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We love how we look but AI tried to 'fix' our visible differences

An AI tool edited a photo of Rhiannon Morgan in a work newsletter and she was shocked by the results.

'Like cutting up a Picasso': AI microdrama edit of Neighbours worries actors and crew

A micro-drama will use AI-assisted technology to edit old episodes of the Australian TV soap to focus on Margot Robbie's character.

Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is ‘going to get worse’

Asked about AI and the trend of college students booing tech CEOs at graduation ceremonies, Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged in an interview that a lot of people really don't like…

Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source MPC

The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace the explosion…

Creating AI value with enterprise context

Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and…

Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity

Google has released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, offering "significant gains" in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. In an announcement on Wednesday, Google highlights…

Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use

Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.

Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs

Nearly two years after LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025 that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI assistant's…

I Put a Bunch of AI Agents in Charge of a Fantasy Soccer Team. They’re Not Better Than Humans—Yet

To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its ways.

Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections

But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now pull info from Gmail to help you fill out forms

Following improvements made to Chrome's enhanced autofill last year that included your name, passport number, email address, and physical addresses sourced from your Google Accounts and…

Meta says it’ll probably delay its controversial new business terms again

Meta says it may push the implementation of its new business terms past November 20th as it faces backlash from publishers over concerns about AI training. In a post on X, Meta…

xAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise

A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don't join a lawsuit targeting the company's nearby data center and power…

Etsy Cracks Down on AI-Generated Content to Protect Buyers from Barrage of Slop

For the world’s largest online e-commerce market for handicrafts, the impact of AI generated media was always going to loom large. That’s why Etsy has taken definite steps to protect the…

Pairing industrial AI autonomy and human control

Voters in Texas agree: They hate data centers

Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can rattle off project after project facing…

Meta quietly launched an ‘AI pet journal’ app

Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and…

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.

AI Emergency Alerts Are Coming. Humans Might Not Be Ready

Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help—if people take them seriously.

Should AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes

One of England’s top judges, Geoffrey Vos, believes that AI could adjudicate plenty of civil cases. The question, he says, is where the line should be drawn.

A bust-up between mathematicians is fuelling fears that AI could undermine science

AI has made some awesome scientific discoveries. But now, questions are being raised about its accuracy

"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses

Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says.

Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity

Seven potential AI nightmares pulled from Anthropic's 93-page "Risk Factor" tome.

Learner collaborates with MIT peers to develop book of AI insights

Prabha Jha used her experience with MIT Open Learning’s program for senior executives to develop AI solutions for her employer, Verizon, and to write a book.