Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build
…As Microsoft continues to reshuffle its entire business around AI, it’s moving Build into a smaller, more intimate venue. Trust in Windows and GitHub is at an all-time low, and…
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YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming shows
…AI tools to help advertisers find those channels. Rahma told The New York Times this week that when he started posting his series on YouTube, the company offered to help him secure…
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…As models have advanced and systems have added features, however, inference has gotten far more resource-intensive. AI agents, or tools that ideally can complete complex, multistep tasks on your behalf without…
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
…Meta, for example, uses an AI-driven system to identify and place teens on Instagram into more restrictive accounts. Google and YouTube also started scanning accounts for users suspected to be under…
Grok schlock panned by fed flock
…specific vendor, and it’s clear there is no universal definition of what counts as AI. The data also doesn’t capture intelligence agencies or the Pentagon — where xAI secured a $200…
Artificial Intelligence
…The musician, producer, and long-time Taylor Swift collaborator described people who use generative AI tools as “Godless whores” in a rant on Instagram : “To everyone who is gassed up about the…
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…So I really believe that AI should accelerate your vision and creativity, not override it. I think that it’s really important that AI is just another tool in our toolkit and…
Speech and Moderation
…reporting tools. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is suing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for their alleged roles urging Meta and Apple…
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…That’s an appealing concept during a continued AI money squeeze for developers and consumers. Microsoft is targeting its own Surface Laptop Ultra at developers and creators and pairing it with ongoing…
GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…AI coding tool. Every Copilot plan will include a monthly allotment of GitHub AI credits next month, with an option for subscribers to purchase additional usage. Developers can currently experiment and not…