Google’s Photoshop-Killer AI Model Is Coming to Search, Photos, and NotebookLM
Google is integrating its Nano Banana image‑editing model from Gemini 2.5 Flash into Search (Lens and AI Mode), Google Photos, and NotebookLM, letting users perform conversational image edits and apply new Nano Banana–powered video styles directly in those apps. The rollout adds a “Create” button in Lens, a “Create image” tool in AI Mode, and new NotebookLM video styles (whiteboard, anime, retro print) plus a Brief/Explainer format, with Photos support arriving in the coming weeks. The move upgrades Google’s in‑product generative tools, aiming to boost user engagement across core services and position Google as a more direct rival to standalone image editors like Photoshop while smoothing friction in everyday visual content creation.
OpenAI Partners with Broadcom to Produce Its Own AI Chips
OpenAI is teaming up with Broadcom to produce its own computer chips to power its AI data centers. The deal is the latest in a series of partnerships designed to reduce the company’s reliance on Nvidia and secure enough computing...
California Becomes First State to Regulate AI Companion Chatbots
California has enacted SB 243, becoming the first state to regulate AI companion chatbots, aiming to safeguard children and vulnerable users from potential harms. The legislation introduces stringent guidelines for the development and deployment of these technologies, mandating transparency and...
A New Wave of 'Shadow AI' Is Worrying Workplaces
New Microsoft research shows that the use of shadow AI is once again on the rise.
This New AI Technique Creates ‘Digital Twin’ Consumers, and It Could Kill the Traditional Survey Industry
A new research paper quietly published last week outlines a breakthrough method that allows large language models (LLMs) to simulate human consumer behavior with startling accuracy, a development that could reshape the multi-billion-dollar market research industry. The technique promises to...
YouTube Music Is Channeling Spotify’s AI DJ with This New Feature – and Early Testers Love It Despite One Big...
Despite some frustrations, beta users are enjoying YouTube Music's new AI host – especially its music trivia commentary.
Salesforce Announces Agentforce 360 as Enterprise AI Competition Heats Up
Salesforce announces an upgraded version of its Agentforce platform designed to help enterprises build and deploy AI agents.
Slack Is Turning Slackbot Into an AI Assistant
Slack is testing an update for Slackbot that transforms it into an AI assistant. Presently, it operates as a tool for delivering reminders and notifications. With the update, Slackbot can create custom plans tailored to your workspace, sift through a...
Anduril’s New EagleEye MR Helmet Sees Palmer Luckey Return to His VR Roots
Anduril Industries has unveiled its new EagleEye MR helmet, marking a significant return to virtual reality for co-founder Palmer Luckey. This advanced mixed reality headset is designed for military applications, integrating augmented and virtual reality capabilities to enhance situational awareness...
From Tool Sprawl to Defensible Value in AI for Legal - with Christo Siebrits of AbbVie
In this podcast episode, Christo Siebrits, AbbVie’s senior associate and general counsel, explains how legal teams can transition from a chaotic array of AI tools to a defensible, value‑driven AI strategy. He emphasizes safe generative‑AI adoption through human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, careful...
Breaking the Bottleneck: Why AI Demands an SSD-First Future
Presented by Solidigm As AI adoption surges, data centers face a critical bottleneck in storage — and traditional HDDs are at the center of it. Data that once sat idle as cold archives is now being pulled into frequent use to...
Nvidia’s AI Empire: A Look at Its Top Startup Investments
Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.
Strange AI-Generated Clips of Musicians with Animals Are Going Viral
It's fake. And odd. If nothing else, generative AI has proven useful for people who want to make odd stuff for no real reason. The latest thing? Musicians accompanied by animals. Accompanied in the official, musical sense, and also in an even...
When Dirt Meets Data: ScottsMiracle-Gro Saved $150M Using AI
How a semiconductor veteran turned over a century of horticultural wisdom into AI-led competitive advantage For decades, a ritual played out across ScottsMiracle-Gro’s media facilities. Every few weeks, workers walked acres of towering compost and wood chip piles with nothing more...
Weaponized AI Can Dismantle Patches in 72 Hours — but Ivanti's Kernel Defense Can Help
Adversaries from cybercrime gangs to nation-state cyberattack squads are fine-tuning weaponized AI with the goal of defeating new patches in 3 days or less. The quicker the attack, the more time to explore a victim’s network, exfiltrate data, install ransomware...
OpenAI No Longer Forced to Save Deleted Chats—But some Users Still Affected
Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.
Copilot on Windows Can Now Create Office Documents and Connect to Gmail
Microsoft is updating its Copilot app on Windows to allow it to create documents from a chat session and connect to Gmail and Outlook accounts. The updated Copilot app is rolling out initially to all Windows Insiders, ahead of a...
Will Updating Your AI Agents Help or Hamper Their Performance? Raindrop's New Tool Experiments Tells You
It seems like almost every week for the last two years since ChatGPT launched, new large language models (LLMs) from rival labs or from OpenAI itself have been released. Enterprises are hard pressed to keep up with the massive pace...
Enabling Strategic Procurement with AI, From Frustration to Foresight - with Rob DeSantis of Arkestro
The post highlights a podcast episode where Rob DeSantis of Arkestro explains how AI can shift procurement from a risk‑averse, tool‑limited function to a strategic, foresight‑driven capability, delivering 20‑30% cost savings that directly boost earnings per share. He argues that...
Connecting the Dots Across Discovery - with Ben Ninio of Deloitte
In this AI in Business podcast episode, Ben Ninio of Deloitte explains how enterprises are reshaping scientific discovery by using language as a unifying "hack" across R&D fields such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and industrial chemistry. He shows how large language...
What Did OpenAI Announce at DevDay? Apps SDK, MCP UI & Impact to SaaS - EP99.20-APPS
In this episode of the "Day in AI" podcast, hosts Michael and Chris break down OpenAI’s DevDay announcements, highlighting the new Apps SDK, the MCP UI overhaul, and what these changes could mean for SaaS developers. They weave humor and...
Nvidia Researchers Boost LLMs Reasoning Skills by Getting Them to 'Think' During Pre-Training
Researchers at Nvidia have developed a new technique that flips the script on how large language models (LLMs) learn to reason. The method, called reinforcement learning pre-training (RLP), integrates RL into the initial training phase rather than saving it for...
OpenAI’s Sora Has Already Hit More than 1 Million Downloads
OpenAI’s social AI video-generating app, Sora, has reached over 1 million downloads in fewer than five days since its launch. That’s according to Sora head Bill Peebles, who said on Wednesday that Sora racked up downloads faster than ChatGPT did...
The AI Industry Is at a Major Crossroads
Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. I’m subbing in for Nilay while he’s still out on parental leave, and I’m excited to keep diving into...
Sora Hit 1M Downloads Faster than ChatGPT
This level of consumer adoption is worth noting because Sora remains an invite-only app, while ChatGPT was more publicly available at launch. That makes Sora's performance more impressive.
Sustainable Recommender Systems for Tourism
The post interviews doctoral candidate Ashmi Banerjee about her research on AI-driven recommender systems that mitigate exposure bias and promote sustainable tourism. She describes using large language models to generate synthetic data, designing recommendation architectures that balance user satisfaction with...
DC Comics Won’t Support Generative AI: ‘Not Now, Not Ever’
DC wants Superman and other characters under the stewardship of human artists. DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee said that the company “will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork,” assuring fans that its future will remain rooted in human creativity....
OneDrive Is Getting a New Windows App and an AI Photo Agent
Microsoft is getting ready to release a new OneDrive app on Windows next year that will include a photo gallery, people view, AI-powered slideshows, and editing features. It’s part of a number of new features coming to OneDrive in the...
Fixing Ticket Noise with AI in Enterprise MSP Operations - with Steve Taczala of Impact Networking
In this episode of the AI in Business Podcast, Steve Taczala, VP of Service Operations at Impact Networking, explains how AI can cut through ticket noise in enterprise MSP environments by automating intelligent routing and prioritizing actionable incidents. He outlines...
Data Volume, Quality, and Model Degradation for AI at Scale - with Sunitha Rao of Hitachi Vantara
In this interview, Sunitha Rao, SVP of Hybrid Cloud Business at Hititech Vantara, discusses how enterprises can modernize data infrastructure to handle growing data volumes while maintaining quality, and how to prevent model degradation as AI scales. She highlights the...
Zendesk Launches New AI Capabilities for the Resolution Platform, Creating the Ultimate Service Experience for All
Presented by Zendesk Zendesk powers nearly 5 billion resolutions every year for over 100,000 customers around the world, with about 20,000 of its customers (and growing) using its AI services. Zendesk is poised to generate about $200 million in AI-related revenue...
The Next AI Battleground: Google’s Gemini Enterprise and AWS’s Quick Suite Bring Full-Stack, In-Context AI to the Workplace
The friction of having to open a separate chat window to prompt an agent could be a hassle for many enterprises. And AI companies are seeing an opportunity to bring more and more AI services into one platform, even integrating...
Capturing the Trillion Dollar Opportunity with Autonomous Professional Services
Presented by Certinia Every professional services leader knows the feeling: a pipeline full of promising deals, but a bench that’s already stretched thin. That’s because growth has always been tied to a finite supply of consultants with finite availability to work...
Google Backs Supermemory’s Mind Tech
Google veterans have poured $3 million into Supermemory, a startup developing a cognitive AI platform aimed at enhancing human memory through advanced algorithms. The post explores how this funding could accelerate the creation of memory‑boosting tools and reshape digital learning experiences....
Supermemory Closes $3M Round
The post announces that Supermemory has secured a $3 million funding round led by former Google executives, marking a significant boost for its cognitive AI platform. The startup is building personal memory assistants that can understand context and user behavior, promising...
Vandals Deface Ads for AI Necklaces that Listen to All Your Conversations
Critics attacked subway ads to defend human friends and broadly criticize AI.
Insurers Balk at Paying Out Huge Settlements for Claims Against AI Firms
OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.
What’s the Path to AGI? A Conversation with Turing Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth
The post serves as a curated roundup of recent Gradient Dissent podcast episodes, featuring AI founders and CEOs—from Surge AI’s Jonathan Siddharth on AGI pathways to leaders at Glean, DeepL, GitHub, and more—who share origin stories, challenges, and how their...
Graphs and ML for Robotics
The post features Abhishek Paudel, a PhD student who uses graph‑based methods to improve robotics, machine learning, and planning under uncertainty. He explains how graphs can model environments, capture spatial relationships, and serve as a unifying framework for multi‑level planning...
EP83: Self Driving Computers, Plus SearchGPT, & Github Copilot with Sonnet
The post introduces "This Day in AI" podcast, hosted by Michael and Chris Sharkey, two self‑described average tech enthusiasts who explore AI topics with a humorous, no‑expert approach. It highlights the show’s casual format—off‑the‑cuff hot takes, AI experiment stories, prank...
Elizabeth Kelly (AISI): How Will the US AI Safety Institute Lead the US and Globe in AI Safety?
In this episode of the #InAIWeTrust podcast, Elizabeth Kelly, director of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), discusses the impact of the recent National Security Memorandum on AI and her role in shaping the Biden administration’s AI Executive Order....
The Risks of Too Much AI: Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn
In the podcast, Fortune AI editor Jeremy Kahn warns that over‑reliance on generative AI can erode critical thinking, source verification, and the deep reasoning that comes from writing, likening the risk to past tech such as PowerPoint. He cites examples...
EP82: Crazy Computer Use, Anthopic's Sonnet 3.5 (New) & the xAI Surprise
The post introduces the "Day in AI" podcast, hosted by Michael and Chris Sharkey, two self‑described average tech enthusiasts who explore AI without academic pretensions. It highlights the show’s blend of mediocre hot takes, DIY AI experiments, prank calls, and...
Vercel’s CEO & Founder Guillermo Rauch on the Impact of AI on Web Development and Front End Engineering
The post is a curated roundup of recent Gradient Dissent podcast episodes, each featuring AI‑focused founders and CEOs discussing their companies’ breakthroughs—from data labeling at Surge AI and enterprise search at Glean to neural translation at DeepL and developer tools...
AI in the Classroom with Irina Jurenka
The post catalogs Professor Hannah Fry’s DeepMind podcast series, showcasing a wide‑range of AI applications—from cybersecurity and drug design to robotics, scientific discovery, and education. In the highlighted Episode 7, Fry and research lead Irina Jurenka examine how AI tutors can...
Graph Databases and AI
The post interviews Microsoft Gray Systems Lab principal scientist Yuanyuan Tian about how graph databases uniquely model relationships, enabling complex applications such as fraud detection, security, healthcare, and supply‑chain optimization. It highlights the practical challenges of moving from SQL to...
Michael Chertoff (Chertoff Group) and Miriam Vogel (EqualAI): Is Your AI Use Violating the Law?
In a special episode of the #InAIWeTrust? podcast, EqualAI CEO Miriam Vogel and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff discuss their co‑authored paper on the legal risks of AI deployment, highlighting current statutes, emerging liabilities, and practical guidance for lawyers, executives,...
Never Too Much AI: Upwork's Andrew Rabinovich
In the podcast, Upwork’s VP of AI, Andrew Rabinovich, explains how the platform is shifting from simple talent matching to an outcome‑driven model powered by AI, exemplified by the new "Uma" assistant that translates client needs into solutions by pairing...
Streamlining Your AI Tools & Subscriptions with Magai with Dustin Stout
In this episode, Kinsey Soderberg interviews Dustin Stout, CEO of Magai, about his shift from acting to entrepreneurship and the creation of Magai—a platform that consolidates multiple AI tools into a single, user‑friendly interface. Stout explains how Magai tackles the...
BI 196 Cristina Savin and Tim Vogels with Gaute Einevoll and Mikkel Lepperød
The post recaps episode BI 196 of the *Brain Inspired* podcast, where hosts Gaute Einevoll and a guest discuss Neuro‑AI with researchers Cristina Savin and Tim Vogels. Savin describes using recurrent neural networks to model learning and behavior, while Vogels explains how AI‑driven optimization is...