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Meta launches Muse Image AI generator, automatically opts in public Instagram profiles for remixing

Meta's new AI image generator, Muse Image, automatically includes public Instagram profiles in its training data, allowing anyone to generate images using a user's likeness without explicit consent.

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AI & Tech·5d ago

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 model series globally on Thursday after US government clearance

OpenAI will make its GPT-5.6 model family publicly available on Thursday after the Trump administration lifted restrictions that had confined the system to a small group of vetted partners.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps

Powered by the new GPT-5.6 model family, the agent can gather context across a user's apps and files, schedule its own tasks, and deliver completed spreadsheets, presentations, documents and even interactive web applications.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

OpenAI will shutter Atlas browser on 9 August, folding its features into new ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension

The company confirmed it will sunset its AI-powered browser on 9 August, less than a year after launch, and is instead integrating agentic browsing capabilities directly into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension.

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AI & Tech·6d ago

SpaceXAI plans Wednesday launch of first AI model built with Cursor, as Musk rebrands xAI

SpaceXAI, the newly rebranded AI arm of Elon Musk's SpaceX, plans to release its first jointly developed model with AI startup Cursor as early as Wednesday, according to a staff memo seen by The Information.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

TikTok to target 'AI slop' accounts: detection system upgrades for spam on politics, health, and finance

The platform will test enhanced detection in the coming weeks for accounts that exclusively post AI-generated videos on politics, health, and finance, citing risks to public trust.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

New York Times and Daily News ask judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging it hid evidence in copyright fight

The New York Times and other news publishers filed a motion Thursday asking a Manhattan federal judge to penalize OpenAI for allegedly concealing and destroying evidence about how ChatGPT was trained on their journalism.

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AI & Tech·from Jun 30·upd. Jul 1

US lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after three-week shutdown

Anthropic will restore access to its Fable 5 model starting July 1 after the Commerce Department removed export controls imposed on June 12 over national security concerns.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1, a paid AI coding model, as it races to catch OpenAI and Anthropic

Meta on Thursday released Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for coding and agentic tasks, marking the company's first paid API offering and a bid to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

Smart glasses read aloud, but AI also threatens jobs for blind, Thuringia association warns

At a conference in Weimar today, the Thuringian association for the blind praises AI’s potential for daily life but warns about job losses and discrimination.

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AI & Tech·5d ago

Meta tests always-recording smart glasses as New York bans the devices from all courtrooms

Meta is developing 'super-sensing' glasses that would continuously capture audio and photos, while New York prepares to bar recording eyewear from its 1,240 courtrooms.

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AI & Tech·5d ago

OpenAI launches GPT-Live: full-duplex voice models for ChatGPT with live translation and human-like turn-taking

OpenAI on July 8 unveiled GPT-Live, a pair of full-duplex voice models that can listen and speak at the same time, turning ChatGPT into a more human conversationalist.

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Meta launches Muse Image AI generator, automatically opts in public Instagram profiles for remixing

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 model series globally on Thursday after US government clearance

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps

OpenAI will shutter Atlas browser on 9 August, folding its features into new ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension

SpaceXAI plans Wednesday launch of first AI model built with Cursor, as Musk rebrands xAI

TikTok to target 'AI slop' accounts: detection system upgrades for spam on politics, health, and finance

New York Times and Daily News ask judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging it hid evidence in copyright fight

US lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after three-week shutdown

Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1, a paid AI coding model, as it races to catch OpenAI and Anthropic

Smart glasses read aloud, but AI also threatens jobs for blind, Thuringia association warns

Meta tests always-recording smart glasses as New York bans the devices from all courtrooms

OpenAI launches GPT-Live: full-duplex voice models for ChatGPT with live translation and human-like turn-taking

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