Google Adds Motion Assist, Guided Vision and New Gemini Features to Android
Google is rolling out five Android updates that add tools for reducing motion sickness, assisting blind and low-vision users, remembering where physical items are stored, collaborating through Google Messages, and…
Anthropic Releases Fable and Mythos 5.1 With Lower Token Costs and New Enterprise Safeguards
Anthropic has released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, two versions of its latest AI model with performance improvements, lower token costs, and changes intended to reduce false-positive safety restrictions. Fable…
Google Launches Pics, an AI Image Creation and Editing Tool for Workspace
Google is launching Google Pics, a new AI-powered image creation and editing tool for Workspace customers and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Powered by Google’s Nano Banana models, Pics…
OpenAI Integrates ChatGPT for Healthcare With Epic EHR
OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT for Healthcare with Epic’s electronic health record system, giving clinicians read-only access to authorized patient information such as clinical notes, medications, encounters, conditions, and laboratory results.…
Instagram Will Reduce Reach of Undisclosed AI-Generated Profiles
Instagram is changing how it labels profiles featuring AI-generated people and will reduce the reach of accounts that fail to disclose their use of AI. The platform is renaming its…
Microsoft Outlook Outage Disrupts Email and Authentication for Hours
Microsoft confirmed a widespread, multi-hour outage on Monday that disrupted Outlook and Exchange Online, causing delays and failures in email delivery, authentication errors, mailbox search problems, and other service issues.…
Pentagon Adds ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil
The Pentagon has added ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, giving up to 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools customized for government use.…
VLC Crosses 7 Billion Downloads as VideoLAN Prepares VLC 4
VLC has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms, according to Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president and lead developer of the non-profit VideoLAN. VideoLAN’s own download statistics now show more than 7.03…
Bluesky Adds Opt-Out Setting to Keep Posts Out of Discover Feed
Bluesky has introduced a new setting that lets users stop their posts from appearing to non-followers in the platform’s main Discover feed. The feature is intended for people who want…
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft Join Call for Global AI Cyber Defense Effort
More than 100 technology, cybersecurity, financial, and infrastructure companies have signed an open letter calling for stronger coordination against increasingly capable AI-enabled cyberattacks. Signatories include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, AWS,…
Google Launches $129 Fitbit Air Pokémon Sleep Edition for Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary
Google has introduced a special-edition Fitbit Air designed to work with Pokémon Sleep, combining Fitbit’s health and fitness tracking with the sleep-focused game. Priced at $129, the device is available…
Hoomanely Uses AI Feeding Station to Track Changes in Dogs’ Health
Hoomanely has developed an AI-powered feeding station called EverBowl that tracks changes in how dogs eat and drink to help owners identify potential health issues earlier. The system measures food…
Google Tightens Android App Memory Rules as Chip Shortages Pressure Device Hardware
Google is introducing new Android app quality requirements aimed at reducing memory usage and improving performance as hardware supply constraints affect the amount of memory available in some devices. The…
AI Cybersecurity Tests Have Led Models to Target Real Companies and People
A growing number of cybersecurity evaluations have resulted in AI agents acting outside their intended test environments and targeting real systems, companies, and people. OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and the U.K.…
Google Adds New Gemini Live Voice Features as AI Apps Continue to Split Tasks Across Modes
Google has added new voice capabilities to Gemini Live that are designed to let users handle a wider range of tasks without first deciding which Gemini feature to use. The…
Ring Adopts TAKE Encryption as Default While Keeping Cloud-Based Video Features
Ring, Amazon’s smart home security division, is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key Encryption, as its default method for protecting stored video. The…
Anthropic Unifies Claude Memory Across Chat and Cowork
Anthropic has updated Claude’s memory system so information learned in chat can also carry into Claude Cowork, and vice versa. The change is designed to reduce the need for users…
Apple Reverses Planned Hide My Email Domain Change After User Feedback
Apple has reversed a planned change to Hide My Email that would have moved generated addresses from @icloud.com to @private.icloud.com. The company now says iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will…
OpenAI Says Jalapeño Outperforms Current Inference Chips in Early Benchmarks
OpenAI has released the first benchmark results for Jalapeño, its custom inference system developed with Broadcom. Tested on SemiAnalysis’ InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño delivered more tokens per user and higher throughput…
Apple Introduces M6 and M5 Ultra Chips for New Mac Mini and Mac Studio
Apple has introduced its new M6 and M5 Ultra processors, which power the latest Mac Mini and Mac Studio models. The M6 targets broader Mac users with improved on-device AI…