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President Donald Trump posted a short AI‑generated video to his Truth Social account that depicted a deepfake version of Senator Chuck Schumer delivering crude insults while Representative Hakeem Jeffries appeared in the background. The synthetic clip, lasting about 35 seconds, included vulgar language, racial overtones and bizarre conspiracy references. The video targeted the two Democratic leaders during negotiations over a government funding agreement. The incident highlights growing concerns about political deepfakes and the misuse of artificial‑intelligence tools to spread misinformation and inflame partisan tensions.Leggi di più

Microsoft unveiled new AI-driven Agent Mode for its Copilot feature across Excel and Word, letting users generate content by describing desired outcomes. While the tool shows promise for simple tasks, the company acknowledges limitations: a benchmark shows the Excel agent scoring 57.2 percent versus a typical human score of 71.3 percent. Microsoft warns that reliance on AI for complex or high‑stakes work may introduce technical debt and errors, especially in spreadsheets where mistakes can have significant financial or legal impact. Users are urged to apply human oversight when leveraging the new capabilities.Leggi di più

OpenAI has introduced parental controls for ChatGPT and its video generator Sora 2 after a lawsuit alleging the AI contributed to a teen's suicide. The company has also rolled out a series of safety updates, including routing sensitive chats to a stricter reasoning model and testing age‑prediction technology. While suicide‑prevention experts acknowledge progress, they urge faster action, and the plaintiff’s attorney says the changes arrive too late. The new controls let parents limit usage and, in rare high‑risk cases, review chat logs, sparking further debate over the balance between safety and user autonomy.Leggi di più

DeepSeek is testing a sparse attention technique aimed at cutting the processing costs of large AI language models. By limiting the number of word‑to‑word comparisons, the approach seeks to mitigate the quadratic scaling problem inherent in traditional transformer architectures. The effort could make long‑form interactions more affordable while maintaining the model’s ability to understand context.Leggi di più

Cerebras Systems, the AI‑hardware startup founded in 2015, announced a $1.1 billion Series G round that values the company at $8.1 billion. The financing, co‑led by Fidelity and Atreides Management with participation from Tiger Global, Valor Equity Partners and 1789 Capital, follows a $250 million Series F round in 2021. CEO and co‑founder Andrew Feldman said the round will fund new data‑center expansions, U.S. manufacturing hubs and continued technology development. Despite an earlier plan to go public by 2025 that was delayed by regulatory review, Cerebras remains focused on scaling its AI inference services and cloud offering.Leggi di più

DoorDash has begun a limited rollout of its autonomous delivery robot, called Dot, in the Phoenix area. The five‑foot‑tall, electric robot can travel up to 20 mph on sidewalks, bike lanes and roads, carrying up to 30 pounds of food for a range of about five miles per charge. Designed with cameras, sensors and expressive blue eyes, Dot is intended to complement human Dashers as part of DoorDash’s broader “Autonomous Delivery Platform.” The launch reflects DoorDash’s push into robotics despite mixed results for other companies in the delivery‑bot space.Leggi di più

Nothing announced Playground, an AI‑driven platform that lets users create simple widget‑style apps on its Essential Apps ecosystem using plain text prompts. The tool supports building from scratch or customizing existing widgets, and more technical users can tweak the underlying code. While full‑screen apps are not yet supported, the company sees the technology as a way to make operating systems more personal and to foster a developer community. Nothing, led by CEO Carl Pei, recently raised $200 million and aims to leverage its small market share to experiment with AI‑centric hardware and software.Leggi di più

Anthropic announced that it will begin using user conversations and coding sessions from its Claude chatbot to train future large language models, unless users actively opt out. The policy change, detailed in an updated privacy notice, also extends data retention from thirty days to five years. New users encounter an opt‑in toggle during sign‑up, while existing users see a pop‑up prompting a choice. Users can manage the setting at any time under Privacy Settings by disabling the “Help improve Claude” switch. Commercial‑tier accounts remain exempt from the new training policy.Leggi di più

Google has rolled out an update to its AI Mode that lets users search for images using natural, conversational language. The new feature allows shoppers and browsers to describe what they want—like they would to a friend—and receive visual results that can be refined on the fly. Users can also start a search by uploading a reference photo or taking a picture, blending visual cues with text to hone results. The update, powered by Gemini 2.5 and the latest multimodal capabilities, is currently available in English to U.S. users.Leggi di più

Microsoft has introduced a Security Store that functions as a marketplace for security software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings and AI agents. The store features partners such as Darktrace, Illumio, Netskope, Perfomanta, and Tanium, providing tools for threat protection, identity, and device management. Solutions are designed to integrate tightly with Microsoft’s security suite—including Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview, and Security Copilot—streamlining procurement and deployment for businesses that rely on Microsoft platforms. In addition, Security Copilot users can now create custom AI agents through a no‑code workflow, expanding the ecosystem of intelligent security tools available in the store.Leggi di più

Spotify co‑founder Daniel Ek announced he will leave the chief executive role and become executive chairman on January 1, 2026. Co‑presidents Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström will assume joint CEO duties. Ek said the new position will let him focus on long‑term strategy, capital allocation, and regulatory matters, while the duo will continue reporting to him. The shift comes as Ek’s investment firm Prima Materia backs German drone maker Helsing, prompting a boycott by several artists who object to the company's involvement in AI‑driven military technology.Leggi di più

Nothing announced Playground, an AI‑driven app store built on Android, alongside its Essential brand of AI‑related products. Users can create simple apps from written prompts, share them, and install them on Nothing phones. While the company calls the effort a step toward an "AI‑native operating system," it remains an interface that runs on Android, not a new OS. Founder and CEO Carl Pei says the vision includes a future creator economy and more proactive phone behavior, but monetization and full‑screen apps are still on the horizon.Leggi di più

The debut of Tilly Norwood, an AI‑created performer from Xicoia’s AI talent studio, has ignited fierce criticism from Hollywood actors and creators. Industry figures such as Emily Blunt and Whoopi Goldberg have called the move "really scary" and warned that AI actors cannot replicate the nuances of real human performance. Creator Eline Van der Velden defends Norwood as a work of art, urging that she be judged on her own merits. The controversy raises broader questions about AI’s role in film, streaming and the future of creative labor.Leggi di più

Nothing has unveiled AI‑driven features for its Phone 3 lineup, letting users generate custom apps, widgets and visual designs through natural‑language prompts. The new Nothing Playground creates code on the fly, while Essential Apps serves as a nascent marketplace where these creations can be shared and downloaded. Demonstrations showed the AI crafting a graphic for the phone’s Glyph Matrix display and building simple utilities such as a flight reminder and a hydration tracker. The tools run on Nothing OS 4, which is based on Android, and represent a step toward an AI‑focused operating system.Leggi di più

Opera has introduced Neon, a subscription‑based AI browser priced at $19.90 per month, targeting users who rely heavily on artificial intelligence. The service combines traditional web browsing with agentic AI capabilities that can execute tasks, generate code, and deliver outcomes directly within the browser. Key features include Tasks for AI‑driven workspaces, Cards for reusable prompts, and Neon Do for automated web navigation. Opera hopes the premium offering will attract users away from free alternatives, and the browser is currently available to a limited group with a waitlist for additional spots.Leggi di più

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OpenAI introduced Instant Checkout, a new feature that lets users purchase individual items from Etsy sellers directly inside ChatGPT. Powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol developed with Stripe, the service currently supports single‑item purchases in the United States for both free and paid ChatGPT users. OpenAI says the rollout will expand to include multi‑item carts, more regions, and a broader set of merchants, with over a million Shopify sellers slated to adopt the technology soon. Payments are processed by the merchant, and merchants cover a small fee without affecting product prices.Leggi di più

Amazon is set to launch its fall hardware showcase on September 30th, offering a live‑blog experience for viewers. The invitation hints at at least two new Echo devices, a freshly colored Kindle, and a new TV‑related hardware offering. Attendees may also receive updates on Alexa Plus, the AI‑driven upgrade to Alexa that debuted earlier this year. The event marks the third major product reveal led by Panos Panay since his 2023 move from Microsoft to Amazon, continuing the company's tradition of unveiling Alexa‑enabled innovations at its autumn gatherings.Leggi di più