Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails
msmash / slashdot - Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. From a report: Acc…
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Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability Platform
Clinton / ventureburn - Selector Accelerates Growth With New Capital Selector has raised $32 million to grow its AI observability platform. The round doubles its valuation to $375 million. AVP led the funding. AnsaThe post Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability …
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Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos
digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…
- Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly (8)
- Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks (2)
- Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives (2)
- Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity (2)
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Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly
Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks
Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives
Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity
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Perplexity Abandons AI Advertising Strategy Over Trust Worries
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - AI company Perplexity is stepping away from advertising over concerns that it will erode user trust, despite moves by rivals to introduce ads as an alternative money-making strategy.Perplexity was one of the first AI services to embrace ads in 2024, after…
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Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'
Andre Revilla / engadget - Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any var…
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Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you
digitaltrends - Google locked in I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 and it’s already framing the event around Gemini and AI tooling. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s missing, and how to plan what to watch.The post Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you appeare…
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 Launches With 1M Context Window, Opus-Level Coding Performance
iclarified - Anthropic has officially released Claude Sonnet 4.6, a major update to its AI model that reportedly outperforms its predecessor in coding and agentic tasks. The release brings significant upgrades to computer use capabilities and introduces a massive cont…
- Anthropic faces ethical, defense, and governance scrutiny over Claude (4)
- Community demos, explainers, and user projects around Claude (1)
- Sonnet 4.6: 1M‑token context and upgraded coding (7)
- Sonnet's $3 pricing threatens Opus-class models and competition (3)
Anthropic faces ethical, defense, and governance scrutiny over Claude
Community demos, explainers, and user projects around Claude
Sonnet 4.6: 1M‑token context and upgraded coding
Sonnet's $3 pricing threatens Opus-class models and competition
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Apple Is Reportedly Planning To Launch AI-Powered Glasses, a Pendant, and AirPods
BeauHD / slashdot - According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (paywalled), Apple is reportedly developing AI-powered smart glasses, a wearable pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods that connect to the iPhone and use "visual context" to let Siri perform real-world actions. The Verg…
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Samsung teases mobile AI photography tools ahead of Unpacked
Anna Washenko / engadget - Anyone who's been paying even a little bit of attention to tech news lately could have made a reasonable guess that AI will be a big topic at Samsung's Unpacked next week. Ahead of the event, Samsung teased some of what's to come for AI in terms of the Ga…
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Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon
Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomo…
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OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role
tomshardware - OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple name changes.
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Meta patented LLM that would post for users after they die
mashable - Meta recently won a patent for an LLM that would simulate users' accounts and post, like, and comment on their behalf, including for the accounts of people who have died.
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Google I/O 2026 Dates Announced for May: Gemini to Android and More
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Google has officially locked in the dates for its annual developer conference, with Google I/O 2026 returning to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View from May 19-20, 2026. While some developers will be there in person, the rest of us can catch the …
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WordPress’s new AI assistant will let users edit their sites with prompts
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Starting on Tuesday, WordPress users can edit their websites using the new AI assistant built into the platform's site editor and media library, TechCrunch reports. The AI has a sidebar in the WordPress site editor where users can ask it to edit and trans…
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Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents
PYMNTS / pymnts - Cloud technology company Render has raised $100 million in new funding. The firm’s Series C extension, announced Tuesday (Feb. 17), values Render at $1.5 billion and will help it build cloud runtime for artificial intelligence (AI) agents and applications…
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Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6, a highly capable creative and coding AI model
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC upgraded its Claude Sonnet model to version 4.6 today, adding stronger computer-use skills, long-context reasoning, agent planning and improved performance for knowledge work and design. The company said it brings the coveted 1 million token…
- Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance (3)
- Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions (1)
- Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context (5)
- Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing (3)
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Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance
Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions
Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context
Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing
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Apple Working on Three AI Wearables: Smart Glasses, AI Pin, and AirPods With Cameras
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is speeding up its work on three AI wearable devices, reports Bloomberg. Apple is developing AI smart glasses, a wearable AI pin or pendant, and AI AirPods, all of which will connect to the iPhone and will interface with the smarter version of Siri …
- AI pendant: AirTag-sized always-on 'eyes and ears' accessory (4)
- Bloomberg leak: Apple’s three-wearable AI push accelerates timelines (7)
- Camera AirPods: earbuds with visual sensors powering Siri (1)
- Smart glasses: premium camera-first companion, contextual Siri (2)
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AI pendant: AirTag-sized always-on 'eyes and ears' accessory
Bloomberg leak: Apple’s three-wearable AI push accelerates timelines
Camera AirPods: earbuds with visual sensors powering Siri
Smart glasses: premium camera-first companion, contextual Siri
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iOS 26.4 beta adds encrypted RCS messaging
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has started testing encrypted RCS messaging in the latest developer seeds of iOS 26.4, alongside updates for iPadOS 26.4 and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The new beta introduces end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services, marking a significant step …
- Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android (2)
- MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers (5)
- Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay (6)
- OTHER: Hotspot, Health, Siri absence, beta rollouts, and miscellany (10)
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Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android
MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers
Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay
OTHER: Hotspot, Health, Siri absence, beta rollouts, and miscellany
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Anthropic and Infosys team up to build AI agents for regulated industries
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic and Indian IT giant Infosys are jointly developing AI agents for regulated industries.The article Anthropic and Infosys team up to build AI agents for regulated industries appeared first on The Decoder.
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Alibaba launches Qwen 3.5 AI model amid intensifying China chatbot race
Anwesha Pattanaik / techmonitor - Alibaba introduced its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen 3.5, to boost its presence in China's chatbot market.
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