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Spotify launched Spotify Prompted Playlists in beta in New Zealand, giving listeners direct control over curation with text prompts that shape entire mixes. The feature lets people describe mood, genres, or detailed scenarios, and the AI builds playlists that update on a schedule if users choose auto-refresh. Spotify Prompted Playlists: how it works Users type […]
Google will expand AI Mode source links in its AI-powered search experience, adding inline citations paired with short explanations about why each source matters. The company says the feature will place descriptive context directly above a carousel of links, aiming to improve attribution and user trust. AI Mode source links: what’s changing According to Google, […]
The Pentagon unveiled the GenAI.mil platform with Google’s Gemini as its first model, marking a pivotal generative AI update for U.S. defense. The launch places commercial frontier models inside a secure government portal, with initial use cases tied to paperwork and planning. Secretary Pete Hegseth framed the release in sweeping terms, while Google stressed administrative […]
Environmental and health groups are urging Congress to consider a data center moratorium, a move that could upend growth plans for AI startups. The proposal targets new facilities until stronger guardrails address electricity demand, water use, and pollution across fast-growing AI workloads. More than 230 organizations signed a letter calling for the pause, citing rising […]
A federal judge ordered OpenAI to stop using the term “cameo” in its Sora app, triggering a swift rename to “characters” as the OpenAI trademark dispute intensifies. The ruling arrives alongside a separate challenge to OpenAI’s planned “io” hardware branding, raising fresh questions about naming strategy in generative AI. OpenAI trademark dispute: what changed OpenAI […]
Taste-driven AI curation is moving into mainstream productivity stacks as developers fuse human taste with algorithmic discovery. A new episode of The Vergecast highlights how Sublime’s founder Sari Azout brings AI into a curation platform without diluting its human essence. That approach signals a broader shift for teams that need faster, higher-signal content and idea […]
Meta’s research suggests an AI model can grasp everyday physics from video alone. The V-JEPA physical intuition advance arrives as OpenAI clarifies there are no live ads in ChatGPT and pauses ad-like suggestions. V-JEPA physical intuition and intuitive physics Meta’s Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA) learns by watching ordinary clips and predicting what comes […]
Waymo school bus recall plans will trigger a fresh over-the-air software fix across the company’s robotaxi fleet after reports that some vehicles failed to stop for school buses with stop-arms deployed. What the Waymo school bus recall changes Waymo says it will file a voluntary software recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The […]
A new wave of video predictive learning is crossing from research labs into day-to-day work. The technique trains models to predict what happens next in raw video. As a result, systems learn physical patterns without labels. That shift points to productivity gains in robotics, automation, and safety-critical workflows. Recent studies highlight why this matters. Meta’s […]
