Meta Launches Vibes, An Instagram-Like Feed For AI Video Slop

bgr - Meta's latest venture in the AI domain is a platform titled Vibes -- aimed to be an Instagram-like service where users can generate and share AI content.

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Elon Musk’s Grok is cleared for federal government use

Matt Tate / engadget - Despite Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s very public spats and seemingly still ongoing feud, the White House has remained committed to supporting the former’s AI ambitions. And today, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it has reached an …

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Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services

Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is blocking the Israeli military’s access to cloud and AI services that have been used in the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced the decision in an internal memo to employees on Th…

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Spotify is doing more to address AI 'slop' on its platform

Andre Revilla / engadget - Spotify has announced a set of policy changes surrounding AI-generated music and spam on its streaming platform. The company is helping to develop an industry standard for AI disclosure in music credits, alongside DDEX. It will be strengthening its approa…

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OpenAI to build five more Stargate data centers in the US with Oracle and SoftBank

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - OpenAI today announced plans to build five new data center sites in the U.S. as part of its Stargate initiative. Launched in January, Stargate is intended to provide the artificial intelligence provider with 10 gigawatts’ worth of computing infrastructure…

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AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

Jason Koebler / 404media - AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

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GoPro launches MAX2 360 with true 8K, new LIT HERO 4K camera, and Fluid Pro AI gimbal

Wayne Williams / betanews - GoPro has unveiled three new products in its camera ecosystem, each aimed at a different type of content creator. These products are MAX2, a 360 camera with true 8K resolution and twist-off replaceable lenses, LIT HERO, a miniature lifestyle camera with a…

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Google revamps its Play Store with AI features and more

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Users can expect more personalization, a redesigned Apps tab, new Play Games experience, and other features that leverage Gemini AI.

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Google DeepMind expands frontier AI safety framework to counter manipulation and shutdown risks

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind lab today rolled out the third version of its Frontier Safety Framework to strengthen oversight of powerful artificial intelligence systems that could pose risks if left unchecked. The third iteration of the framework intro…

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Google’s Gemini Assistant is Coming to Google TV

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Google is starting to roll out its Gemini assistant to select smart TVs running its Google TV platform.The post Google’s Gemini Assistant is Coming to Google TV appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Mycroft raises $3.5 million USD to deliver “Goldilocks” security for startups

Josh Scott / betakit - Ex-PartnerStack leaders want to give SaaS companies enterprise-grade security without the overhead.The post Mycroft raises $3.5 million USD to deliver “Goldilocks” security for startups first appeared on BetaKit.

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Sumo Logic brings agentic AI to the enterprise security stack

Ian Barker / betanews - Enterprises face a growing volume and complexity of cyber threats which means security teams struggle with alert fatigue and managing a spread of tools. Sumo Logic is launching a new agent-powered security operations tool to help automate routine tasks, s…

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Rekord raises $2.1M to power the future of credit decisioning

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Dublin-based Rekord hasraised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to advance its AI-native platform forcredit decisioning. The round was led by Point Nine Capital, with participationfrom Octopus Ventures...

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xAI releases cheaper, fast language model Grok 4 Fast

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - xAI has introduced Grok 4 Fast, a lighter version of its flagship model. According to the company, it performs on par with Grok 4 in most tasks but uses about 40 percent less compute. That efficiency also translates into lower costs - xAI says the price p…

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The Hidden Risk in Notion 3.0 AI Agents: Web Search Tool Abuse for Data Exfiltration

Simon Willison / simonwillison - The Hidden Risk in Notion 3.0 AI Agents: Web Search Tool Abuse for Data ExfiltrationAbi Raghuram reports that Notion 3.0, released yesterday, introduces new prompt injection data exfiltration vulnerabilities thanks to enabling lethal trifecta attacks.Abi'…

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‘AI Scheming’: OpenAI Digs Into Why Chatbots Will Intentionally Lie and Deceive Humans

AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Researchers figured out how to stop some of it, but AI can still be petty.

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Octopus Energy spins off its Kraken utility billing and AI platform

Tim De Chant / techcrunch - The British renewable energy provider said that its Kraken platform had $500 million in committed annual revenue, spurring a spinoff that could result in a massive IPO.

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Notion 3.0 Arrives With AI Agents

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Notion has released Notion 3.0, which it describes as the biggest-ever update to its modular productivity app.The post Notion 3.0 Arrives With AI Agents appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Numeral Raises $35 Million for Sales Tax Compliance Platform

PYMNTS / pymnts - Numeral raised $35 million in a Series B funding round to grow its artificial intelligence-powered sales tax compliance platform for eCommerce and software-as-a-service companies. The fully automated platform manages the entire sales tax lifecycle for the…

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