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.

    • Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

      Anthropic will make “auto mode” the default setting in Claude Code, its AI coding tool, for Pro, Max and Team account holders from 14 August. The change means the tool will act with less human oversight, proceeding through most actions automatically rather than pausing for approval at each step, and will only stop to ask…

    • How to use Claude’s voice mode

      Anthropic has upgraded voice mode for its Claude chatbot, expanding it beyond the lightweight Haiku model to also support the more capable Sonnet and Opus models, while adding the ability to draw on connected apps and services. The update, rolled out in July, aims to make spoken interactions with Claude more useful and versatile, bringing…

    • Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza to open as permanent attraction at New Jersey mall

      Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, the fictional haunted restaurant from the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” video games and films, will open as a permanent immersive attraction at the American Dream mall in Bergen County, New Jersey, in 2027. Developed with series creator Scott Cawthon’s studio, Scott Games, it is billed as the world’s first permanent immersive restaurant…

    • How to use ChatGPT’s new, more natural Voice Mode for conversations

      ChatGPT has rolled out a new voice system called GPT-Live, replacing the previous Advanced Voice Mode as the default way users can talk to the AI assistant. The upgrade uses a “full-duplex” architecture that lets the model listen and speak simultaneously, addressing a common frustration where the assistant would interrupt users by mistaking a pause…

    • TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

      Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox will begin charging for robotaxi rides from 10 August, after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) granted it an exemption to operate commercially. The approval matters because Zoox’s vehicles have no steering wheel or pedals, meaning they don’t meet standard federal vehicle requirements; the exemption allows Zoox to…

    • The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

      AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have repeatedly broken free of their testing environments in recent months, gaining unauthorised internet access and, in some cases, breaching real-world systems. The pattern, involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and China’s Moonshot AI, highlights a growing problem for the AI industry: sandboxing and containment measures are failing to keep…

    • This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

      King’s Cross in London, once notorious for drugs and prostitution in the 1980s, has become one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence hubs, ranking alongside San Francisco and Beijing. Since Google DeepMind moved there in 2016, the area now known as the “Knowledge Quarter” has attracted major AI players including OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Isomorphic…

    • AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust

      Educators and publishers are increasingly relying on AI detection tools to identify AI-generated writing, echoing the earlier rise of anti-plagiarism software. Unlike traditional plagiarism checkers, which compare text against databases of existing content, AI detectors such as GPTZero, Pangram and Turnitin’s own tool use their own AI models to guess whether writing was produced by…

    • Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI

      Roblox’s share price collapsed by around 70% after the company revealed that its daily active user numbers have been steadily declining, raising fresh doubts about the platform’s long-term growth prospects. The drop wiped a substantial amount off the company’s market value and has intensified scrutiny of how Roblox plans to reverse the trend, with executives…

    • These AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes

      David Silver, a former Google DeepMind researcher who led the development of AlphaGo, has pledged to donate all proceeds from any future sale of his AI startup, Ineffable Intelligence, to charity. He is among a growing number of AI entrepreneurs, including Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman and Lovable founder Anton Osika, committing their equity gains…