EU will require companies to label AI-generated content starting Sunday
TikTok, Meta, and Google are already adapting to the EU's new AI labeling requirements
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Spotify is deleting millions of AI-generated music tracks to fend off spammers
A dedicated team within the company is now fighting against AI-powered audio slop
The EU is forcing Google to give rival AI assistants the same access as Gemini on Android
The decision forces equal footing for external AI assistants and mandates anonymized search data pipelines
Christopher Nolan believes Gen Z will push back against generative AI and its growing influence
Nolan says younger generations are seeking more authentic experiences
Claude's new Reflect feature is Spotify Wrapped for your AI habits
Claude now has its own take on Spotify Wrapped, only instead of exposing your questionable music taste, Reflect shows how you use AI. The beta dashboard summarizes up to 12 months of topics, activity patterns, and common tasks. Check out Reflect using the the Claude desktop app for Windows or macOS.
Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features
TinyRetroPad is a super-lean version of Notepad
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite for fast, low-cost AI image generation
It creates 1K images in about four seconds and costs about $0.034 per image
The founder of Eidos-Montréal says the game industry has been taken over by spreadsheets and lost its soul
Publishers want Witcher 3-quality games on half the budget
Google is spending billions to turn its TPU chips into a real challenger to Nvidia
Google backs $3.2 billion data center deal to get its chips into Anthropic's hands, mirroring Nvidia's playbook
Palworld's studio won't use generative AI because "gamers don't want it"
Could we soon see a marketing ploy highlighting games that are "100% made by humans"?
Android 17 arrives on Pixel with floating apps, foldable features, and new AI tools
The update expands multitasking features, makes AI upgrades, and Wear OS improvements
Crazy Taxi is back, but Sega's use of generative AI steals the spotlight
Sega reveals AI was used on Crazy Taxi and the backlash starts immediately
OpenAI is going public and overhauling ChatGPT at the same time
"Chat is dead." OpenAI is redesigning ChatGPT as a superapp – and filing for a $1 trillion IPO
Microsoft built a wearable AI badge with a camera and fingerprint sensor
After HoloLens, Microsoft is taking another shot at wearable computing with AI
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis devs confirm AI use, but promise final game will be fully human-crafted
AI NOT: Whether you like it or not, generative AI is quickly gaining traction among game developers. Even the upcoming remake of the original Tomb Raider is reportedly using generative AI in some form, although potential issues are expected to be resolved by the end of development.
Microsoft unveils Majorana 2, a lead-based quantum chip designed with AI
Company claims its latest quantum design delivers 1,000-fold improvements in qubit stability
Apple's on-device AI dream is running into the hard limits of what a phone can do
A hybrid Siri will route more complex requests to Google's servers – Apple hopes you won't notice
YouTube is cracking down on undisclosed AI videos, but won't penalize creators for making them
YouTube wants you to know when you're watching AI slop
This wearable $2,000 AI exoskeleton wants to turn your legs into hybrid hardware
The Hypershell adds force to every step with dual motors and adaptive software
ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop
LLM or not, paper authors will be responsible for whatever they post to the archive
Forced to vibe code at work, programmers say their skills are deteriorating
Developers complain about mental atrophy and debugging troubles
Microsoft is baking even more Copilot functionality into the Edge browser
Are you still browsing the web, or is Copilot browsing you at this point?
Google "Gemini Intelligence" shows off agentic Android 17 features that Apple has yet to deliver with Siri
Apple delayed its equivalent Siri upgrade to iOS 27 – due next month
Amazon employees are inflating AI usage to top leaderboards and impress managers
Are employees unknowingly helping prep their replacements?
Google's Fitbit Air is a Whoop-like screen-less fitness tracker built around AI
The minimalist device tracks sleep, heart rate, and activity while Google Health and Gemini handle the analysis