The Bad Guys 2’s Credits Say The Film ‘May Not Be Used To Train AI’
Kenneth Shepard / kotaku - The Bad Guys 2, the sequel to the surprise 2022 animated hit starring anthropomorphic villains turned good guys, has a surprising message in its credits that, even if you’re not tuned into DreamWorks’ heist series, should delight fans of animation. The fi…
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Researchers find automated financial traders will collude with each other through a combination of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial stupidity'
tomshardware - Researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have a working paper detailing the ways automated tools that rely on reinforcement learning can end up colluding with each other.
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GPT-5 Launch Might Be Imminent: More Leaks Detail Some Of The New AI's Main Features
bgr - GPT-5 has been leaking for weeks, but the latest reports indicate that the launch of ChatGPT's major model upgrade could be days away.
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Zuckerberg Rebrands Old AI Promises as “Personal Superintelligence”
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Zuckerberg promises "personal superintelligence" after spending billions poaching AI talent from competitors. His vision sounds remarkably similar to what OpenAI already offers. Is this innovation or desperation?
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Observe raises $156M to accelerate enterprise shift to AI-native observability
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - The artificial intelligence-native observability company Observe Inc. said today it has raised $156 million in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures, which also led its $115 million Series B raise in March of last year. Ma…
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Google Supercharges Search AI Mode with Live Video, PDF Uploads, and ‘Canvas’ Workspace
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google enhances its Search AI Mode with 'Search Live' video input, PDF analysis, and a new 'Canvas' planning tool, deepening its 'answer engine' strategy.The post Google Supercharges Search AI Mode with Live Video, PDF Uploads, and ‘Canvas’ Workspace appe…
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Amazon to Pay NYT Up to $25 Million for AI Licensing
PYMNTS / pymnts - Amazon’s artificial intelligence licensing deal with The New York Times reportedly carries an eight-figure annual price tag. [contact-form-7] The tech giant will pay the news company between $20 million and $25 million per year for content to train its AI…
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Cyata Launches Security Solution to Rein In Rogue AI Agents
Amid the rising integration of AI agents in everyday business workflows, startup Cyata has unveiled a dedicated solution aimed at keeping these autonomous systems under control. Investors are showing confidence in its approach as the new security tool targets the emerging challenges posed by increasingly independent AI operations.
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Apple's AI white whale will drag on earnings & can't be fixed internally, says Wedbush
appleinsider - Wedbush analysts believe Apple's internal AI development is a failure and Tim Cook should instead strongly consider paying big bucks to acquire Perplexity.Apple's AI woes may be fixed by acquisitions, insists WedbushApple will be releasing its Q3 2025 fin…
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Italy Raids Meta Offices and Launches Antitrust Probe Over ‘Imposed’ WhatsApp AI Chatbot
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Italy's competition authority (AGCM) is investigating Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position by integrating its AI chatbot into WhatsApp without user consent.The post Italy Raids Meta Offices and Launches Antitrust Probe Over ‘Imposed’ WhatsApp …
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Tzafon raises $9.7M pre-seed to scale AI compute and launch Lightcone
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Tzafon has closed a total of $9.7 million in a pre-seed round to significantly expand its computing infrastructure, accelerate the development of its autonomous AI agent technology, and launch Lightco...
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Europe's AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn't happy
Lindsay Clark / theregister - Users and developers struggle to comply as situation evolves It is a little more than four years since the European Union first proposed legislation to govern tech companies that build AI systems and how users deploy them. A lot has changed since then.…
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Apple's AI brain drain continues as fourth researcher goes to Meta
appleinsider - The Apple Intelligence team is continuing to endure a brain drain following a fourth researcher's move over to Meta.Image credit: MetaReports across the summer have indicated that Apple has at least some trouble holding onto its AI researchers. The latest…
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Google adds Video Overviews to NotebookLM
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - NotebookLM, the Google research tool that gained notoriety for its AI-generated podcasts, is introducing a feature called Video Overviews. As the name suggests, this tool automatically creates videos on requested topics and pulls data from a user's upload…
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT ‘Study Mode’ to Tutor Students
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI launches Study Mode for ChatGPT, a free, Socratic-style tutor for students, sparking debate over its effectiveness versus underlying AI flaws amid rising competition.The post OpenAI Launches ChatGPT ‘Study Mode’ to Tutor Students appeared first on …
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YouTube is turning over age verification to AI
Anna Washenko / engadget - YouTube will start using machine learning to determine whether viewers should be on a teen account. The company said it plans to start using this AI application on a subset of US users in the coming weeks for a trial before rolling it out to the rest of t…
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Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round
Marina Temkin / techcrunch - The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining.
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Microsoft Edge now an 'AI-powered browser' with Copilot Mode
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Microsoft has introduced Copilot Mode, an experimental feature designed to transform Microsoft Edge into a web browser powered by artificial intelligence (AI). [...]
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Google’s AI Mode update adds even more tools for students
Emma Roth / theverge - Google is bringing a bunch of new features to AI Mode, and is positioning the update as a way to help students study for tests or dig deeper into what they’re learning. Today, the company announced that it will now let users upload images to AI Mode on de…
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Photoshop picks up new AI capabilities, including long-requested Generative Upscale
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - Adobe has updated Photoshop with new AI capabilities across desktop, web, and mobile platforms, like Generative Upscale, Harmonize and other.
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