Users Report Mass Instagram Bans, Blame Flawed AI Moderation

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Instagram faces a growing user backlash as its AI moderation system triggers a wave of mistaken account bans, impacting personal users and businesses while Meta remains silent on the escalating crisis.The post Users Report Mass Instagram Bans, Blame Flawe…

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Meta AI App Accidentally Broadcasts Private Chats to All

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Meta AI’s Discover feed has exposed users’ private chats—including medical, legal, and intimate details—sparking privacy outrage and calls for change.The post Meta AI App Accidentally Broadcasts Private Chats to All first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Disney & Universal Studios Sue Midjourney for Using Their Copyrighted Content To Generate AI Images

Dhruv Raghav / medianama - Both the studios alleged that Midjourney used copyrighted content to create AI-generated images of their characters, like Darth Vader, Iron Man, Deadpool, Spider-Man, etc., resulting in $300 million revenue gain last year aloneThe post Disney & Universal …

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Meta Finalizes $14.3B Scale AI Deal with Strategic Leadership Shift

Meta has finalized a $14.3 billion deal to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI. The transaction comes with leadership shifts at Scale—including an executive promotion—as Meta doubles down on its AI ambitions, proving once again that in tech, billions can buy more than just market share.

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Apple's AI ambitions go beyond Siri LLM with Knowledge chatbot and always-on AI copilot

appleinsider - Apple executives are keeping silent about future Apple Intelligence plans, but a new rumor suggests the 2026 release of contextual Siri is just the start on a road to chatbots and always-on assistants.Apple Intelligence could get several upgrades in the c…

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Meta sues AI ‘nudify’ app Crush AI for advertising on its platforms

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Meta has sued the maker of a popular AI "nudify" app, Crush AI, that reportedly ran thousands of ads across its platforms.

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Meta’s AI Video Editor Arrives Amidst Data Harvesting Concerns

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Meta has launched a new generative AI video editing tool across its apps, offering fun, creative presets.The post Meta’s AI Video Editor Arrives Amidst Data Harvesting Concerns appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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Spains Multiverse raises $215m and increases valuation 5x

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Wikipedia Won't Add AI-Generated Slop After Editors Yelled At Them

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit group that hosts, develops, and controls Wikipedia, has announced that it won’t be moving forward with plans to add AI-generated summaries to articles after it received an overwhelmingly negative reaction from its arm…

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Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

Emanuel Maiberg / 404media - “This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.

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Disney and Universal Studios file suit against Midjourney for copyright infringement

Andre Revilla / engadget - Disney and NBCUniversal have filed a joint suit against AI company Midjourney alleging copyright infringement on their various properties. The complaint, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, includes images created by Midjourney that feature a …

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Uptime Industries wants to boost localized AI usage with an ‘AI-in-a-box’ called Lemony AI

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally.

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Meta Building ‘Superintelligence’ Team to Tackle Next-Gen AI: Report

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally putting together a top-tier "superintelligence" team with the goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI)The post Meta Building ‘Superintelligence’ Team to Tackle Next-Gen AI: Report first appeared on iP…

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Meta Taps Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang for New ‘Superintelligence’ Lab

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Meta is launching a new lab to pursue 'superintelligence' and is in talks for a multi-billion dollar deal with Scale AI, a dramatic move to counter a recent talent exodus, model delays, and intense competition from its Big Tech rivals.The post Meta Taps S…

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WWDC 2025: Apple’s AI Wins Can’t Hide Siri’s Deeper Crisis

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's WWDC 2025 reveals a revamped 'Apple Intelligence' strategy, delivering practical AI tools like Live Translation this fall to counter a year of development setbacks and privacy debates.The post WWDC 2025: Apple’s AI Wins Can’t Hide Siri’s Deeper Cr…

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Photos show Waymo vehicles on fire during L.A. protests as company cuts service

cnbc - In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement graffiti scrawled on the doors.

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Breakthrough Apple study shows advanced reasoning AI doesn’t actually reason at all

Chris Smith / bgr - With just a few days to go until WWDC 2025, Apple published a new AI study that could mark a turning point for the future …The post Breakthrough Apple study shows advanced reasoning AI doesn’t actually reason at all appeared first on BGR.

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iOS 26 AI Battery Management Feature May Launch With iPhone 17 Air

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple's rumored AI-powered battery management feature may not be announced at WWDC as part of iOS 26, with Apple potentially launching the tool in tandem with the release of the iPhone 17 Air in September. That's according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who …

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Could Apple Ditch Siri Name in Major AI Rebrand at WWDC?

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple will highlight its AI strategy at Monday's WWDC 2025 keynote, with its much-talked-about "Liquid Glass" software redesign playing a secondary role in announcements, claims industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.Reports leading up to WWDC have indicated that …

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Pokémon studio’s action RPG Beast of Reincarnation launches in 2026

Jay Peters / theverge - Game Freak, perhaps best known for its work on the Pokémon franchise, is working on a new action RPG called Beast of Reincarnation that will launch sometime in 2026. In the game, you play as Emma, who will be accompanied by a canine friend. “Survive a jou…

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