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When zigzagging around people in New York, I can't be staring down at my phone to text. Speech-to-text tools have become crucial for quick communication while double-fisting a smartphone and a Jamaica

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to block state AI regulations with the goal of creating a national framework for the tech industry to follow. The Ensuring a Nati

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Bumble announced on Thursday that it’s adding a series of AI-driven features intended to help turn matches into lasting connections, including those that offer feedback and guidance on users’ bios, ph

Google today announced the latest version of its popular image generation model, Nano Banana 2. The new model, which is technically Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, can create more realistic images than its pr

Meeting notetaker Read AI on Thursday launched an AI-powered email-based assistant called Ada, saying it helps users manage their schedules, answer questions based on a company’s knowledge base, and r

When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, it kicked off an AI boom that hasn't stopped since and showed how powerful natural-language tools could be. Since then, we've seen chatbots, copilots and AI agents m

As space companies itch to push the most advanced chips into orbit, the problem of cooling those high-powered processors is top of mind. “It’s cold in space … [but] there’s no airflow, and so the only

Enterprises have struggled to find a return on investment from adopting AI tools. Now AI companies are trying a new tactic to get their tech to stick by partnering with consultants. On Thursday, Frenc

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he “cannot in good conscience accede to [the Pentagon’s] request” to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. “Anthropic understands that

OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion inve

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. On Thursday, Dorsey announced that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, Ca

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Starting this week, Perplexity subscribers will have a new agentic tool at their disposal. Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, “unifies every current AI capability into a single system.” More

Anyone who's used an AI image or video generator knows that these tools are often the opposite of precise. If you're using an AI generator with a specific idea in mind, you'll likely need to do a lot