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News•Feb 13, 2026
Spotify Said AI Has Been Doing The Heavy Lifting For Its Coding Since December
Spotify announced that its engineers have relied entirely on AI for coding since December, using an internal system called “Honk” powered by Anthropic’s Claude Code. The AI‑assisted workflow enabled more than 50 feature launches last year without a single line of human‑written code. Spotify also highlighted its growth to 751 million monthly active users, 290 million of whom are paying subscribers, while monitoring AI‑generated music for spam. In related news, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger joined OpenAI to push an open‑source AI assistant forward.
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News•Feb 10, 2026
The NAACP Is Fighting Back Against AI Data Centers
Elon Musk’s xAI faced a legal defeat after the EPA ruled its Colossus data‑center turbines in Memphis require air‑quality permits, validating the NAACP’s lawsuit over unpermitted methane‑gas turbines. The ruling highlighted elevated nitrogen‑oxide emissions threatening the predominantly Black Boxtown community....
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News•Feb 10, 2026
How AI Will Smith Eats Spaghetti In 2026
Generative AI video has leapt forward, illustrated by the “Will Smith eating spaghetti” benchmark. A recent Reddit post shows Kuaishou Technology’s Kling 3.0 producing a cinematic scene where Smith converses over spaghetti, marking a stark improvement over the pixelated 2023 ModelScope...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads In ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun a limited test of advertisements inside the free and Go tiers of ChatGPT for U.S. users, while keeping its paid Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans ad‑free. The ads appear outside the chatbot’s responses, are clearly labeled,...
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News•Feb 8, 2026
Bad Bunny Burning US Flag Hoax Spreads Before Super Bowl Halftime Show
A fabricated AI image depicting Bad Bunny burning an American flag spread across Facebook and X, despite the artist being on a scheduled break and not performing until after the Super Bowl halftime show. Right‑wing accounts leveraged the hoax to attack...
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News•Feb 4, 2026
Google Maps Adds Gemini To A Major Feature In New Test
Google is testing a Gemini‑powered upgrade to the "Suggest an edit" feature in Google Maps, allowing users to submit location changes via natural‑language chat. Gemini can ask follow‑up questions to verify details before automatically submitting edits, streamlining the crowdsourced data...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Why SpaceX Bought xAI: Data Centers in Space Aren't the only Reason
Elon Musk merged SpaceX with his AI startup xAI, creating a privately‑owned entity valued at roughly $1.25 trillion. Musk argues the deal is driven by the massive electricity demand of AI and a long‑term vision of orbital AI data centers, backed...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
10 Cool Examples of Project Genie, the AI World Model that Sent Video Game Stocks Diving
Google unveiled Project Genie, a DeepMind‑powered generative AI world model available only to subscribers of the $249‑per‑month AI Ultra plan. Within 24 hours the tool’s demo triggered sharp sell‑offs in video‑game stocks such as Unity, Roblox, Take‑Two and AppLovin. Genie...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Clawdbot Is a Viral AI Assistant: What It Is, How to Try It
Clawdbot, an open‑source AI personal assistant built by Peter Steinberger, has gone viral on X, capturing the attention of Silicon Valley developers. The tool runs locally on user devices, linking to ChatGPT or Claude and accessing email, calendars, and messaging...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Google Is Bringing Personal Intelligence to AI Mode in Google Search
TikTok’s U.S. operations have been transferred to a new majority‑American joint venture, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. The partnership, led by Silver Lake, Oracle and MGX, gives ByteDance a 19.9% minority stake while placing U.S. user data on Oracle’s cloud....
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News•Jan 21, 2026
Google Says There Aren't 'Any Plans' To Put Ads in Gemini as ChatGPT Tries Them
At Davos, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said there are no plans to embed advertisements in its Gemini AI assistant. This contrasts with OpenAI, which announced it will pilot ads in the free and Go versions of ChatGPT, sparking user...
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News•Jan 20, 2026
OpenAI Says Its Mystery AI Wearable Is on Track for 2026 as AI Earbuds Rumors Spread
OpenAI confirmed its long‑rumored AI wearable will be announced by the end of 2026, though details remain vague. Leaked reports from Chinese sources and a leaker named Smart Pikachu claim the device could be AI‑powered earbuds built by Foxconn under the...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Google Increases Gemini Usage Limit. How It Will Work.
The Pitt season 2 episode “8:00 AM” dramatizes a hospital’s push to embed generative AI for charting, claiming an 80% reduction in documentation time and a 20% boost in bedside interaction. The show highlights both the promise of AI transcription and its...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
The RAM Shortage Driving up Tech Prices Won’t End Any Time Soon, Micron Says
Micron warns that a RAM shortage driven by AI data‑center demand will persist until at least 2028, as its existing fabs are fully allocated to AI‑optimized modules. The company’s new Idaho ID1 facility is slated to come online in mid‑2027,...
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News•Jan 9, 2026
Character.AI Settles Lawsuits Related To Teen Deaths
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements in multiple wrongful‑death lawsuits alleging that the AI chatbot contributed to teen suicides and sexual grooming. The cases stem from incidents such as the 2024 death of 14‑year‑old Sewell Setzer III, who became obsessed...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
I Tried Razer's Project Motoko AI Headphones at CES 2026. Move over, Smart Glasses.
Razer unveiled Project Motoko, an AI‑powered headphone prototype at CES 2026, embedding dual eye‑level cameras and a Snapdragon processor to deliver contextual voice assistance. The device can translate menus, answer queries, and pair with any large‑language model the user prefers, effectively turning...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
OpenAI Reportedly Testing ChatGPT Ads Soon
OpenAI is quietly piloting advertising within internal ChatGPT models, signaling a shift toward diversified revenue streams. The test follows partnerships with retailers such as Walmart, Instacart, Target and Shopify, and mirrors moves by competitors like Google. Earlier this year, user...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion as Grok Is Investigated for Deepfakes
Elon Musk’s artificial‑intelligence venture xAI announced a $20 billion Series E round, exceeding its $15 billion target. The capital comes from a slate of institutional backers such as Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, Nvidia and Cisco. xAI will allocate the funds to infrastructure, research...
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News•Jan 7, 2026
Motorola Is Entering the Wearable AI Game
Motorola unveiled a proof‑of‑concept wearable AI pendant at CES 2026, powered by its new Qira assistant. The minimalist device, shaped like a glossy necklace, can identify objects, summarize text and launch apps on a paired phone without any visible controls. While...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
XAI Secures $20 Billion in Series E Funding Round
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI announced a $20 billion Series E funding round, up from its original $15 billion target. The round was backed by investors including Fidelity, Valor, Stepstone, Baron, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and the investment arms of Nvidia and Cisco....
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News•Jan 5, 2026
Grok Under Investigation for Sexualized Deepfake Generation
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under investigation by France, Malaysia and India for generating non‑consensual sexual deepfakes, prompting a 72‑hour safe‑harbor deadline for X to remediate. Regulators allege Grok's image‑generation guardrails are easily bypassed, raising legal exposure for the...
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News•Jan 2, 2026
Pickle AR Glasses Seem to Promise a Real-Life Version of Jarvis. The Internet Is Skeptical.
Apple’s Vision Pro headset has stalled, with analysts estimating only 4,500 units sold in the 2025 holiday quarter—a fraction of the half‑million sold in its launch year. The company has slashed Vision Pro marketing spend by roughly 95%, reflecting weak...
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News•Dec 31, 2025
5 of the Most Popular Google Nano Banana Prompts Users Loved in 2025
Google’s Nano Banana image generator became a cultural touchstone in 2025, with the company highlighting five fan‑favorite prompts. Users leveraged the tool to virtually try on clothing, add whimsical dogs to photos, merge present‑day and childhood selves, experiment with new haircuts,...
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News•Dec 29, 2025
This New AI Tool Shows You How to Get AI to Do What You Want
PromptBuilder is a browser‑based AI prompt assistant that converts plain‑language ideas into ready‑to‑use prompts for chat and image models, supporting ten major AI engines and offering a lifetime subscription for $199 (regular $1,764). The tool includes a library, over 1,000...
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News•Dec 29, 2025
Google Photos and Nano Banana Are Coming to Samsung TVs
Samsung announced that its AI‑powered TVs will integrate Google Photos Memories starting in 2026, turning living‑room screens into dynamic digital frames with AI‑driven remix tools. The rollout is part of Samsung’s Vision AI Companion, which will surface curated photo stories...
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News•Dec 28, 2025
OpenAI Looks To Hire A New Head Of Preparedness To Deal With AI's Dangers
OpenAI announced a $555,000‑plus‑equity Head of Preparedness role to centralise risk assessment after a series of high‑profile lawsuits alleging AI‑induced harm. The position, vacant since July 2024, reflects CEO Sam Altman’s push for deeper mitigation of mental‑health, cybersecurity and misuse...
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News•Dec 27, 2025
Make Your AI Bills Disappear Forever with This One AI Hub
1min.AI launched the Advanced Business Plan, offering lifetime access to multiple AI models and tools for a one‑time $74.97 fee, down from $540. The plan consolidates writing, image, video, audio, and document AI functions into a single hub. It includes...
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News•Dec 19, 2025
YouTube Pulls The Plug On Popular AI-Generated Fake Movie Trailer Channels
YouTube permanently removed the Screen Culture and KH Studio channels after they repeatedly breached spam and misleading metadata rules by posting AI‑generated fake movie trailers that amassed over 2 million subscribers and a billion views. The platforms had previously been demonetized,...
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News•Dec 17, 2025
Google's Next Experimental AI Project Is Called CC, And There's Already A Waitlist To Try It
Google announced its next experimental AI project, CC, which delivers a personalized "Your Day Ahead" email by accessing Gmail, Calendar, and Drive data. The service is currently in a U.S. and Canada waitlist, with priority given to AI Ultra and...
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News•Dec 15, 2025
Forget the Em Dash — Redditors Share 6 Giveaways that Something Was Written by AI
Reddit users have catalogued six linguistic patterns that frequently betray AI‑generated text, from the overused em dash—dubbed the “ChatGPT dash”—to repetitive signposting. Common phrases such as “and honestly?” and “no fluff” appear disproportionately in AI output, while short, fragmented sentences...
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News•Dec 15, 2025
Meet ‘Fuzozo,’ the AI Emotional Companion Debuting at CES 2026
The AI emotional companion Fuzozo, resembling a Star Trek Tribble, debuted at CES 2026 backed by Tuya Smart’s cloud platform and Robopoet’s robotics expertise. Fuzozo recognizes owners, purrs, moves, and stays connected via cellular or Wi‑Fi, positioning it as a next‑generation personal...
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News•Dec 12, 2025
Amazon Pulls Error-Filled 'Fallout' AI Video Recaps From Prime Video
Amazon rolled out AI‑generated video recaps on Prime Video to help viewers catch up on series before new seasons. The first Fallout recap contained glaring mistakes, including a 120‑year timeline error and a mischaracterized protagonist motivation. After gaming and tech...
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News•Dec 11, 2025
Internet Reacts To 'Architects Of AI' Being Named 'Time's' 2025 Person Of The Year
Time magazine named the “architects of AI”—a group of top AI CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Fei‑Fei Li—as its 2025 Person of the Year. The announcement sparked a...
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News•Dec 10, 2025
Adobe Photoshop Comes to ChatGPT
Internxt has launched a one‑time, lifetime subscription for its 100 TB encrypted cloud storage, priced at $974.97 through Dec. 14, a steep discount from the regular $9,900 price. The service combines end‑to‑end, zero‑knowledge encryption with post‑quantum cryptography and is GDPR‑compliant, backed by...
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News•Dec 8, 2025
Hinge Launches AI Feature so You Stop Starting the Conversation with 'Hey'
Hinge has launched Convo Starters, an AI‑driven feature that offers three personalized opening suggestions when a user likes a profile. The tips draw on the match’s prompt answers and photos, and can be toggled on or off in settings. This...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Meta Secures $27B Financing From Blue Owl Capital to Fund Data Center Expansion
Meta closed a $27 billion financing deal with Blue Owl Capital to fund a massive data center expansion supporting its next-generation AI tools. The deal was reported alongside company layoffs in its AI division and signals continued capital investment in...
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Deals•Oct 6, 2025
OpenAI Acquired Jony Ive’s Startup Earlier in 2025; Hardware Project Now Reportedly Delayed
The article reports that OpenAI acquired Jony Ive’s startup earlier in 2025 and that the joint effort on AI hardware is facing delays due to software and compute issues. The acquisition is referenced as having occurred "earlier this year," but...
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