Microsoft to retire popular Lens app, fold scanning into Copilot
techspot - Originally known as Office Lens, the free app quickly gained traction as a way to convert documents, notes, and whiteboard sketches into digital formats using your phone's camera. Over time, Microsoft expanded its capabilities, enabling users to create PD…
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GPT-5 Makes ChatGPT More Useful With These 3 Major Upgrades
bgr - Not everyone is thrilled about the new GPT-5 model, but these three new features prove that the ChatGPT update has a lot to offer users.
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Microsoft Lens App for iOS, Android to Shut Down Next Month
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Microsoft has today confirmed that it will retire the Microsoft Lens mobile app for both iOS and Android, starting in mid‑September 2025.The post Microsoft Lens App for iOS, Android to Shut Down Next Month first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Here's When OpenAI's GPT-5 Will Start Powering Apple Intelligence
bgr - OpenAI just launched its long-awaited GPT-5 upgrade for ChatGPT, but you're going to have to wait a bit to get the new model on your iPhone.
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SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project
Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers.
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Google Finance redesign goes all in on AI, complete with a chatbot
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - The Google Finance web app is getting a major overhaul with an emphasis on AI. This redesign includes an AI-powered chatbot, which will answer finance-based queries and provide relevant links. Here's hoping the chatbot will keep hallucinations to a minimu…
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Meta acquires audio AI startup WaveForms as it ramps up efforts to build Llama 4.5
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Meta has acquired WaveForms AI, an audio AI startup focused on systems that can recognize and mimic emotions in speech, according to a report from The Information. The deal is part of a broader AI overhaul at Meta following recent setbacks, with the compa…
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Google Working on Fix for Glum Gemini, Stuck in 'Infinite Loop' of Self-Esteem Issues
Omar Gallaga / cnet - One Google AI leader says Gemini's sad messages about itself are a glitch that the company plans to address.
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Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26
Matt Tate / engadget - OpenAI finally released its long-awaited GPT-5 model this week, unsurprisingly proclaiming it its best yet with regards to coding, accuracy, safety and more. CEO Sam Altman even compared the jump up in quality to when the iPhone first adopted a Retina dis…
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OpenAI GPT-5 launch puts ‘expert-level intelligence in everyone’s hands’
Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - Open AI’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman has made some ambitious claims around the technology’s capabilities, comparing it to a person with PhD-level intelligenceRead more: OpenAI GPT-5 launch puts ‘expert-level intelligence in everyone’s hands’
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ChatGPT And Other AI Tools Have Little Impact On Google Search Traffic, Claims Google
bgr - Google claims that popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini aren't having much of an impact at all on its organic search traffic.
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Chai Discovery Raises $70M for AI-Powered Biochemical Innovation
Chai Discovery secured a $70 million Series A to revolutionize the prediction and reprogramming of biochemical molecule interactions. The new funding is set to accelerate its cutting‐edge AI models for therapeutic development and position the company as a serious contender in the competitive health tech landscape.
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OpenAI Launches GPT‑5: Smarter, Faster, More Reliable than Ever
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - OpenAI has officially launched GPT‑5, its most advanced language model yet, now available across ChatGPT and via API access for developers.The post OpenAI Launches GPT‑5: Smarter, Faster, More Reliable than Ever first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
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Truth Social Launches Perplexity-Powered AI Search, Sparking Bias Concerns
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Trump Media's Truth Social has launched 'Truth Search AI' with partner Perplexity, but faces criticism over potential bias and Perplexity's data scraping methods.The post Truth Social Launches Perplexity-Powered AI Search, Sparking Bias Concerns appeared …
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Apple's Real AI Crisis Isn't Siri, But the Talent It's Losing to Rivals
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple has hemorrhaged around a dozen artificial intelligence staff to rivals since January, making it one of the prime victims in Silicon Valley's fierce AI talent war, reports the Financial Times.The exodus of staff from Apple's AI team over the last sev…
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OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub
Tom Warren / theverge - GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models. A now-deleted GitHub blog post reveals that GPT-5, which will be available in four different versions, offers “major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience.” Reddi…
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Delta Won't Use Your Data For AI Ticket Pricing, But Privacy Questions Linger
bgr - Delta claims that it won't use personal information when setting prices with the help of AI, but that doesn't explain how it plans to set dynamic prices.
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Anthropic automates software security reviews with Claude Code
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC today introduced the ability for Claude Code to automate software security reviews, identifying and fixing potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses in code. As code becomes more complex and software…
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Google's search chief says AI-generated answers are not causing a decline in website traffic
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google search chief Liz Reid says AI-generated answers are not reducing web traffic. In a blog post, she writes that organic click volume has stayed “relatively stable” over the past year.The article Google's search chief says AI-generated answers are not…
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