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Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features

Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you. Credit: Google On Wednesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, the next generation of its AI-model family, starting with an experimental release...

Itch.io platform briefly goes down due to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report

Domain registrar failed to respond after offending content was taken down. Losing your domain is...

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

OpenAI's full "o1" AI model is "smaller and faster," and ChatGPT Pro users get...

Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill

OpenAI and Palmer Luckey's weapons company sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for...

Google’s plan to keep AI out of search trial remedies isn’t going very well

Judge: AI will likely play “larger role” in Google search remedies as market shifts. Credit: SOPA...

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Google pulls its terrible pro-AI “Dear Sydney” ad after backlash

Taking the "human" out of "human communication." Have you seen Google's "Dear Sydney" ad? The one where a young girl wants to write a fan letter...

Sam Altman accused of being shady about OpenAI’s safety efforts

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed to explain recent changes to safety efforts. OpenAI is facing increasing pressure to prove it's not hiding AI risks after...

Next-gen Intel Core Ultra chips with boosted GPU and NPU are coming in September

Lunar Lake will be Intel's response to Ryzen AI and Snapdragon X Elite chips. Intel announced today that it plans to launch its next-generation Core Ultra...

Nothing’s new AI widget is trying to make its CFO a news star

Its news app is available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus. Nothing has a new smartphone—the Phone (2a) Plus—nearly...

Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**”: Reddit CEO

Steve Huffman says companies must pay to scrape Reddit data. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is standing by Reddit’s decision to block companies from scraping the...

“AI toothbrushes” are coming for your teeth—and your data

App-connected toothbrushes bring new privacy concerns to the bathroom. One of the most unlikely passengers on the AI gadgets hype train is the toothbrush. With claims of...

We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

Gen-3 Alpha produces wild and whimsical results. Here's what it cooked up for us. In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha....

Google, its cat fully escaped from bag, shows off the Pixel 9 Pro weeks early

Upcoming phone is teased with an AI breakup letter to "the same old thing." After every one of its house-brand phones, and even its new...

OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, which will replace GPT-3.5 in ChatGPT

Lower-cost AI language model will be free for ChatGPT users. On Thursday, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4o mini, a new, smaller version of its latest GPT-4o AI...

Can you do better than top-level AI models on these basic vision tests?

Abstract analysis that is trivial for humans often stymies GPT-4o, Gemini, and Sonnet. In the last couple of years, we've seen amazingadvancements in AI systems when it...

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise. Advances in artificial intelligence are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between uniquely human behaviors and those...

OpenAI board shake-up: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny

Microsoft gives up non-voting observer board role; Apple rethinks a planned similar position. Microsoft has withdrawn from its non-voting observer role on OpenAI's board, while...

ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text

The app was updated to address the issue after it gained public attention. OpenAI announced its Mac desktop app for ChatGPT with a lot of...

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns. Human Rights Watch (HRW) continues to reveal how photos of real children casually posted...

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