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Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India

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Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared an update on the adoption of consumer-facing AI apps and features, including Google Search’s AI Overviews, Gemini, and AI Mode. On the company’s Q2 2025 call with investors, Pichai shared that AI Overviews — a Google Search feature offering an AI summary of search results available in 200 […]

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Trump’s AI Action Plan aims to block chip exports to China but lacks key details

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The Trump administration wants its AI technology to be considered an industry leader both on home soil and abroad. But it also doesn’t want the U.S.’s AI prowess to empower or embolden a foreign adversary. That’s quite the balance to strike. If President Trump’s AI Action Plan, which was released on Wednesday, is any indicator,

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Trump’s AI strategy trades guardrails for growth in race against China

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The Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI Action Plan on Wednesday, a document that takes a sharp shift away from former President Biden’s cautious approach to addressing the risks of AI, and instead barrels ahead with plans to build out AI infrastructure, cut red tape for tech companies, shore up national security, and compete with China. 

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Google Photos adds AI features for ‘remixing’ photos in different styles, turning pics into videos

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Google Photos is getting major AI chops. On Wednesday, Google announced a handful of new features that will allow users to get more creative with their photo memories, including an option to turn photos into videos, and “remix” photos into different styles, like anime, comics, sketches or 3D animations. The app will also centralize access

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YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects

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YouTube announced on Wednesday that it’s giving Shorts creators access to new generative AI features, including an image-to-video AI tool and new AI effects. The image to video feature lets users turn a picture from their camera roll into a a six-second video. Users can choose from one of two prompts: “subtle movements” or “I’m

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This startup thinks email could be the key to usable AI agents

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AI companies are pushing agents as the next Great Workplace Disruptor, but experts say they’re still not ready for prime time. They often struggle with autonomous decision-making, can’t cooperate with other agents, fail at confidentiality awareness, and integrate poorly into existing systems.  Industry pioneers like Andrej Karpathy and Ali Ghodsi have said that, like the

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Anduril alums raise $24M Series A to bring military logistics out of the Excel spreadsheet era

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Silicon Valley is doubling down on defense as geopolitical tensions rise and appetite for modernizing warfare grows. And while many of the startups garnering large valuations are focused on hardware and weaponry — think Anduril, Shield AI, and Skydio — Rune Technologies wants to tackle AI-enabled software for military logistics.  “The U.S. military runs on

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For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data

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AI is being forced on us in pretty much every facet of life, from phones and apps to search engines and even drive-throughs, for some reason. The fact that we’re now getting web browsers with baked-in AI assistants and chatbots shows that the way some people are using the internet to seek out and consume

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ServiceNow’s acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns

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ServiceNow’s acquisition of enterprise AI startup Moveworks is reportedly drawing regulatory scrutiny. The acquisition is currently under review for antitrust by the U.S. Justice Department, according to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the matter. The probe began in June, Bloomberg reported, and both companies have since received a “second request” calling for additional information

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