Apple Eyes Landmark AI Acquisition of Perplexity or Mistral to Combat Internal Crisis
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Facing a severe internal AI crisis, a troubled Siri rebuild, and a talent exodus, Apple is reportedly considering a landmark acquisition of Perplexity or Mistral AI.The post Apple Eyes Landmark AI Acquisition of Perplexity or Mistral to Combat Internal Cr…
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44 Attorneys General to AI Firms: “If You Harm Kids, You’ll Answer for It”
Maria Garcia / implicator - Forty-four attorneys general threaten coordinated legal action against AI companies over child safety failures. Meta singled out for internal policies allowing romantic chatbot interactions with children as young as eight.
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Google's Nano-Banana AI Image Generator Is Officially Available In The Gemini App
bgr - Google released the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model in the Gemini app, confirming it's the same AI image generator model that went viral online as Nano-Banana.
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Broadcom clears the way for AI-native private clouds with VMware Cloud Foundation
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Broadcom Inc. said today it’s transforming its VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 software into an artificial intelligence-native platform, giving developers a secure, modern and private cloud infrastructure that’s geared for the development of sophisticated AI …
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Perplexity Accused of Copyright Infringement by Japanese News Groups
PYMNTS / pymnts - A pair of Japanese media companies accused artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity of copyright infringement, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (Aug. 26). The infringement lawsuits filed by Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper are part …
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AI is eating entry-level coding and customer service roles, according to a new Stanford study — junior job listings drop 13% in three years in fields vulnerable to AI
tomshardware - A new Sanford study has found that there have been fewer entry-level employment opportunities in software development and admin assistance over the past three years, potentially as a result of the introduction of AI tools.
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Saudi AI Firm Launches Halal Chatbot
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - First Saudi Arabia, then the world.
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YouTube is Using AI Edits on Videos Without Telling Users
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - YouTube appliying AI enhancements to Shorts without creator consent is sparking backlash and changing how content appears on the platform.The post YouTube is Using AI Edits on Videos Without Telling Users first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - NotebookLM has added narrated video summaries in 80 languages and richer full length audio overviews for improved learning across languages.The post NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - The new pro-AI super-PAC network dubbed Leading the Future aims to use campaign donations and digital ads to advocate for favorable AI regulation and oppose candidates that the group thinks will stifle the industry.
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Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
cnbc - Nvidia's Jetson AGX Thor robotics chips are now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit.
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xAI Abandons Public Benefit Status Amid Legal Battles
In a rather quiet corporate pivot, Elon Musk’s xAI has dropped its Public Benefit Corporation status while embroiled in its lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI. The move, coming amid antitrust allegations, leaves many wondering if the shift betrays a broader change in the company's long-term commitments.
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Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI and Smartphone Markets
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Elon Musk's companies xAI and X are sueing Apple and OpenAI for antitrust violations, a move shadowed by revelations that xAI secretly dropped its public benefit status.The post Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI …
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Cloudflare introduces tools to manage AI risks and protect data
Wayne Williams / betanews - Cloudflare has launched new Zero Trust tools in its Cloudflare One platform to help businesses adopt artificial intelligence securely at scale. The features aim to give organizations better visibility into how AI is used, as well as protection from unappr…
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Brave: Perplexity’s Comet obeyed hidden prompts, exposing logged-in accounts
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Brave discovered Perplexity's AI browser executes hidden malicious commands from web pages, bypassing decades of security protections. As every major browser adds AI agents, enterprises rush to buy secure alternatives.
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xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model, including the weights. Elon Musk announced on X that Grok 2.5, xAI's top model for 2024, is now open source.The article xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download appeared…
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Meta is licensing Midjourney's AI image and video tech
Mariella Moon / engadget - Meta has signed a partnership with Midjourney, an AI service that can generate images and videos from text prompts. According to Alexandr Wang, Meta's Chief AI Officer, Meta is licensing Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for its future models and produc…
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Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models
Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Meta's Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.
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TikTok replaces UK moderators with AI amid mass layoffs
TikTok is overhauling its content moderation by slashing its U.K. workforce in favor of AI solutions—a move that has sparked both criticism and incredulity. As the platform bets on algorithms to manage billions of posts, industry insiders can’t help but smirk at the high-stakes experiment in digital oversight.
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Meta reportedly inks $10B+ cloud deal with Google
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. has reportedly signed a cloud deal with Google LLC that will be worth more than $10 billion over six years. Sources told Reuters on Thursday that the agreement encompasses servers, storage, networking and “other services.” The deal com…
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