AI

The ‘OpenAI Files’ push for oversight in the race to AGI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said humanity is only years away from developing artificial general intelligence that could automate most human labor. If that’s true, then humanity also deserves to understand and have a say in the people and mechanics behind such an incredible and destabilizing force.  That is the guiding purpose behind “The OpenAI […]

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Google tests Audio Overviews for Search queries

Google Search is experimenting with Audio Overviews for certain Search queries, the company announced on Friday. The feature was first introduced to NotebookLM, Google’s AI-based note-taking and research assistant. The tech giant says Audio Overviews will use its latest Gemini models to give users another way to absorb and understand information. “An audio overview can

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At WWDC, Apple says it will use AI to tag apps to improve discoverability on the App Store

Apple will begin using AI technology to power the discovery of apps on the App Store, the company announced at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25). In a session focused on updates to App Store Connect, its app distribution platform for developers, the company announced it will introduce App Store Tags — labels that

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Apple executives say new AI-powered Siri wasn’t ‘demoware,’ it just wasn’t ready to ship

In a handful of interviews following Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25), Apple executives denied that last year’s demonstrations of a personalized, AI-powered Siri were vaporware, despite having yet to launch. Asked by The Wall Street Journal why Apple, with all its engineers and cash, couldn’t make the technology work well enough to ship, the

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Pinterest tests an AI feature that lets advertisers turn their catalogs into shoppable collages

Pinterest is experimenting with “auto-collages,” an AI feature that allows advertisers to quickly turn their product catalogs into shoppable collages, the company announced this week. The new feature is designed to make it easier for advertisers to reach customers while saving time and creative resources, Pinterest says. The company notes that collages are one of

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