Reddit turns 20, and it’s going big on AI
Jay Peters / theverge - Reddit has become known as the place to go for unfiltered answers from real, human users. But as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, the company is increasingly thinking about how it can augment that human work with AI. The initial rollout…
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Anthropic Challenges OpenAI with In-Chat AI App Builder
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic has launched a new feature allowing users to build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly within its Claude chatbot, a strategic move to create a developer-friendly platform that challenges competitors with a unique cost-shifting billing mode…
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OpenAI, Microsoft Rift Hinges on How Smart AI Can Get
Berber Jin / wsj - Silicon Valley is at odds over whether AI can reach and exceed humanlike intelligence, a milestone with major implications for the startup and technology giant’s partnership.
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Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. …
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Majority of US teachers now use AI tools, saving an average of 5.9 hours each week
techspot - According to the latest Gallup study on educator perspectives, six out of 10 teachers working at public K-12 schools in the US used an AI tool to help with their work during the 2024-2025 school year. Among those polled, AI was most often used to help pre…
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Anthropic upgrades Claude with shareable AI apps and experiences
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today upgraded its Artifacts feature that provides users with a real-time dedicated workspace for a collaborative creative interface with Claude, the company’s artificial intelligence model, by introducing a dedicated space to view creations…
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Jurassic World Evolution 3 Devs Remove AI-Generated Art After Fans Yell At Them A Lot
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - When Jurassic World Evolution 3 was announced earlier this month, many fans were disappointed to learn that Frontier Developments was planning to include AI-generated artwork in the park sim. Now, after some “feedback” from fans, the studio is backing dow…
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HPE goes full stack with AI factories, agentic ops and cloud software suite
Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s theme for this week’s Discover event in Las Vegas could be that artificial intelligence isn’t an application but a factory. And it wants enterprises to believe it has all the right parts to build it. In a sprawling slate o…
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Leak reveals Grok might soon edit your spreadsheets
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Leaked code suggests xAI is developing an advanced file editor for Grok with spreadsheet support, signaling the company’s push to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft by embedding AI copilots into productivity tools.
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AI startup "Cheat at Everything" lands a16z backing
An AI startup boldly christened with a slogan that practically shouts “cheat at everything” has secured a substantial investment from Andreessen Horowitz. The funding highlights an unusual blend of irreverence and innovation in the tech space—proving that even cheeky startups can charm the hard-nosed world of venture capital.
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Microsoft Plans to Cut Thousands More Employees
Sebastian Herrera / wsj - A new round of workforce cuts at Microsoft comes as the company makes a costly push into AI.
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Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1
Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generation startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its much-anticipated AI video generation model, V1. V1 is an image-to-video model, in which users can upload an image — or take an image generated by on…
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You Can Now Generate ChatGPT Images by Texting a 1-800 Number on WhatsApp
Omar Gallaga / cnet - You can send a request for the quick creation of an image using a ChatGPT phone number.
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Google Makes Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Generally Available, Debuts Flash-Lite
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google makes its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models generally available, debuting the new cost-effective Flash-Lite and simplifying its AI pricing structure for developers.The post Google Makes Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Generally Available, Debuts Flash-Lite …
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Google’s Audio Overviews Now Turn AI Search Results into a Podcast
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google is now testing 'Audio Overviews' as an experimental Search feature that uses Gemini AI to create podcast-style summaries for complex searchq uery results.The post Google’s Audio Overviews Now Turn AI Search Results into a Podcast appeared first on …
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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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Meta launches a surreal AI video editor
Will Shanklin / engadget - Meta's impressive Movie Gen AI editing tool is starting to bear fruit. On Tuesday, the company launched a new editor for short videos, "inspired by" the technology. The editor lets you transform your clothing, location, style and more. The examples the co…
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OpenAI's o3-pro may be too smart for small talk
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - OpenAI has launched o3-pro for Pro users in ChatGPT and via the API. The new model is designed to deliver more reliable and thorough answers by leveraging greater computing power, though this comes at the cost of noticeably slower response times, even for…
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Nvidia and Perplexity team up to boost European AI initiatives
Nvidia and Perplexity have joined forces with European partners to deliver specialized AI models tailored for regional needs. This collaboration represents a calculated push to expand their European influence, blending cutting-edge innovation with local ambition—and prompting wry smiles at just how global AI battles have become.
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Mistral Enters AI Reasoning Race with Magistral Model, But Benchmarks Reveal a Gap
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mistral AI enters the AI reasoning race with its new Magistral models, offering a dual open-source and enterprise strategy that prioritizes speed and ecosystem over winning initial benchmarks against top rivals.The post Mistral Enters AI Reasoning Race wi…
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