The rise of so-called AI slop—low-quality images, videos, and text generated by large language models—has flooded the internet in recent years. This content has polluted websites, social media platforms, newspapers, and even real-world events. The cybersecurity industry is no exception,…
Contract review remains a slow, manual process that strains legal teams. Lawyers must sift through dense language, flag risks, and translate legal terms, creating inefficiencies. This widespread issue has opened the door for Tokyo-based LegalOn Technologies, which offers AI contract…
Snapchat is introducing a new feature called “Home Safe,” designed to let friends and family know when you’ve arrived home safely after an outing. The social network announced the feature on Thursday. To use Home Safe, users must first set…
Google announced on Thursday the launch of a new AI feature that allows users to virtually try on clothes. The company is also introducing updated price alerts and previewed an upcoming feature that will enable users to explore shoppable outfits…
An old colleague had a curious request at lunchtime. For health reasons, he was vegetarian, but he still missed the taste of ground beef. He would ask the cafeteria chef to cook his veggie burger next to beef patties so…
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they avoided questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns…
A new AI coding challenge has crowned its first winner, setting a higher standard for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5 PM PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced Eduardo Rocha de Andrade, a Brazilian prompt engineer, as the inaugural…
YouTube continues to dominate the streaming market, with advertising revenue growing by 13% year over year, according to Alphabet, Google’s parent company, in its second-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday. This growth brings YouTube’s total ad revenue to $9.8 billion,…
An unproven small launch startup is partnering with a severely depleted SPAC trust to attempt the impossible: go public in a deal they claim will be valued at $400 million. Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket) and BPGC Acquisition Corp., a…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed enthusiasm about supplying OpenAI, Google’s largest competitor in AI, with cloud computing resources to train and serve its AI models. This partnership was discussed during Google’s second-quarter earnings call. Pichai highlighted Google Cloud’s role as…
