… Other model releases followed similar trends, though on a smaller scale. Meta AI’s introduction of its AI video feed Vibes added an estimated 2.6 million incremental downloads in the 28 days after its September 2025 release . …
… That price alone might serve as a deterrent for widespread use. …
In Brief Posted: 9:23 AM PDT · June 2, 2026 Rebecca Bellan Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released. …
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… Nightmare Eclipse’s implication was that they had no choice but to release the vulnerabilities publicly, which essentially meant that at that point they were zero-days , a specific term for security flaws that are unknown to the software maker affected at the time they are disclosed or exploited. …
… The announcement comes a day after Spotify released a personal podcast feature that works similarly. The company said that it is removing the app from App Store and Play Store, and if users already have the app installed, it will work for seven days. …
… One of the key sticking points in the EO’s language, per CNN , is a proposed requirement for AI companies to share advanced models with the government between 14 and 90 days ahead of launch. …
On Thursday, Anthropic released Opus 4.8 , the newest version of its most advanced publicly available model. The model is available everywhere, with standard pricing at the same level as the previous Opus release. …
… At the time the feature was released, the company stated that face data is encrypted and never shared; unidentified faces are automatically removed after 30 days. …
… Years ago, such a release of UFO files would have been major news, but today many Americans are more concerned about daily pressures, like the Iran war and its impact on gas prices, the ever-growing cost of living, job losses blamed on AI, healthcare, climate change, and other more pertinent issues. …