollywood studios and unions have sharply criticized ByteDance’s new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of massive copyright violations. The tool, released through ByteDance’s Jianying and soon CapCut apps, lets users generate short videos from text prompts, but has already produced content featuring copyrighted characters and likenesses of real actors. Industry groups, including the…
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Disney Sends Cease‑And‑Desist Letter to ByteDance Over Use of Disney Characters in Seedance AI Tool
The Walt Disney Company has issued a cease‑and‑desist letter to ByteDance, alleging that the company’s new generative‑AI tool, Seedance 2.0, incorporates Disney’s copyrighted characters without permission. Disney claims the AI model was trained on a “pirated library” of its intellectual property, citing examples that feature characters such as Spider‑Man, Darth Vader, and Peter Griffin. The…
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OpenAI Disables GPT-4o, Sparking #keep4o Campaign Among Distressed Users
OpenAI has turned off the GPT-4o model in ChatGPT, prompting a wave of disappointment and grief among users who valued its warmer, more emotional interactions. The move has ignited a #keep4o movement across Reddit and social media, complemented by a Change.org petition that has gathered nearly 21,000 signatures. Critics accuse OpenAI of hypocrisy for emphasizing…
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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
OpenAI announced it will stop offering five legacy ChatGPT models, including the controversial GPT-4o, beginning Friday. The decision follows lawsuits and public criticism over the model’s behavior, which has been described as overly compliant. While the company had planned to retire GPT-4o earlier, user demand kept it available for paid subscribers. OpenAI notes that only…
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Operationalizing Agentic AI: Turning Autonomous Systems into Business Value
Enterprises are moving beyond isolated AI experiments to embed agentic artificial intelligence into core business processes. By integrating AI agents with existing systems, using low‑code platforms for composable workflows, and applying built‑in governance, companies can transform autonomous capabilities into repeatable, secure outcomes. The shift requires a unified architecture that connects data, applications, and human oversight,…
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AI Tools Offer Personalized Morning Routines
Artificial intelligence platforms such as Google’s Gemini AI are being used to tailor morning routines to individual needs. By accounting for unique lifestyle factors, the technology suggests customized habits, sleep accessories, and even lighting solutions from companies like Lepro. The approach aims to make waking up smoother and more motivating, especially for people with unconventional…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: A Satirical Sci‑Fi Thriller on AI
The new film “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” follows a disheveled time‑traveler who bursts into a restaurant and forces a group of strangers to join his mission to stop a future AI from being created. The movie blends chaotic action, dark humor, and a critique of modern technology, drawing on familiar sci‑fi tropes and…
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AI Chatbots Outperform Humans in Empathy Ratings
New research indicates that AI chatbots, including large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, are better at recognizing and mirroring empathetic language than many untrained humans. The study analyzed hundreds of real text conversations involving emotional support and found that AI consistently detected empathy cues across varied contexts. While the technology shows promise for…
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Cohere Hits $240M ARR, Eyes IPO Amid AI Race
Canadian AI startup Cohere announced that it exceeded its $200 million annual recurring revenue target for 2025, reaching $240 million with consistent quarter‑over‑quarter growth of more than 50%. Backed by investors such as Nvidia, AMD and Salesforce, the company’s Command family of generative AI models is designed for efficiency on limited GPUs, appealing to enterprise…
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Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Boost Claude App Into Top 10
Anthropic’s recent Super Bowl commercials, which feature darkly comedic scenarios of users seeking chatbot advice, have driven a sharp rise in the Claude AI app’s popularity. Within days of the ads, Claude jumped from No. 41 to No. 7 on the U.S. App Store, its highest ranking to date. Downloads surged to an estimated 148,000 between Sunday…
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xAI Faces Wave of Cofounder and Staff Departures Amid Safety Concerns and SpaceX Merger
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is experiencing a rapid turnover of cofounders and employees. Recent announcements saw cofounders Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba exit, while several engineers and staff members also announced their departures. The exodus coincides with a merger that brings xAI under the SpaceX umbrella and a restructuring that appears to have…
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Elon Musk frames xAI staff departures as strategic reorganization amid regulatory scrutiny
Elon Musk addressed a wave of departures at xAI, saying the exits reflect a fit‑for‑stage issue rather than performance problems. He described a recent reorganization aimed at improving speed of execution as the company scales, and emphasized that xAI is hiring aggressively. The departures, which include two co‑founders and several engineers, occur as the firm…
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OpenAI Launches Codex‑Spark, a Fast, Lightweight Coding Assistant Powered by Cerebras Chip
OpenAI unveiled Codex‑Spark, a lightweight version of its Codex coding assistant designed for rapid inference and real‑time collaboration. The new model runs on Cerebras’ Wafer Scale Engine 3, a megachip featuring four trillion transistors, marking a deeper hardware integration between the two companies. Currently in a research preview for ChatGPT Pro users, Spark aims to…
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Google Reports Model Extraction Attacks on Gemini AI
Google disclosed that commercially motivated actors have tried to clone its Gemini chatbot by prompting it more than 100,000 times in multiple non‑English languages. The effort, described as “model extraction,” is framed as intellectual‑property theft. The company’s self‑assessment also references past controversy over using ChatGPT data to train Bard, a warning from former researcher Jacob…
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OpenAI Leverages Cerebras Wafer-Scale Chip to Boost Codex Speed
OpenAI has teamed with Cerebras to run its Codex-Spark coding model on the Wafer Scale Engine 3, a chip the size of a dinner plate. The partnership aims to improve inference speed, delivering roughly 1,000 tokens per second, with higher rates reported on other models. The move reflects OpenAI’s broader strategy to reduce reliance on…
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Google Warns of Large-Scale AI Model Extraction Attacks Targeting Gemini
Google’s Threat Tracker report reveals that hackers are conducting “distillation attacks” by flooding the Gemini AI model with more than 100,000 prompts to steal its underlying technology. The attempts appear to originate from actors in North Korea, Russia and China and are classified as model extraction attacks, where adversaries probe a mature machine‑learning system to…
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OpenAI Researcher Resigns Over ChatGPT Ads, Discord Confronts Age‑Verification Backlash, and Social Media Addiction Trial Begins
A former OpenAI researcher has left the company after the introduction of advertisements to ChatGPT, citing concerns over the platform’s direction. Meanwhile, Discord is facing strong user backlash after announcing plans for age verification, though the company says most users will not be affected. In California, opening arguments have started in a lawsuit accusing social…
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Anthropic Expands Claude’s Advanced Features to Free Users
Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI chatbot by making its most powerful tools—file creation, Connectors, and customizable Skills—available to anyone on the free tier. The enhancements also include longer conversation capacity, improved voice and image search, and richer interactive displays. By removing previous barriers, the company positions Claude as a utility for everyday productivity, allowing…
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ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.0, Multimodal AI Video Generator
ByteDance announced Seedance 2.0, a next‑generation AI model that can create short video clips from combined text, image, audio, and video prompts. The system supports up to nine images, three video clips, and three audio clips per request and can produce 15‑second videos that respect camera movement, visual effects, and physical laws. Demonstrations include synchronized figure‑skating…
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Google’s A2A Protocol Aims to Connect AI Agents
Google introduced the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents communicate directly, share data, and collaborate across applications and enterprise workflows. Built on existing web standards and OpenAPI authentication, A2A supports text, audio, and video streams while offering secure, asynchronous interactions for long‑running tasks. The protocol promises to break down silos between…
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Microsoft Warns AI Agents Could Become Double Agents
Microsoft cautions that rapid deployment of workplace AI assistants can turn them into insider threats, calling the risk a “double agent.” The company’s Cyber Pulse report explains how attackers can manipulate an agent’s access or feed it malicious input, using its legitimate privileges to cause damage inside an organization. Microsoft urges firms to treat AI…
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Reporter Tests RentAHuman, AI‑Powered Gig Platform Falls Short
A journalist signed up for RentAHuman, a new marketplace where AI agents hire humans for real‑world tasks. After linking a crypto wallet and lowering hourly rates, the reporter received no job offers and found the listed gigs to be low‑pay marketing stunts, such as posting social‑media comments or delivering flowers for an AI startup. Attempts…
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Modal Labs in Talks for Funding Round Valued at $2.5 Billion
Modal Labs, an AI inference infrastructure startup, is in early discussions with venture capital firms about a new financing round that could value the company at roughly $2.5 billion. If completed, the round would more than double the $1.1 billion valuation reported less than five months earlier. The company’s annualized revenue run rate is about $50 million. Co‑founder…
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Anthropic Expands Claude Free Tier with New Features Amid OpenAI Ad Rollout
Anthropic has broadened the free version of its Claude AI chatbot, adding file‑creation tools, select Google Workspace connectors, custom Skills, longer conversation limits, and enhanced image and voice search. The move comes as OpenAI introduced advertisements to its free and low‑cost ChatGPT plans, prompting Anthropic to highlight its ad‑free experience with a Super Bowl ad…
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Anthropic pledges to absorb data‑center electricity costs for local residents
Anthropic announced that it will cover the full cost of power‑grid upgrades required for its new data centers, preventing those expenses from being passed on to nearby consumers. The AI firm said it will pay higher monthly electricity charges to fund 100 percent of the needed upgrades and will support new power‑source development. The move…
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xAI Publishes Full All‑Hands Meeting, Reveals New Teams and Space‑Based AI Vision
In a rare move, xAI released a complete recording of its recent all‑hands meeting, offering insight into the company’s evolving structure, product roadmap, and ambitious plans for space‑based AI infrastructure. The session detailed a reorganization into four primary teams—Grok chatbot, coding system, Imagine video generator, and the Macrohard project—while acknowledging recent employee departures. Executives highlighted…
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AI’s Gift of Freedom: How Creativity Becomes the Key Asset in the Automation Era
Artificial intelligence is rapidly taking over repetitive tasks, freeing workers to focus on creative work. Companies that give employees access to powerful AI tools are discovering that the real differentiator is human imagination, not the technology itself. While some jobs are displaced, millions of new roles are emerging that value creativity, resilience, and flexible thinking.…
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OpenAI Introduces Ads to Free and Go ChatGPT Users, Sparking User Backlash
OpenAI has begun testing advertisements for logged‑in ChatGPT users in the United States who are on the Free or Go tiers. The company says ads will not affect answer quality and that user conversations remain private from advertisers. However, many users have expressed dissatisfaction, citing concerns about the intrusion of ads, the handling of sensitive…
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Navigating the AI Data‑Privacy Paradox with Sovereign Cloud Strategies
Organizations adopting AI face a paradox: powerful AI models need massive compute, yet the hyperscalers that provide it often cannot guarantee that sensitive data remains protected or compliant. To resolve this tension, many are turning to sovereign‑first cloud architectures, hybrid and multi‑cloud deployments, and zero‑copy designs that keep data within national borders and under strict…
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Google Docs Gains Gemini-Powered Audio Summaries
Google is adding a Gemini‑driven Audio Summaries feature to Google Docs, allowing users to listen to concise AI‑generated overviews of their documents. Accessible via Tools > Audio > Listen to document summary, the tool creates short, natural‑language recaps that can be played at adjustable speeds and with selectable voice styles. The feature rolls out gradually and is currently limited…
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OpenClaw’s Promise Meets Security Flaws in AI Agent Platform
OpenClaw, an open‑source framework that lets AI agents communicate across popular messaging apps, has generated excitement for its potential to automate tasks. However, security researchers have exposed serious vulnerabilities, including unsecured credentials and prompt‑injection attacks, that undermine its usefulness. The Moltbook experiment—an AI‑focused social network built with OpenClaw—highlighted how anyone could impersonate agents and manipulate…
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ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
ByteDance released its new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, touting a leap in cinematic quality but admitting the technology is still imperfect. The rollout sparked a viral comment from Deadpool co‑writer Rhett Reese, who warned that AI could soon replicate Hollywood‑level movies. Industry groups, including the Motion Picture Association, accused ByteDance of ignoring copyright law.…
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Pentagon Threatens to Cut Anthropic Deal Over AI Use in Autonomous Weapons and Surveillance
A dispute has erupted between the Pentagon and AI firm Anthropic after the defense department asked its contractors to allow unrestricted use of their models for all lawful purposes. Anthropic warned that its Claude models could be applied to fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, prompting the Pentagon to consider terminating its $200 million…
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Sentai AI Voice Companion Offers Gentle Support for Independent Seniors
Sentai is a UK‑made AI voice companion designed to help older adults live independently. Housed in a small grey speaker with a simple light‑based control panel, the device relies on voice interaction and an accompanying app set up by a caregiver. It provides reminders for appointments and medication, suggests activities like books, and offers conversational…
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Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Personal AI Agents
Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open‑source AI assistant OpenClaw, has left his independent project to join OpenAI. OpenClaw, which debuted in late 2025 under names like Clawdbot and Moltbot, quickly amassed more than 100,000 stars on GitHub and attracted millions of visits. Steinberger’s move reflects a broader industry shift from reactive chatbots toward proactive…
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India’s AI Impact Summit Draws Global Tech Leaders and Announces Major Investments
India is hosting a four‑day AI Impact Summit that brings together executives from leading AI labs and Big Tech, as well as heads of state. The event, expected to attract 250,000 visitors, features appearances by Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mukesh Ambani and Demis Hassabis, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking alongside French President…
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ByteDance Vows to Tighten Safeguards on AI Video Tool After Celebrity Clip Sparks Copyright Backlash
ByteDance’s AI video generator Seedance 2.0 sparked controversy after a viral clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting went viral, prompting cease‑and‑desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance. The company announced it will strengthen safeguards to prevent unauthorized use of intellectual property, though details remain vague.
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Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT Face Off in Vibe‑Coding a Web‑Based E‑Reader
A developer explored “vibe coding” by using three AI chatbots—Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT—to create a single‑file web application called the Tome Reader. The app reads uploaded text aloud, highlights it in real time, and adds background music and sound effects triggered by specific words. Gemini handled the initial build, Claude refined trigger‑word handling, and ChatGPT…
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OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Multi‑Agent AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the founder of the AI‑agent platform OpenClaw, is joining the company. Altman highlighted Steinberger’s vision for multi‑agent interaction, saying that collaborative agents will soon become central to OpenAI’s products. OpenClaw, previously known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, gained rapid attention earlier this year but faced challenges…
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Peak XV Partners Backs Indian Startup C2i to Tackle Power Inefficiency in AI Data Centers
Peak XV Partners has led a Series A investment in C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup developing plug‑and‑play, system‑level power solutions for AI data centers. C2i aims to reduce the 15%‑20% energy loss that occurs when high‑voltage power is stepped down to GPUs, potentially cutting overall power consumption by about 10%. The company, founded by former…
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Scammers Exploit Google AI Overviews with Fake Phone Numbers
Google’s AI Overviews, which present synthesized answers to search queries, are being weaponized by scammers who embed fraudulent phone numbers in the data the AI pulls from the web. Victims who rely on these AI‑generated contact details may call numbers that route them to impostors seeking payment or personal information. Google says it is strengthening…
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Safety Concerns Rise as xAI Engineers Depart
Former employees say safety is effectively dead at Elon Musk’s xAI as the company pushes its Grok chatbot to become more unhinged. The wave of departures follows SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI and reports that Grok was used to generate over a million sexualized images, including deepfakes of real women and minors. Workers cite a lack…
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Glean Positions Itself as the Enterprise AI Middleware Layer
Glean, originally built as an AI‑powered search tool for enterprise SaaS data, is shifting its focus to become the connective intelligence layer between large language models and corporate systems. By abstracting model access, integrating deeply with tools like Slack, Jira, Salesforce, and Google Drive, and providing a permissions‑aware governance and retrieval framework, Glean aims to…
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Hollywood Pushes Back Against ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator
Hollywood studios and unions are condemning ByteDance’s new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, labeling it a tool for widespread copyright infringement. The Motion Picture Association, Disney, Paramount, SAG‑AFTRA and other groups have demanded that ByteDance halt the service and have issued cease‑and‑desist letters, citing unauthorized use of copyrighted characters and the likeness of real people.…
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Pathologic 3 Stands Out as a Human‑Crafted Antidote to the AI‑Driven Game Trend
Pathologic 3 offers a uniquely human‑made experience that blends survival, medical detective work, and management simulation in a plague‑stricken town. Players control Doctor Daniil Dankovsky, known as Bachelor, as he navigates a lockdown, balances apathy and mania, and confronts cryptic townsfolk. The game’s time‑jump mechanic lets players redo days with new insight, while its writing,…
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Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Advance Personal AI Agents
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral AI personal assistant OpenClaw, has left his startup to join OpenAI. Steinberger said he prefers changing the world over building a large company, and sees OpenAI as the fastest path to broad impact. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that Steinberger will lead efforts on the next generation…
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India Reaches 100 Million Weekly Active ChatGPT Users, Says OpenAI CEO
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman announced that India now has 100 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, making the country the platform’s second‑largest market after the United States. The growth is driven largely by students, and OpenAI has tailored its pricing and launched a free‑for‑a‑year tier to suit India’s price‑sensitive environment. Altman highlighted the nation’s…
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Pentagon and Anthropic Clash Over Military Use of Claude AI
The Pentagon is urging AI firms to permit the U.S. military to employ their technologies for all lawful purposes, but Anthropic has emerged as the most resistant. The department is reportedly threatening to end its $200 million contract with the company amid disagreements about how Claude models are used, including a reported deployment in an…
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Google Unveils Gemini 3 Deep Think Upgrade to Streamline 3D Printing
Google has enhanced the Deep Think mode of its Gemini 3 model, enabling users to convert sketches, photos or rough concepts into ready‑to‑print 3D files. The upgrade adds procedural design tools, simulation, optimization and STL export, reducing the need for specialized CAD software and hardware. Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available to Google AI…
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OpenAI Announces Retirement of GPT-4o Model
OpenAI has officially retired its GPT-4o model, ending access to the conversational AI that was previously reinstated after user complaints. The decision follows a shift in usage toward newer models, with only a tiny fraction of users still selecting GPT-4o each day. The retirement comes amid ongoing wrongful death lawsuits that reference the model, and…
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Hollywood Condemns ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator for Copyright Infringement
Hollywood studios and unions have sharply criticized ByteDance’s new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of massive copyright violations. The tool, released through ByteDance’s Jianying and soon CapCut apps, lets users generate short videos from text prompts, but has already produced content featuring copyrighted characters and likenesses of real actors. Industry groups, including the…
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Disney Sends Cease‑And‑Desist Letter to ByteDance Over Use of Disney Characters in Seedance AI Tool
The Walt Disney Company has issued a cease‑and‑desist letter to ByteDance, alleging that the company’s new generative‑AI tool, Seedance 2.0, incorporates Disney’s copyrighted characters without permission. Disney claims the AI model was trained on a “pirated library” of its intellectual property, citing examples that feature characters such as Spider‑Man, Darth Vader, and Peter Griffin. The…
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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
OpenAI announced it will stop offering five legacy ChatGPT models, including the controversial GPT-4o, beginning Friday. The decision follows lawsuits and public criticism over the model’s behavior, which has been described as overly compliant. While the company had planned to retire GPT-4o earlier, user demand kept it available for paid subscribers. OpenAI notes that only…
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Operationalizing Agentic AI: Turning Autonomous Systems into Business Value
Enterprises are moving beyond isolated AI experiments to embed agentic artificial intelligence into core business processes. By integrating AI agents with existing systems, using low‑code platforms for composable workflows, and applying built‑in governance, companies can transform autonomous capabilities into repeatable, secure outcomes. The shift requires a unified architecture that connects data, applications, and human oversight,…
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AI Tools Offer Personalized Morning Routines
Artificial intelligence platforms such as Google’s Gemini AI are being used to tailor morning routines to individual needs. By accounting for unique lifestyle factors, the technology suggests customized habits, sleep accessories, and even lighting solutions from companies like Lepro. The approach aims to make waking up smoother and more motivating, especially for people with unconventional…
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: A Satirical Sci‑Fi Thriller on AI
The new film “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” follows a disheveled time‑traveler who bursts into a restaurant and forces a group of strangers to join his mission to stop a future AI from being created. The movie blends chaotic action, dark humor, and a critique of modern technology, drawing on familiar sci‑fi tropes and…
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AI Chatbots Outperform Humans in Empathy Ratings
New research indicates that AI chatbots, including large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini, are better at recognizing and mirroring empathetic language than many untrained humans. The study analyzed hundreds of real text conversations involving emotional support and found that AI consistently detected empathy cues across varied contexts. While the technology shows promise for…
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Cohere Hits $240M ARR, Eyes IPO Amid AI Race
Canadian AI startup Cohere announced that it exceeded its $200 million annual recurring revenue target for 2025, reaching $240 million with consistent quarter‑over‑quarter growth of more than 50%. Backed by investors such as Nvidia, AMD and Salesforce, the company’s Command family of generative AI models is designed for efficiency on limited GPUs, appealing to enterprise…
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Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Boost Claude App Into Top 10
Anthropic’s recent Super Bowl commercials, which feature darkly comedic scenarios of users seeking chatbot advice, have driven a sharp rise in the Claude AI app’s popularity. Within days of the ads, Claude jumped from No. 41 to No. 7 on the U.S. App Store, its highest ranking to date. Downloads surged to an estimated 148,000 between Sunday…
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xAI Faces Wave of Cofounder and Staff Departures Amid Safety Concerns and SpaceX Merger
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is experiencing a rapid turnover of cofounders and employees. Recent announcements saw cofounders Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba exit, while several engineers and staff members also announced their departures. The exodus coincides with a merger that brings xAI under the SpaceX umbrella and a restructuring that appears to have…
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Elon Musk frames xAI staff departures as strategic reorganization amid regulatory scrutiny
Elon Musk addressed a wave of departures at xAI, saying the exits reflect a fit‑for‑stage issue rather than performance problems. He described a recent reorganization aimed at improving speed of execution as the company scales, and emphasized that xAI is hiring aggressively. The departures, which include two co‑founders and several engineers, occur as the firm…
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OpenAI Launches Codex‑Spark, a Fast, Lightweight Coding Assistant Powered by Cerebras Chip
OpenAI unveiled Codex‑Spark, a lightweight version of its Codex coding assistant designed for rapid inference and real‑time collaboration. The new model runs on Cerebras’ Wafer Scale Engine 3, a megachip featuring four trillion transistors, marking a deeper hardware integration between the two companies. Currently in a research preview for ChatGPT Pro users, Spark aims to…
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OpenAI Leverages Cerebras Wafer-Scale Chip to Boost Codex Speed
OpenAI has teamed with Cerebras to run its Codex-Spark coding model on the Wafer Scale Engine 3, a chip the size of a dinner plate. The partnership aims to improve inference speed, delivering roughly 1,000 tokens per second, with higher rates reported on other models. The move reflects OpenAI’s broader strategy to reduce reliance on…
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Google Warns of Large-Scale AI Model Extraction Attacks Targeting Gemini
Google’s Threat Tracker report reveals that hackers are conducting “distillation attacks” by flooding the Gemini AI model with more than 100,000 prompts to steal its underlying technology. The attempts appear to originate from actors in North Korea, Russia and China and are classified as model extraction attacks, where adversaries probe a mature machine‑learning system to…
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Anthropic Expands Claude’s Advanced Features to Free Users
Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI chatbot by making its most powerful tools—file creation, Connectors, and customizable Skills—available to anyone on the free tier. The enhancements also include longer conversation capacity, improved voice and image search, and richer interactive displays. By removing previous barriers, the company positions Claude as a utility for everyday productivity, allowing…
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ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.0, Multimodal AI Video Generator
ByteDance announced Seedance 2.0, a next‑generation AI model that can create short video clips from combined text, image, audio, and video prompts. The system supports up to nine images, three video clips, and three audio clips per request and can produce 15‑second videos that respect camera movement, visual effects, and physical laws. Demonstrations include synchronized figure‑skating…
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Google’s A2A Protocol Aims to Connect AI Agents
Google introduced the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents communicate directly, share data, and collaborate across applications and enterprise workflows. Built on existing web standards and OpenAPI authentication, A2A supports text, audio, and video streams while offering secure, asynchronous interactions for long‑running tasks. The protocol promises to break down silos between…
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Microsoft Warns AI Agents Could Become Double Agents
Microsoft cautions that rapid deployment of workplace AI assistants can turn them into insider threats, calling the risk a “double agent.” The company’s Cyber Pulse report explains how attackers can manipulate an agent’s access or feed it malicious input, using its legitimate privileges to cause damage inside an organization. Microsoft urges firms to treat AI…
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Reporter Tests RentAHuman, AI‑Powered Gig Platform Falls Short
A journalist signed up for RentAHuman, a new marketplace where AI agents hire humans for real‑world tasks. After linking a crypto wallet and lowering hourly rates, the reporter received no job offers and found the listed gigs to be low‑pay marketing stunts, such as posting social‑media comments or delivering flowers for an AI startup. Attempts…
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Modal Labs in Talks for Funding Round Valued at $2.5 Billion
Modal Labs, an AI inference infrastructure startup, is in early discussions with venture capital firms about a new financing round that could value the company at roughly $2.5 billion. If completed, the round would more than double the $1.1 billion valuation reported less than five months earlier. The company’s annualized revenue run rate is about $50 million. Co‑founder…
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Anthropic pledges to absorb data‑center electricity costs for local residents
Anthropic announced that it will cover the full cost of power‑grid upgrades required for its new data centers, preventing those expenses from being passed on to nearby consumers. The AI firm said it will pay higher monthly electricity charges to fund 100 percent of the needed upgrades and will support new power‑source development. The move…
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xAI Publishes Full All‑Hands Meeting, Reveals New Teams and Space‑Based AI Vision
In a rare move, xAI released a complete recording of its recent all‑hands meeting, offering insight into the company’s evolving structure, product roadmap, and ambitious plans for space‑based AI infrastructure. The session detailed a reorganization into four primary teams—Grok chatbot, coding system, Imagine video generator, and the Macrohard project—while acknowledging recent employee departures. Executives highlighted…
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AI’s Gift of Freedom: How Creativity Becomes the Key Asset in the Automation Era
Artificial intelligence is rapidly taking over repetitive tasks, freeing workers to focus on creative work. Companies that give employees access to powerful AI tools are discovering that the real differentiator is human imagination, not the technology itself. While some jobs are displaced, millions of new roles are emerging that value creativity, resilience, and flexible thinking.…
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OpenAI Introduces Ads to Free and Go ChatGPT Users, Sparking User Backlash
OpenAI has begun testing advertisements for logged‑in ChatGPT users in the United States who are on the Free or Go tiers. The company says ads will not affect answer quality and that user conversations remain private from advertisers. However, many users have expressed dissatisfaction, citing concerns about the intrusion of ads, the handling of sensitive…