Thinking Machines Ousts CTO Barret Zoph. Hours Later, OpenAI Welcomed Him Home.

arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/b... Bandcamp announced that it no longer permits AI-generated music. “Music & audio that is generated wholly or substantially by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,” they wrote. The new policy also prohibits “any use of AI to

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Bandcamp bans music that heavily features generative AI

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Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform | Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans

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Bandcamp becomes the first major music platform to ban AI content

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The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

OpenAI Forges $10 Billion Deal With Cerebras for AI Computing

Ian KingShirin Ghaffary / bloomberg - OpenAI signed a multiyear deal to use hardware from Cerebras Systems Inc. for 750 megawatts’ worth of computing power, an alliance that will support the company’s rapid build-out of AI infrastructure.

#ai #cloud #semiconductors #chips #openai #genai #business #datacenter #supercomputers

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Boosted AI speeds via enhanced compute

OpenAI’s $10B Cerebras Deal Promises 15x Faster AI Speed

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OpenAI Says New Compute From Cerebras Will Accelerate AI Models’ Response Time

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Detailed deal terms announced

OpenAI signs $10 billion deal with Cerebras Systems

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

OpenAI announces $10B Cerebras deal for 750MW compute

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

OpenAI inks AI chips deal with Nvidia challenger Cerebras

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

OpenAI purchases large-scale computing power from startup Cerebras

7 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

OpenAI commits to buying over $10B worth of AI compute capacity from Cerebras Systems

7 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Cerebras and OpenAI join forces to deliver 750MW of breakthrough AI compute power in a new multi-year expansion

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10 billion, for compute from Cerebras

7 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

OpenAI Signs Another Deal With a Computer Chip Maker

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI Signs Another Deal With a Computer Chip Maker

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI agrees $10bn AI infrastructure deal with start-up Cerebras

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OpenAI enters $10 billion partnership with Cerebras

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OpenAI Forges $10 Billion Deal With Cerebras for AI Computing

7 wks / bloomberg / Ian KingShirin Ghaffary

OpenAI Forges Multibillion-Dollar Computing Partnership With Cerebras

7 wks / wsj / Kate Clark

IPO implications and financial shifts

Cerebras Scores OpenAI Deal Worth Over $10 Billion

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

OpenAI Just Handed Cerebras a $10 Billion Lifeline. The Timing Tells You Everything.

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Cerebras scores OpenAI deal worth over $10 billion ahead of AI chipmaker's IPO

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Other miscellaneous mentions

One-Minute Daily AI News 1/14/2026

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How are you going to pay them Sammy https://openai.com/index/cerebras-partnership/

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The collaboration will help OpenAI models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time consuming tasks, the companies said.

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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

Kate Conger / nytimes - The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #california

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California probes

California Opens xAI Investigation Over Grok's Deepfake Flood

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

California to investigate xAI over Grok chatbot images, officials say

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California Attorney General Investigating xAI Over Grok’s Deepfakes

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

California investigating Grok AI over lewd fake images

7 wks / techxplore

California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Kate Conger

Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images

7 wks / cnbc

Global regulatory & advocacy

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

7 wks / theverge / Robert Hart

It’s not over, Europe’s regulators tell X

7 wks / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Philippines to Join Indonesia, Malaysia in Blocking Musk’s Grok

7 wks / bloomberg / Cliff Harvey Venzon

Advocacy groups slam Apple and Google for hosting Grok and X apps

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images

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Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin

7 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grok Generated 6,700 Nudifying Images Per Hour. Musk Says He Saw 'Literally Zero.

7 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Senate passes bill letting victims sue over Grok AI explicit images

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Platform policy clampdown

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

7 wks / nytimes / Ali Watkins

X says it has blocked Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing

7 wks / techspot

Grok now bans all undressing images -- where it's forced to

7 wks / appleinsider

Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Musk rushes to fix disgusting Grok replies

7 wks / news.com.au

X Announces Grok Can No Longer Edit Real People’s Images, But Website Still Allows It

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal

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Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’

7 wks / mashable

X Tightens Grok Image Generation Following International Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

7 wks / scmp

Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

7 wks / cnbc

X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash

7 wks / bbc

XAI Blocks Grok From Creating Sexualized Images of Real People

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

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X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking. But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the f

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Le Monde publie de fausses nouvelles. www.theverge.com/news/862372/...

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California DOJ is the latest to initiate a formal investigation of xAI and its Grok issues - the AI chatbot and image generator enabled widespread creation and publication of deepfake NCII & CSAM (nonconsensual intimate images, and child sexual abuse

7 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

VoiceRun gets $5.5M in seed funding to give enterprises more control over voice AI agents

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - VoiceRun, a startup that’s helping enterprises to develop voice-enabled artificial intelligence agents that they control, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to help customers move beyond simple pilots and demonstrations and deploy voice-powered appli…

#ai #startups #vc #saas #enterprise #voice #genai #assistant #api

VoiceRun Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding

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VoiceRun gets $5.5M in seed funding to give enterprises more control over voice AI agents

7 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build voice agent factory

7 wks / techcrunch / Dominic-Madori Davis

British Police Used Microsoft Copilot for Faulty Report That Led to Ban on Soccer Team Fans

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - Microsoft's AI assistant hallucinated a soccer match.

#ai #techpolicy #microsoft #aiethics #genai #uk #soccer #police #copilot

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

7 wks / reddit / /u/ScootSchloingo

Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans | Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools

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British Police Used Microsoft Copilot for Faulty Report That Led to Ban on Soccer Team Fans

7 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans

7 wks / arstechnica / Nate Anderson

UK Police Blame Microsoft Copilot for Intelligence Mistake

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

7 wks / theverge / Tom Warren

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

Jay Peters / theverge - Google's Gemini AI is getting what could prove to be a very big upgrade: To help answers from Gemini be more personalized, the company is going to let you connect the chatbot to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and your YouTube history to provide what Google…

#ai #dataprivacy #google #aiethics #genai #youtube #alphabet #assistant #digitalprivacy #gemini

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Gemini Personalization: AI learns from your data (24)
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Apple Integration: Gemini powers Siri advancements

Apple Picking Google Gemini to Power Siri Was About Buying Time

7 wks / cnet / Imad Khan

3 Rumored Features Exclusive To Gemini-Powered Siri That Android Desperately Needs

7 wks / bgr

Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence

7 wks / cnbc

Apple May Use Customized Google Gemini

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Will Siri Really Be ‘Powered by Gemini’?

7 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Don't give Gemini your personal data, wait for Apple Intelligence-powered Siri

7 wks / appleinsider

Gemini just got scarily smart for you where Apple’s Siri dream failed

7 wks / digitaltrends

Gemini Personalization: AI learns from your data

Google Wants Gemini to Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google's Personal Intelligence links Gmail, Photos and Search to Gemini

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence in the U.S.

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Google introduces Personal Intelligence personalization tool for Gemini

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google Integrates Gmail, YouTube, and Search Into Gemini

7 wks / eweek / David Curry

Gemini can now access your photos and read your Gmail messages

7 wks / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Google Launches Beta of ‘Personal Intelligence’, Connecting Gemini to Google Apps

7 wks / blog / John Gruber

Google offers bargain: Sell your soul to Gemini, and it'll give you smarter answers

7 wks / theregister / Thomas Claburn

For AI to be truly useful, it needs to understand you. With Personal Intelligence, we’re beginning to solve this. With your permission, Gemini can now securely reason across your own data to answer questions that generic models simply can't - like suggest

7 wks / x / @demishassabis

Alphabet(GOOG) Stock: Pushes Forward as Gemini Gains New Personal Intelligence Features Across Core Google Apps

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Google Enables AI Assistant Gemini to Draw Information From Emails and Photos

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers | The feature will start with paid users only, and it’s off by default.

7 wks / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Google Gemini’s ‘Personal Intelligence’ Pulls from Your Search and YouTube History

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Google Gemini Can Now Be Personalized Using Data From Google Apps

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Google taps its massive data advantage with new Gemini feature

Google Gemini’s Most Useful Update Ever: It Finally Knows Who You Are

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers

7 wks / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Gemini's New Personal Intelligence Gives Android The Assistant iPhone Keeps Promising

7 wks / bgr

Gemini's New 'Personalized Intelligence' Uses Your Photos and Gmail to Customize Responses

7 wks / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Gemini can now pull context the rest of your Google apps, if you let it

7 wks / engadget / Andre Revilla

Google Gemini Can Proactively Analyze Users’ Gmail, Photos, Searches

7 wks / bloomberg / Chris Welch

Google taps emails and YouTube history in push for personalised AI

7 wks / ft

Gemini’s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more

7 wks / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Other: Diverse Gemini ecosystem developments

Google plans to make Chrome for Android an agentic browser with Gemini

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Gemini is winning

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The Model Matters: I Tried Vibe Coding a Project With Different Gemini Models

7 wks / cnet / Blake Stimac

Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities

7 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Gemini is winning

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Important announcement on the path towards Jarvis -> Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users

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Google Gemini is now asking users to let it train on their personal email and photos, and offering up bizarre reasons why this is meant to be good. It is not, and the timing of the news is suspicious.

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This is very much the interconnected extension of a Gemini Live aspiration for glasses etc. So it knows, sees, contextualizes. By getting all the data www.theverge.com/news/861576/...

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Every day a new way for AI to be more intrusive and unwanted.

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Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.

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China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips

Luz Ding / bloomberg - Chinese AI startup Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. released a new multimodal model that it says is the country’s first to be fully trained using domestic chips, in a sign of progress toward meeting Beijing’s goal of reducing reliance on American techn…

#ai #startups #hardware #semiconductors #ml #opensource #china #chips #genai #huawei

China's Z.AI Releases First Major AI Image Generation Model Trained Without American Chips

7 wks / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack

7 wks / scmp

China’s Zhipu Introduces Latest AI Model Powered by Huawei Chips - Bitget

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China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips

7 wks / bloomberg / Luz Ding

Zhipu AI and Huawei Open-Source SOTA Multimodal Model Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips - Pandaily

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zai-org/GLM-Image · Hugging Face

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Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - The Senate has passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE ) Act with unanimous consent, according to the bill’s co-sponsor Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The bill lets the subjects of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfak…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #politics #cybercrime #us #law #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

After Grok's deepfake flood, Senate passes bill letting victims take creators to court

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/13/2347221/senate-passes-a-bill-that-would-let-nonconsensual-deepfake-victims-sue?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue - Slashdot #sentiment analysis #ai #artificial intelligence #government

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What can technology do to stop AI-generated sexualized images?

7 wks / techxplore

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

7 wks / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue / It comes amid the global uproar over X’s mass AI undressing of users on its platform.

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Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

US Senate Unanimously Passes DEFIANCE Act as Grok Crisis Spurs Victim Protection Law

X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says

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Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.

#ai #mobiletech #computervision #mobile #google #android #genai #camera #media #updates

Editor: I'm not sure social media can handle vertical Veo.

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4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements

Pinned: We’ve made lots of improvements with Veo 3.1! It’s more expressive, supports portrait mode and SOTA video upscaling to 1080p and 4K. Rolling out starting today - try it in the @GeminiApp (for plus/pro/ultra users) and @FlowbyGoogle

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Google Updates Veo AI Video Generator With 4K Upscaling and Native Vertical Mode

7 wks / iclarified

Google Enhances Veo 3.1’s Ingredients to Video with Expressiveness, Vertical Format, and 4K Upscaling

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with Ingredients and 4K upscaling

7 wks / testingcatalog / Erin

Integrated dynamic upgrades

Google rolls out big upgrades to AI video generator, Veo - Neowin

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos - the-decoder.com

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

7 wks / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling - Ars Technica

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos

Google’s New Veo 3.1 Update Includes Ingredients to Video Tool for Social Media - TechEBlog -

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Vertical video innovation

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with native vertical video generation

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google’s Veo just got better at making videos for your social feeds

7 wks / digitaltrends

Google Veo 3.1 AI Update Creates Dynamic Vertical Videos for Social Media - Букви

7 wks / mezha

Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

7 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

7 wks / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

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New report sheds light on how Gemini fits into Apple’s Siri revamp

Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple has announced a multi-year partnership with Google to power Siri using Gemini AI, launching with iOS 26.4 in March or April 2026 for approximately $1 billion annually.The post Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri appeared first on …

#ai #voice #apple #google #genai #ios #assistant #gemini

7 wks / digitaltrends

Apple to Use Google’s Gemini AI in Siri and Future AI Models: What This Means

7 wks / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

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Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple Didn't Partner With Google. It Surrendered to It.

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report

7 wks / appleinsider

Apple just straight up robbed Google

7 wks / fastcompany / Mark Wilson

Elon Musk Slams Apple-Google AI Deal as ‘Unreasonable’ Power Grab

7 wks / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Kuo: Apple's AI Deal With Google Is Temporary and Buys It Time

7 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple's Google AI Deal Was Driven by Urgent WWDC Pressure [Kuo]

7 wks / iclarified

Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri

How Meta's Latest Job Cuts Compare to Recent Broader Tech Sector Layoffs

Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

eWEEK Staff / eweek - The cuts represent roughly 10% of the division's workforce and signal Meta's accelerating pivot away from its metaverse ambitions toward AI dominance.The post Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #vr #meta #genai #business #jobs #layoffs #spatialcomputing

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VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot (5)
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Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI

7 wks / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Meta’s metaverse dream fades as 1,000 employees are let go

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta begins job cuts as it shifts from Metaverse to AI devices

7 wks / techxplore

Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

7 wks / mashable

Meta is Cutting 10% of its Reality Labs Workforce as it Shifts its Focus to Mobile and Wearables

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta Lays off VR Staff to Focus on AI

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Meta layoffs today: Facebook parent reportedly slashing hundreds of workers from Reality Labs VR division

7 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Meta to Cut 10% of Reality Labs Workforce as Metaverse Vision Faces Reckoning

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

7 wks / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

Meta to lay off hundreds in Reality Labs amid shift from metaverse to AI

7 wks / techspot

Meta Cutting Reality Labs Workforce by 10%

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot

Meta Closes Three VR Studios As Part of Its Metaverse Cuts

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

7 wks / cnbc

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Meta Shuts Down Deadpool VR Studio Twisted Pixel and Asgard’s Wrath Studio Sanzaru Games Amidst 10% Cut to Reality Labs Division

7 wks / wccftech / David Carcasole

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Meta is laying off about 10% of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio are all being closed down

7 wks / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…

#ai #automation #saas #enterprise #anthropic #genai #business #apps #assistant #instantmessaging

Slack launches AI-powered Slackbot for Business+ orgs

7 wks / testingcatalog / Erin

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now https://gizmodo.com/your-slack-is-infected-with-an-ai-agent-now-2000709707

7 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now gizmodo.com/your-slack-i...

7 wks / bsky / @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social / jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

Salesforce makes revamped Slackbot generally available

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Salesforce releases new AI slackbot based on Anthropic's Claude

Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

7 wks / fastcompany / Steven Melendez

Salesforce Converts Slackbot into an Personal AI Agent

7 wks / techstrong / Mike Vizard

Salesforce releases updated Slackbot powered by Anthropic's AI model

7 wks / cnbc

Slackbot is an AI agent now

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

Slack revamps Slackbot: The battle for the business AI assistant has begun

7 wks / techzine / Coen van Eenbergen

Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Anthropic expanded its agentic AI lineup with the debut of Cowork, a tool designed to bring the sophisticated capabilities of Claude Code to a much broader, less technical audience. Integrated directly into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork serves as a more …

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Claude Cowork nukes every startup playbook

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Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder

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Anthropic Launches Cowork, Bringing Claude’s Agentic AI to Non-Developers

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An AI Answered a Question About 1834. It Was Right.

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Anthropic's Claude Cowork was built in under two weeks using Claude Code to write the code

Anthropic launches Cowork, Claude Code for non-coding work

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AI Agents: Anthropic Launches Claude Cowork With Advanced File-Editing Capabilities for Mainstream Users

Claude recently dropped Cowork, and this feels like a real step forward.

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Anthropic's new Cowork feature brings Claude Code's agent capabilities to people who don't write code

Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders

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Anthropic’s Cowork turns Claude into your hands-on digital teammate

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Anthropic introduces Cowork for general knowledge work

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…

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With a third of developer time spent on internal tools; Milan’s Bricks.sh raises €1.6 miliion to automate admin panels

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Bricks.sh Raises €1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

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Bricks.sh secures €1.6M pre-seed to expand AI-native internal tools

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Bricks.sh’s 3-click AI builder just raised €1.6M to automate admin panels for non-tech teams

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

The Associated Press / npr - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible…

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

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Google removes AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws

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Google Removes AI Health Summaries After Risky Medical Errors Exposed

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Google removes AI health summaries after investigation finds dangerous flaws

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Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws

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Google Turns Off Some AI Overviews Following Reports of “Dangerous” Medical Information

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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Julie Bort / techcrunch - AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

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$100M for “medical memory” for ChatGPT Health. OpenAI acquires Latvian medical startup Torch

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OpenAI Strengthens ChatGPT Health Plans With Torch Acquisition

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OpenAI buys health-tech Torch for $100m

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OpenAI acquires Torch to build a "medical memory for AI"