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Meta built an AI detection tool to ID images and video created with its new models
Meta has previewed a web-based detection tool that can identify images, and eventually video, made or edited with its newer AI models by checking for an invisible watermark called Content Seal. The move matters because it is an attempt to improve transparency around AI-generated media after criticism that Meta has not labelled such content consistently.…
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This Divisive Sci-Fi Is Steven Spielberg’s True Masterpiece 25 Years Later
To coincide with the release of his new film, Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg has revisited his earlier work — including 2001’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence — a project he inherited from his late friend Stanley Kubrick. The article argues that, 25 years on, this divisive science-fiction film stands as one of Spielberg’s most ambitious and accomplished…
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Researchers claim they’ve created healthier burgers that taste as good as a Big Mac
Researchers at Stanford University in California trained an AI tool to create burger recipes based on age, taste and nutritional needs. They claim it tastes better than a Big Mac.
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Taylor Twellman goes off on Team USA after disastrous 4-1 loss to Belgium: ‘Can’t miss fundamentals’
Taylor Twellman ripped the USMNT for inexcusable defensive mistakes and missed fundamentals after the humiliating 4-1 World Cup loss to Belgium.
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‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom
Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarceSan Francisco’s AI boom has buyers spending unprecedented amounts of money on homes – much more than sellers are asking for.A new analysis from real-estate brokerage Compass, found that in the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes…
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Meta rolls out Muse, a new AI image generator
The new image-generating model has numerous use cases, including advertising, decorating and creator-based opportunities.
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The ‘greybeard’ engineers rehired by Ford who could be proof AI can’t replace humans
Ford has rehired experienced veteran engineers — nicknamed “greybeards” — after finding that artificial intelligence alone could not deliver the quality it had expected. Senior executive Charles Poon admitted the company had wrongly assumed that simply introducing AI and feeding it existing design requirements would produce a high-quality product. The reversal is notable because it…
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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
Meta has launched its first in-house AI image generator, Muse Image, built by its Superintelligence Labs to rival OpenAI’s GPT Images 2.0 and Google’s Nano Banana 2. The model is tightly integrated into Instagram, and crucially, public Instagram profiles have been automatically opted in to being used in other people’s AI creations. Anyone can now…
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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s chief futurist, has told colleagues he will leave the company later this month after nearly nine years, according to a staff note obtained by WIRED. Achiam, a long-standing defender of OpenAI’s safety-focused mission, said his departure was not prompted by any specific reason but was something he had been considering for a…
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Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.