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Google now trains its AI models on media you upload to search
A few simple adjustments to your settings will opt you out of Google’s latest AI-training method.
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The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
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Tilly Norwood, AI-generated performer, lands feature film role amid SAG-AFTRA anger
The AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood will debut in the feature film Misaligned about an AI’s existensial crisis.
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Google trains its AI on your search activity — how to opt out
PSA: A change to Google’s privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here’s how to opt out.
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Secret Anthropic tracker in Claude alarms privacy-conscious users
Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.
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Tilly Norwood AI-generated actor reportedly cast in feature-length film
Get excited for a feature film starring an AI character that doesn’t exist in any real way.
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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood to Make Feature Debut in Coming-of-Age Movie ‘Misaligned’
The film is described as a “hybrid production,” with traditional film and TV professionals working alongside trained AI specialists.
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Reddit to combat AI with more AI
Reddit to combat AI with more AI
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Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.
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Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.