TikTok’s policy for AI ads isn’t working
TikTok's policy for AI ads isn't working Samsung, like many companies using generative AI in their advertising, hasn’t placed an AI label on several videos shared through its TikTok accounts, and the fine print doesn’t always contain the answers. | Image by Samsung I’ve been struggling to tell whether the ads appearing in my TikTok […]
David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar
David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who’d become Silicon Valley’s primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on Thursday that he was no longer a special government employee – and therefore […]
Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini
Google is making it easier to import another AI's memory into Gemini Google is rolling out two new Gemini tools on Thursday which could attract users who are thinking about switching their preferred AI chatbot but don’t want to “retrain” a new AI. Gemini’s new “Import Memory” and “Import Chat History” features help users quickly […]
Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music
Apple's AI Playlist Playground is bad at music Apple Music: “What do you want to hear?” Me: “Atmospheric instrumental black metal to write to.” Apple Music: “Here’s three metal songs with vocals, a field recording, an ambient electronic track, and a piece of doom jazz.” I am skeptical of AI’s ability to serve up the […]
Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages
Google's 'live' AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages Google is expanding access to Search Live, a feature that lets you search for information using your voice and camera. The AI search assistant is now available in more than 200 countries and territories, as well as dozens of languages, according to an […]
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI. The update, which was added to Wikipedia’s guidelines late last week, cites the tendency for AI-written articles to violate “several of Wikipedia’s core content policies” as the reason for the ban. The change applies to the English version […]
Reddit accounts with ‘fishy’ bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they’re human
Reddit accounts with 'fishy' bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they're human Reddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform – a process that may require some users to confirm that they’re human. In a post on Wednesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system […]
Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump’s new ‘tech panel’
Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump's new 'tech panel' Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin will be the first four members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and […]
Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI datacenters later this year
Arm's first CPU ever will plug into Meta's AI datacenters later this year After decades of only licensing its chip designs for others to use, UK-based Arm revealed the first chip it’s producing on its own, and the first customer. Dubbed the Arm AGI CPU, it’s another chip designed for inference, or running the cloud […]
Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer
Anthropic's Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer Claude will ask you for permission to autonomously perform taks on your computer. | Image by Anthropic Anthropic has updated Claude to perform tasks in its Code and Cowork AI tools autonomously by using your computer for you. The new feature can be used to automatically […]