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LG has introduced the Easy TV, a senior‑focused smart television that debuts in South Korea. The set offers a simplified home screen with larger fonts, a reduced app lineup, and picture and sound settings optimized for older viewers. A redesigned remote includes a help button, voice‑activated AI search and larger labeling. Built‑in reminders can prompt users to take medication or perform other tasks, and a camera enables video calls with family. LG plans to eventually bring the model to other markets with aging demographics, though no timeline has been announced.Leggi di più

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new feature that delivers a curated set of visual cards each morning based on a user’s calendar, chat history, and other personal data. Currently limited to Pro subscribers, Pulse aims to move ChatGPT from a reactive assistant to a proactive one, offering suggestions for daily activities, meals, workouts, and more. The rollout reflects OpenAI’s broader focus on AI agents that can act on behalf of users, while also emphasizing safety controls and user‑controlled data sharing.Leggi di più

Microsoft announced it has stopped providing Azure cloud storage and certain AI services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense after an internal investigation linked the unit’s use of its technology to the storage of surveillance data on Palestinian phone calls. The decision follows a Guardian report about Unit 8200’s use of Azure and reflects Microsoft’s long‑standing policy against facilitating mass civilian surveillance. The company said the review is ongoing, while employee activism and protests have intensified around Microsoft’s ties to Israel.Leggi di più

Hallwood Media has signed a record deal with Telisha “Nikki” Jones, the lyricist behind AI‑generated R&B act Xania Monet. The agreement reportedly includes a multi‑million dollar offer. Monet’s music, vocals, and visual persona are created using the AI music generator Suno, raising questions about copyright eligibility. Experts note that only human‑written elements, such as Jones’s lyrics, may qualify for protection, while the AI‑produced composition and sound recording lack clear copyright status. No registrations for the works appear in the U.S. Copyright Office database, and industry leaders warn of legal and commercial risks.Leggi di più

OpenAI has launched Pulse, a new ChatGPT feature that creates personalized reports while users sleep. Offering five to ten concise briefs each morning, Pulse aims to make ChatGPT the first app people check at the start of their day. Initially available to Pro plan subscribers, the service provides news roundups, customized itineraries, and other tailored content displayed as AI‑generated cards. Integrated with Connectors like Google Calendar and Gmail, Pulse can parse emails and calendar events overnight, surfacing key messages and agendas. OpenAI plans to expand Pulse to all users, with future ambitions for more agentic capabilities.Leggi di più

Meta is prototyping a tool that lets Threads users influence the platform’s algorithm by tagging a dedicated account. Discovered by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, the feature would allow users to tell Threads what content they want to see more or less of. Instagram confirmed the work is internal and not yet in user testing. The concept mirrors a similar idea discussed for X, where users could tag the AI chatbot Grok to adjust their feed. Instagram also plans broader controls that let users select topics to prioritize or de‑prioritize, part of a larger effort to give users more transparency over recommendation engines.Leggi di più

Steph Curry’s venture firm Penny Jar Capital led a $3.8 million seed round for Burnt, a Y Combinator‑backed startup that uses AI agents to automate back‑office tasks in the food‑distribution industry. Co‑founder and CEO Joseph Jacob, whose family has decades of experience in seafood logistics, says the technology can handle up to 80% of manual order‑entry work, allowing distributors to keep legacy ERP systems while reducing labor‑intensive processes. Since its launch, Burnt has processed more than $10 million in monthly orders and is working with a major UK food conglomerate, signaling strong early traction for the AI‑driven solution.Leggi di più

OpenAI introduced a new benchmark called GDPval that pits its AI models against human experts across dozens of occupations. In the initial rollout, GPT-5‑high was judged better than or on par with professionals in about 40.6% of tasks, while Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 achieved roughly a 49% win rate. The test covered 44 roles spanning key sectors such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. OpenAI says the results show AI can start offloading routine work for many jobs, though it acknowledges the current scope is limited and plans to expand the benchmark’s coverage.Leggi di più

Doorstep, a startup that uses phone‑sensor data to track deliveries inside buildings, announced an $8 million seed round led by Canaan Partners. The technology plugs into existing food‑delivery apps, giving platforms real‑time visibility of what happens inside a customer’s door, which helps resolve disputes and automate refunds. Doorstep says the funding will move its solution from pilot to full production and support hiring in engineering and product. Investors also include Antler and other early‑stage backers.Leggi di più

Databricks announced a multi‑year partnership with OpenAI that integrates the AI firm’s models—including GPT‑5—into its data platform and AI product, Agent Bricks. The deal, valued at a minimum of $100 million, gives Databricks customers secure, native access to OpenAI’s models via SQL or API, allowing them to build AI‑driven applications on top of enterprise data. The partnership builds on earlier work that added OpenAI’s open‑weight models, gpt‑oss 20B and gpt‑oss 120B, to the platform, and follows a similar revenue‑target arrangement Databricks struck with Anthropic. Early customer demand, including from Mastercard, signals strong interest in the combined offering.Leggi di più

Google has added a conversational editing feature to Google Photos that lets users describe changes in plain language or voice commands. The tool, first seen on Pixel devices and now available on compatible Android phones, uses generative AI to adjust lighting, remove objects, crop, and even add new elements to images. It aims to simplify photo editing by removing menus and sliders, while also embedding metadata to signal AI involvement. Early impressions suggest the feature is intuitive and fast, though some limitations remain in precision editing.Leggi di più

The SwitchBot K11+ is a tiny robot vacuum that excels at navigating tight spaces and offers solid suction performance. Its compact auto‑empty dock holds a surprisingly large 4 L dust bag, making it a strong contender for small‑home cleaning. However, the mop function relies on a disposable wet‑wipe that proves ineffective, and the app includes a few quirks. While the unit navigates confidently and handles obstacles well, the auto‑empty process is noisy. Priced at a premium for its size, the K11+ often finds discounts, positioning it as a decent value for those prioritizing size over mopping capability.Leggi di più

Clarifai announced a new reasoning engine that promises to double inference speed and reduce costs by 40 percent. The platform combines low‑level CUDA kernel tweaks with advanced speculative decoding to extract more performance from existing GPU hardware. Independent benchmarks reported industry‑leading throughput and latency. The launch comes amid a surge in demand for AI compute, highlighted by OpenAI’s plan to spend up to $1 trillion on new data centers. Clarifai’s CEO emphasized that software and algorithmic innovations remain critical even as hardware builds out.Leggi di più

OpenAI has introduced Pulse, a new feature for ChatGPT that delivers daily, visual updates based on a user’s recent conversations, calendar, and connected apps. Initially rolling out to ChatGPT Pro users on mobile as a preview, Pulse presents information as a series of scan‑friendly cards and allows users to curate topics through simple feedback. The feature leverages OpenAI’s Connections to Google services, includes safety checks, and aims to evolve the chatbot from a passive tool into a proactive personal assistant.Leggi di più

A study by Harvard Business Review and the Stanford Media Lab finds that AI‑generated content, dubbed "workslop," is spreading across businesses. While tools like Gemini, Copilot, Claude and ChatGPT enable rapid creation of reports, presentations and code, the output often lacks substance and contains errors. About 40% of respondents reported receiving workslop, leading to confusion, offense and a perception that coworkers who rely on AI are less capable, reliable and creative. The report urges organizations to treat AI as an assistant, enforce rigorous editing, and prioritize human collaboration to preserve quality and trust.Leggi di più

Google TV now includes Gemini AI on the TCL QM9K, offering conversational voice searches, AI‑generated screensavers, and a presence sensor that powers on the TV automatically. The feature will later arrive via update on other TCL models and on upcoming Hisense 2025 U8, U7 and UX TVs, as well as on the Google TV Streamer and Walmart Onn 4K Pro box. Gemini lets users ask TV‑related questions, rank movies, get museum details, and even create custom artwork, turning the TV into a more interactive entertainment hub.Leggi di più

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman detailed a bold plan to scale AI compute, aiming to build a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure each week. He highlighted partnerships with Oracle on massive data centers in Texas, a $500 billion Stargate Project, and Nvidia’s $100 billion investment to power the effort. Altman stressed the need for rapid innovation across chips, power, construction, and robotics, and framed widespread AI access as a future economic driver and potential human right.Leggi di più

Microsoft announced that its AI assistant, 365 Copilot, will now include two Anthropic models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1. The new models will sit alongside OpenAI’s ChatGPT, offering users alternative AI perspectives for specific tasks. They will be available in Copilot’s Researcher agents and Copilot Studio, with access initially limited to customers who opt in through the Frontier Program.Leggi di più

Neon, a free mobile app for iOS and Android, rewards users for recording their outgoing phone calls, offering up to $30 a day for regular calls and a per‑minute rate for calls to other Neon users. The recorded audio is anonymized and sold to AI developers to improve voice assistants. The app has surged in popularity on iOS, ranking among the top free apps, while the Android version has received mixed reviews. Privacy experts warn that the service may run afoul of state consent laws and raise security concerns despite the company’s anonymization promises.Leggi di più

Elon Musk's artificial‑intelligence venture xAI has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT developer of misappropriating confidential information. The complaint alleges that former xAI employees who joined OpenAI took proprietary source code, data‑center deployment methods and other trade secrets, constituting a pattern of unfair competition and intentional interference. xAI claims the alleged theft undermines its competitive position and violates legal obligations. OpenAI has responded with a statement denying the accusations, emphasizing its own policies against confidentiality breaches. The dispute adds another chapter to the ongoing rivalry between the two AI firms.Leggi di più