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Google launches new AI agent to help plan your day

The experimental productivity assistant called CC comes from Google Labs and runs on Gemini. After signing up, CC connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and the internet to understand your ...
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More AI agents isn't always better, new Google and MIT study finds

A study from Google Research, Google Deepmind, and MIT challenges the idea that more AI agents means better results. The researchers pinpoint when multi-agent systems help and when they make things ...
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Nvidia strengthens open-source strategy with SchedMD acquisition

Nvidia is taking over software provider SchedMD to expand its presence in open-source technology. On Monday, the company confirmed it will continue to distribute SchedMD's "Slurm" software as an ...
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Google faces an antitrust probe for using web and YouTube content in AI without opt-out or fair pay

This dynamic creates a prisoner's dilemma for smaller players. Once the system is in place, they're forced to hand over their content just to remain visible in AI-generated responses. Over time, this ...
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Making AI sound human comes at the cost of meaning, researchers show

Researchers at the University of Zurich found that AI-generated text can still be reliably distinguished from human writing. Their study shows that efforts to make models sound more natural often ...
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Runway unveils first "General World Model" alongside major Gen-4.5 upgrades

The recently introduced Gen-4.5 now features native audio generation and audio editing, as well as multi-shot editing, a feature that lets users apply changes to a single scene and have them ripple ...
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Anthropic places $21 billion order for Google chips via Broadcom

AI lab Anthropic has placed orders totaling $21 billion with Broadcom for Google's AI chips. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan confirmed that the startup is purchasing "Ironwood Racks" equipped with Google's ...
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xAI's Aurora image model becomes official, built from scratch

xAI has officially announced Aurora on its blog, confirming it as an entirely new model built from the ground up. This suggests the company may be moving away from its previous partnership with Black ...
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Trump advisors are pushing a regulation targeting what they call "woke" AI models in the tech sector

The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would force AI companies with federal contracts to maintain strict political neutrality. According to the Wall Street Journal, the move targets ...
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1,000 AI agents can now predict human behavior with 85% accuracy in social experiments

Researchers from Stanford, Washington University, and Google DeepMind have created AI agents that can closely mimic human behavior in social experiments. According to the study, such simulations could ...
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AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says he's "bearish on reinforcement learning" for LLM training

Andrej Karpathy, a former Tesla and OpenAI researcher, is part of a growing movement in the AI community calling for a new approach to building large language models (LLMs) and AI systems. On X, ...
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Meta develops AI system MoCha that turns text into animated characters

Meta and University of Waterloo researchers have built MoCha, an AI system that generates complete character animations with synchronized speech and natural movements. Unlike previous models that ...