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AI animations running on a laptop.

This new AI application could change game development forever

With GenMotion.AI, game designers will be able to produce high-quality animations using natural language text prompts.
Elon Musk talks to the press as he arrives to to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin.

The ‘most powerful AI training system in the world’ just went online

Elon Musk has announced Colossus, which the xAI team built from the ground up in roughly four months.
Gemini running on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

Gemini subscribers have two new features to play with

Google has fixed its image generation feature, and is also finally rolling out Gems.
A person sits in front of a laptop. On the laptop screen is the home page for OpenAI's ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot.

OpenAI gets called out for opposing a proposed AI safety bill

"When actual regulation is on the table, he opposes it," the researchers wrote of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
A screenshot of claude 3.5 sonnet, with an 8-bit crab.

A huge new Claude feature is now available for free

People have reportedly created"tens of millions of Claude Artifacts since the feature's June preview, and now it's available for all.
Midjourney River image.

Is Grok really better than Midjourney? Here’s how the two compare

Midjourney and Grok are two of the premiere AI image generators available today. Which is better for you?
The Midjourney homepage

Midjourney is now free for everyone

Midjourney is now free for all users. Over the course of a 25-image free trial, at least.
Different style modes being used in Ideogram.

Ideogram 2.0 has arrived to eat Midjourney’s lunch

Ideogram 2.0 has arrived, and it can generate up to 40 images a day at no charge.
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An AI is officially running to be mayor

Meet VIC, the first AI to be running for mayorship, with a human co-candidate, identified as the AI's "meat avatar."
Microsoft Copilot allows you to ask an AI assistant questions within Office apps.

Microsoft: AI is no replacement for human expertise

Microsoft made a change to its terms of services that says it won't be held liable for your decisions based on its bots' advice.
Professor Dumbledore by a pool in Wes Anderson's Harry Potter.

AI image generation just took a huge step forward

Midjourney, Grok, and Google all announced significant updates to their AI image-generation models.
AI Overviews being shown in Google Search.

Despite early blowback, Google expands AI Overviews

AI Overviews gets new features and expands outside of the U.S.
Elon Musk as Wario in a sketch from Saturday Night Live.

Grok 2.0 takes the guardrails off AI image generation

Elon Musk's xAI released its updated Grok-2 AI, which features image generation without content guardrails.
A laptop screen shows the home page for ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot.

There’s something strange about the latest update to ChatGPT

OpenAI has revealed a new update to GPT-4o, but it won't say exactly what has been changed.
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How to use Gemini AI to create presentations in Google Slides

Gemini AI takes the pain out of creating slideshow presentations, but not watching them.
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How to use Gemini AI to master Google Sheets

Discover how Gemini can enhance your ability to analyze data, automate repetitive tasks, and optimize your entire spreadsheet experience In Google Sheets.
crystalline network nodes

A modular supercomputer built to birth AGI could be online by next year

The first node of the network is expected to come online in September.
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How to use Gemini AI to write anything in Google Docs

Gemini AI is revolutionizing the way we create content within Google Docs. Here's how to get the most out of your $20/month writing assistant.
ChatGPT results on an iPhone.

ChatGPT can now generate images for free using Dall-E

OpenAI's Dall-E 3 image generator is now available to use for free, but with some restrictions.
a content creator recording a thing in the kitchen with a bowl of food

More AI may be coming to YouTube in a big way

The "brainstorm with Gemini" experiment marks Google's second foray into including AI assistance in the YouTube creative process.
The OpenAI desktop app showing the text input window

The ChatGPT app for Mac just got this helpful new feature

Using Option + Space, the ChatGPT app for Mac can now open up side by side with other apps.
The Figure 02 robot looking at its own hand

Figure’s latest robot is already in testing at a BMW plant

The Figure 02 runs 50% longer with three times the compute and inference power of its predecessor.
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Nvidia reportedly caught scraping AI data from Netflix and YouTube (again)

Nvidia helped itself to "a human lifetime visual experience worth of training data per day," according to company execs.
Nothing Phone 2a and ChatGPT voice mode.

ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode: release date, compatibility, and more

OpenAI has finally released its highly anticipated Advanced Voice feature to a select few of its ChatGPT-Plus subscribers, but everybody will have it by fall.
chatGPT on a phone on an encyclopedia

An accurate ChatGPT watermarking tool may exist, but OpenAI won’t release it

ChatGPT has reportedly been considering implementation of a text-detection tool for over a year now.
Meta AI's Dungeon Master looks like Snoop Dogg.

Apparently, no one wanted to talk to Meta’s ‘creepy’ AI celebrities

If you hadn't noticed the end of Meta's celebrity chatbot program, don't worry, neither did anyone else.
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Meta’s next AI model to require nearly 10 times the power to train

Mark Zuckerberg expects the compute requirements for next year's Llama 4 to be "10 times" that of last month's Llama 3.
Nothing Phone 2a and ChatGPT voice mode.

All the wild things people are doing with ChatGPT’s new Voice Mode

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode arrived on Tuesday for a select few OpenAI subscribers chosen to be part of the highly-anticipated feature's alpha release.
Apple Intelligence update on iPhone 15 Pro Max.

We just learned something surprising about how Apple Intelligence was trained

This could signal the start of a wider industry revolt against the so-called "Nvidia tax."
A glass of Coca-cola on a table next to some tacos

AI can now place a digital Coca-Cola next to any meal

The Coca-Cola Company announced Monday that it has partnered with WPP Open X in an effort to incorporate AI from Nvidia into its global ad campaigns. 
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This breakthrough memory technology could make AI 1,000 times more efficient

Engineering researchers have developed and demonstrated a new computer memory design that could drastically reduce the amount of energy AI systems consume.
screencap. two people sitting at a desk talking to OpenAI's Advanced Voice mode on a cellphone

ChatGPT’s highly anticipated Advanced Voice could arrive ‘next week’

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice feature could arrive soon, but only a lucky few will be part of July's alpha test.
An AI-generated image of a woman with blonde hair.

This new AI video generator just completely outdid Sora

Kling can generate videos up to 2 minutes in length, though they start at just 5 seconds.
Google Gemini on smartphone.

Google strikes back with its own lightweight AI model

Google announced Thursday that it is releasing Gemini 1.5 Flash, it's snack-sized large language model, to all users, including the free tier.