Talk Fuse

    Topic: AI

    Artificial intelligence covers the systems, tools and policies shaping how software can generate content, analyse information and make decisions. The topic follows new models and products, the companies building them, and their growing influence across work, media, entertainment and everyday technology.

    It also examines the trade-offs: security, reliability, accountability, jobs and the rules being proposed to govern powerful systems. For readers, AI is increasingly not a niche technology story but a lens on how digital services and institutions are changing.

    • Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis

      WIRED’s Uncanny Valley examines several technology, policy and public-health stories, led by Apple’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI of obtaining confidential hardware information through former Apple employees. The allegations add to pressure on OpenAI as some employees reportedly support a rival political action committee seeking stronger AI safeguards, while debates over AI’s infrastructure and government use continue.…

    • MLB effectively outlaws use of AI on dugout iPads during games

      Major League Baseball has effectively barred teams from using artificial intelligence tools on dugout iPads during games to influence tactical decisions. The move matters because clubs had begun using bespoke applications that could shape real-time choices traditionally made by players and coaching staff. The applications reportedly offered recommendations on substitutions, pitch calling and other in-game…

    • Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’

      Epic Games will allow Fortnite creators to publish experiences featuring AI-voiced characters from 30 July, expanding the use of conversational non-player characters in the game. The move matters because it gives creators access to 36 ready-made Fortnite personas while raising continuing questions about voice consent, safeguards and the behaviour of AI characters. The available characters…

    • Half of all games released on Steam will use AI by 2028, study predicts: “AI lowers the barrier not just to make a game but to make several”

      A new study predicts that by 2028, half of all games released on the Steam platform will incorporate artificial intelligence in some form, reflecting how rapidly AI tools are being adopted across game development. The forecast highlights growing concern within the industry that AI is not just changing how individual games are made, but is…

    • It’s official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

      The European Commission has adopted legally binding Digital Markets Act measures requiring Google to open Android more fully to rival AI assistants and share search data with competing search providers in the EU. The rules aim to reduce Google’s advantage as an Android and search “gatekeeper”, potentially giving users more choice and helping smaller rivals…

    • Netflix reveals around 300 titles have used generative AI

      Netflix has confirmed that around 300 titles on its platform have used generative AI, mostly during post-production, as the streaming giant leans further into the technology to cut costs and speed up output. The company disclosed the figure in its second-quarter earnings report, framing AI as a means of delivering “higher quality output more quickly…

    • Researcher poisons open-weight AI model for under $100

      A cybersecurity researcher demonstrated that an open-weight AI model can be cheaply and quickly altered to introduce a hidden backdoor, raising concerns about the security of the AI supply chain. The experiment matters because users and organisations may struggle to detect when a model has been manipulated to produce insecure code or misuse connected tools.…

    • Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her Mafia skills)

      Ryan Beiermeister, a former VP of Product Policy at OpenAI, has joined venture capital firm Founders Fund as a partner. The move is notable given her recent high-profile exit from OpenAI and her growing public profile through a Founders Fund YouTube series, prompting speculation online that the show doubled as an audition for the job.…

    • Peter Bart: Even AI Titans Can’t Predict Future Of Movies About AI Titans

      Deadline columnist Peter Bart notes that the tech titans immortalised in *The Social Network* nearly 16 years ago are returning to screens, this time in darker, more conflicted portrayals reflecting real-world anxieties about artificial intelligence. Upcoming films such as *The Social Reckoning* (with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg) and *Artificial* (starring Andrew Garfield as Sam…

    • Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: “Fork it. Or just walk away.”

      Linux creator Linus Torvalds has strongly defended the use of AI coding tools in Linux development, telling opponents they can fork the project or leave. His intervention matters because it signals that the kernel’s top maintainer sees AI as an acceptable tool when it offers technical value, despite growing divisions within open-source communities over AI-generated…