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.

    • AI-generated ads on Google will hopefully get disclosures soon

      Google is introducing new transparency tools to indicate when generative AI has been used in advertisements shown across its platforms. A new “How this ad was made” section is being added to the My Ad Center panel, available globally on Google Search, YouTube and Discover, aimed at helping users understand how the ads they encounter…

    • ‘Alien: Earth’ Season 2 Adds Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell, Jerome Flynn

      American network FX has announced three new additions to the cast of “Alien: Earth” Season 2, with Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn all joining the series. The trio bolster an already sizeable ensemble for the second run of the show, created by Noah Hawley and set within Ridley Scott’s “Alien” universe, with production…

    • Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1

      Meta’s new Muse Spark 1.1. will go up against similar products offered by Anthropic and OpenAI.

    • Man spends house deposit on grandpa’s World Cup dream, then gets unexpected surprise

      A 21-year-old England supporter, Jacob Allmendinger, spent roughly £10,000 (about $13,300) — his entire life savings, accumulated over five years for a house deposit — to take his 80-year-old grandfather, Geoff Golliker, to follow England at the FIFA World Cup. After their story went viral online, a US-based crypto casino unexpectedly reimbursed the full amount,…

    • New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial

      The New York Times and The Daily News have accused OpenAI of concealing evidence in their long-running copyright lawsuit, claiming the company misrepresented its ability to search its ChatGPT chat logs and training datasets for their copyrighted journalism. The allegation matters because it strikes at the heart of a landmark case testing whether training generative…

    • OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

      News organisations led by The New York Times have asked a US court to impose “serious sanctions” on OpenAI, alleging the company lied for two years to conceal its ability to search ChatGPT logs for evidence of copyright infringement. These logs are seen as pivotal to the case, potentially either proving OpenAI’s chatbot reproduces paywalled…

    • OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns

      OpenAI has released its latest advanced AI model, ChatGPT 5.6, after initially delaying the public rollout at the request of the Trump administration, which cited cybersecurity concerns. Last month the White House asked the company to restrict access to a small group of government-approved users, and OpenAI complied, briefing officials and limiting the model to…

    • Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI

      Google is introducing a feature that tells users when an advertisement they are viewing was created or edited using artificial intelligence. The move matters because AI increasingly allows businesses to generate product imagery and brand scenes cheaply, which can mislead consumers who may not realise they are not looking at a genuine photograph. Although Google…

    • Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia

      Gradium, a Paris-based startup building voice AI models, has reopened its seed round to new backers including Nvidia, bringing the round’s total to $100 million. The company said on Thursday that it will use the money to open an office in the San Francisco Bay Area and compete for talent, positioning itself closer to leading…

    • Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5

      Anthropic is set to become the first frontier AI lab to place a consumer model behind usage-based billing, ending the simple “free or flat subscription” bargain for its most capable system. From 11:59PM PT on 12 July, subscribers to Anthropic’s $20, $100 and $200-a-month plans will have to pay extra to use Claude Fable 5,…