Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of ChatGPT, threatened to quit Meta just days after joining, forcing the company to name him Chief Scientist to prevent his exit.The post Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining a…

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X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - X.AI has introduced Grok Code Fast 1, a new AI model designed specifically for agent-based programming.The article X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1 appeared first on THE DECODER.

#ai #genai #government

xAI's Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Elon Musk's Grok Has a New Coding Model That Emphasizes Speed

6 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

The White House reportedly ordered xAI's Grok to be approved for government use

6 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

GitHub engineer claims team was 'coerced' to put Grok into Copilot

6 months / theregister / Gareth Halfacree

xAI launches Grok Code Fast 1 aiming to rival GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex

6 months / techspot

Elon Musk’s xAI releases agentic coding model aimed at high speed and affordability

6 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

White House Orders Grok Fast-Tracked for Government Use, Reversing Ban on Musk’s AI Chatbot

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok 'ASAP'

6 months / wired / Zoë Schiffer

xAI Enters AI Coding Race with ‘Grok Code Fast,’ a Speedy, Low-Cost Agent

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Diversify Beyond OpenAI

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has launched two powerful in-house AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, signaling a major strategy to build its own foundational AI alongside its OpenAI partnership.The post Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Dive…

#ai #cloud #microsoft #genai

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With new in-house models, Microsoft lays the groundwork for independence from OpenAI

6 months / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Microsoft debuts in-house AI models as it builds independence from OpenAI

6 months / techspot

Microsoft presents its first large AI models and signals greater independence from OpenAI

6 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Diversify Beyond OpenAI

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Microsoft launches two in-house AI models to rival competitors

6 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Google's Nano-Banana AI Image Generator Is Officially Available In The Gemini App

bgr - Google released the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model in the Gemini app, confirming it's the same AI image generator model that went viral online as Nano-Banana.

#ai #google #genai #alphabet

Google takes Photoshop to the woodshed with new image AI

6 months / theregister / Iain Thomson

Android Auto Could Soon Get A Powerful Gemini Upgrade

6 months / bgr

Mysterious ‘Nano-Banana’ Project Revealed to Be Google’s Latest Image Editor

6 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Adobe Firefly, Express Get Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Nanobanana, unpeeled techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/g...

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Google Ships Gemini’s “Nano-Banana” Editor to Everyone, Aiming at OpenAI’s Image Lead

6 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash upgrades AI image editing with better prompt accuracy

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model

6 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google Brings Advanced Image Editing to Gemini and It’s Amazing

6 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Google updates Gemini with powerful new AI image model with photo editing capabilities

6 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Google Upgrades Gemini 2.5 Flash with ‘Bananas’ AI Image Editing Mode, Topping Leaderboards

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google's Nano-Banana AI Image Generator Is Officially Available In The Gemini App

6 months / bgr

Gemini image generation is adding more editing tools

6 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Google's New AI Image Model 'Bananas' Is Here: How to Edit Your Photos With Gemini

6 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Google Gemini’s AI image model gets a ‘bananas’ upgrade

6 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - NotebookLM has added narrated video summaries in 80 languages and richer full length audio overviews for improved learning across languages.The post NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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NotebookLM’s Video Overviews now supports 80 languages, including French and Spanish.

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NotebookLM's New Video Overviews In Action video

6 months / cnet / Stephen Beacham

NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages

6 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

NotebookLM’s Video Overview feature now supports 80 languages

6 months / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Cloudflare introduces tools to manage AI risks and protect data

Wayne Williams / betanews - Cloudflare has launched new Zero Trust tools in its Cloudflare One platform to help businesses adopt artificial intelligence securely at scale. The features aim to give organizations better visibility into how AI is used, as well as protection from unappr…

#ai #cybersecurity #cloudsec #genai

New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Cloudflare introduces tools to manage AI risks and protect data

6 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Cloudflare rolls out new defenses for generative AI in the enterprise

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model, including the weights. Elon Musk announced on X that Grok 2.5, xAI's top model for 2024, is now open source.The article xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download appeared…

#ai #opensource #genai

Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face.

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You can now download and tweak Grok 2.5 for yourself as it goes open source

6 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5

6 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

xAI makes Grok 2.5 open source and plans the same for Grok 3

6 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $10B in new funding as AI boom continues apace

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC, the company behind the Claude generative artificial intelligence service, is reportedly nearing a deal to raise $10 billion in a new funding round, as the AI boom continues apace. According to Bloomberg referencing people familiar with the …

#ai #vc #anthropic #genai

Report: Anthropic eyes $10bn raise after strong investor interest

6 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $10B in new funding as AI boom continues apace

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Anthropic Seeks to Raise $10 Billion Amid Strong Investor Interest

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

PYMNTS / pymnts - Google is bringing more advanced agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its search tool. These capabilities, announced Thursday (Aug. 21) are rolling out with restaurant reservations, with plans to expand them to local service appointments a…

#ai #google #genai

Honey, I shrunk the image and now I'm pwned

6 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Google is selling a version of Gemini for government agencies

6 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google’s AI Mode is rolling out in Canada

6 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English.

#ai #google #genai

Google's AI Mode Is Getting New Agentic Features for Restaurant Reservations and More

6 months / cnet / Blake Stimac

Google is making AI Mode in Search more agentic and launching it in over 180 new countries

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English.

6 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google opens AI Mode globally with more personalized agentic capabilities

6 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Google's $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

6 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Google Brings AI Mode to Search in Canada

6 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Google has now rolled out AI Mode in English in 180 countries - previously it was only in the US, UK and India. It is also adding "more advanced agentic and personalised capabilities" www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo...

6 months / bsky / @pressgazette.co.uk / pressgazette.co.uk

Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

6 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Google Search’s AI Mode is going global and getting smarter

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Google Tests Share Icon For For Search Results & AI Mode Again

6 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google AI Mode Now In 180 Countries & Gains Agentic Features

6 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT — flawed integration cited as why AI projects underperform

tomshardware - A new study conducted by MIT purports to demonstrate that most generative AI implementations in business settings fail.

#ai #enterprise #genai #business

« I do think some investors are likely to lose a lot of money » gizmodo.com/the-ai-repor...

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"Despite the major push to adopt AI tools in the corporate world, fewer than one in ten AI pilot programs have generated real revenue gains. The rest are having no impact on a company’s bottom line." gizmodo.com/the-ai-repor...

6 months / bsky / @elementaleucology.com / elementaleucology.com

The AI Report That’s Spooking Wall Street

6 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT — flawed integration cited as why AI projects underperform

6 months / tomshardware

Markets spooked as MIT report finds 95pc of business see no GenAI ROI

6 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

DeepSeek Launches V3.1, a 685-Billion Parameter Open-Source AI Model

Chinese startup DeepSeek has released its latest open-source AI model, V3.1, boasting 685 billion parameters. The groundbreaking model aims to rival industry titans by offering unprecedented performance and accessibility, marking a significant milestone in the competitive evolution of large language models.

#ai #opensource #deepseek #genai

DeepSeek’s V3.1 lands quietly—and pushes the open-weight fight

6 months / implicator / Robert Brown

DeepSeek Releases New Version of Model Behind Its AI Chatbot

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Druva launches new AI agents to help boost cyber resilience

Ian Barker / betanews - New AI agents launched today by Druva, the company says, will fundamentally change the way customers secure, recover, and manage their data. A major expansion to DruAI, the company’s suite of AI capabilities for customers, features intelligent agents that…

#ai #cybersecurity #cloudsec #genai

Druva launches new AI agents to help boost cyber resilience

6 months / betanews / Ian Barker

Druva introduces AI agents to streamline workload recovery and incident response

6 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Grammarly Evolves Into AI Productivity Platform With New AI Agents and Writing Tools

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Grammarly launches specialized AI agents for students and pros, evolving into an AI productivity platform with a new 'docs' writing surface powered by Coda.The post Grammarly Evolves Into AI Productivity Platform With New AI Agents and Writing Tools appea…

#ai #genai #apps

Grammarly Evolves Into AI Productivity Platform With New AI Agents and Writing Tools

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Grammarly leans into writing assistance agents for students and professionals

6 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper

6 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features

6 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Anthropic: Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses

Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - OpenAI rival Anthropic says Claude has been updated with a rare new feature that allows the AI model to end conversations when it feels it poses harm or is being abused. [...]

#ai #anthropic #aiethics #genai

Anthropic's Claude AI now has the ability to end 'distressing' conversations

6 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

OpenAI rival Anthropic says Claude has been updated with a rare new feature that allows the AI model to end conversations when it feels it poses harm or is being abused.

6 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Anthropic: Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-can-now-end-conversations-to-prevent-harmful-uses/ #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

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Anthropic: Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Claude models can now end conversations with abusive users

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI has updated GPT-5 to sound less formal and more personal after users said the model felt too cold.The article OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback appeared first on THE DECODER.

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

Quoting Sam Altman

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

OpenAI is testing an AI-powered browser that uses Chromium as its underlying engine, and it could debut on macOS first.

6 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Opinion: Why AGI Isn’t Coming Soon—And What’s Holding It Back

6 months / implicator / Lynn Raebsamen

OpenAI prepares Chromium-based AI browser to take on Google

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

OpenAI is improving ChatGPT voice mode

6 months / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

GPT-5's Voice Mode Can Hold a Decent Conversation, but Please Don't Talk to ChatGPT in Public

6 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI's o3 model outperforms the newer GPT-5 model on complex, multi-app office tasks

6 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

GPT-5 Is Free, But Here Are 5 Reasons Why ChatGPT Plus Is Still Worth It

bgr - Now that GPT-5 is available for free, you might be wondering whether or not ChatGPT Plus is still worth $20 per month. Here are 5 reasons why it might be.

#ai #openai #genai #chatgpt

GPT-5 Is Free, But Here Are 5 Reasons Why ChatGPT Plus Is Still Worth It

6 months / bgr

GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt

6 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

Emma Roth / theverge - As economists speculate whether the stock market is in an AI bubble that could soon burst, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has just admitted to believing we're in one. "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI?" Altman said during a len…

#ai #startups #genai #altman

Sam Altman, over bread rolls, explores life after GPT-5

6 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

OpenAI in talks to sell around $6 billion in stock at roughly $500 billion valuation

6 months / cnbc

Sam Altman says investors are acting irrational in a booming AI bubble

6 months / techspot

Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity

6 months / wired / Zoë Schiffer, Will Knight

Boy riding bubble realizes what he's on, asks for more air

6 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

6 months / theverge / Emma Roth

GPT-5's rollout fell flat for consumers, but the AI model is gaining where it matters most

cnbc - Since its debut, GPT-5 has more than doubled coding and agent-building activity and driven an eight-fold jump in reasoning workloads.

#ai #openai #genai

Fear of Going ‘Off Script’ Keeps CFOs From Agentic AI

6 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

GPT-5's rollout fell flat for consumers, but the AI model is gaining where it matters most

6 months / cnbc

Anthropic brings Claude's learning mode to regular users and devs

Igor Bonifacic / engadget - This past spring, Anthropic introduced learning mode, a feature that changed Claude's interaction style. When enabled, the chatbot would, following a question, try to guide the user to their own solution, instead of providing them with an answer outright.…

#ai #ml #anthropic #genai

Anthropic Launches ‘Learning Modes’ for Claude, Catching Up with ChatGPT and Google Gemini

6 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic brings Claude's learning mode to regular users and devs

6 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

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Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining

X.AI just launched its first code model named Grok Code Fast 1

Microsoft Unveils In-House MAI-1 and MAI-Voice-1 AI Models to Diversify Beyond OpenAI

Google's Nano-Banana AI Image Generator Is Officially Available In The Gemini App

NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages

Cloudflare introduces tools to manage AI risks and protect data

xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $10B in new funding as AI boom continues apace

Google Adds Agentic Features to AI-Powered Search

Google’s AI Mode expands globally, adds new agentic features

95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT — flawed integration cited as why AI projects underperform

DeepSeek Launches V3.1, a 685-Billion Parameter Open-Source AI Model

Druva launches new AI agents to help boost cyber resilience

Grammarly Evolves Into AI Productivity Platform With New AI Agents and Writing Tools

Anthropic: Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses

OpenAI updates GPT-5 tone to sound warmer after user feedback

GPT-5 Is Free, But Here Are 5 Reasons Why ChatGPT Plus Is Still Worth It

Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble

GPT-5's rollout fell flat for consumers, but the AI model is gaining where it matters most

Anthropic brings Claude's learning mode to regular users and devs

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