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Tyga Admits to Using AI on New ‘$tarface’ Album: ‘It’s No Different Than When Auto-Tune Came Out’
Rapper Tyga has confirmed he used artificial intelligence in the making of his new album $tarface, ending months of speculation about the record’s ’80s-inspired sound. He told VIBE that AI tools were used for elements such as synthesizer sounds and a guitar solo, defending the practice by comparing it to the once-controversial introduction of Auto-Tune…
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Google open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings
Google’s DeepMind and Google Research teams, working with the US National Hurricane Center, the UK Met Office and other agencies, have developed an AI weather model called WeatherNext designed to improve cyclone forecasts. Google is releasing both the code and model weights as open source on GitHub, allowing other scientists to build on the work,…
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OpenAI’s ring-shaped smart speaker will reportedly cost between $300 and $400
OpenAI is reportedly developing a portable, ring-shaped smart speaker priced between $300 and $400, marking an ambitious move into consumer hardware. The rumoured price would put it well above most smart speakers and could test whether consumers will pay a premium for AI-focused devices ahead of an expected 2027 launch. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman,…
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Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker
Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has offered new details on the first hardware device OpenAI is developing with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, describing it as a battery-powered, doughnut-shaped smart speaker roughly the size of a hockey puck. The gadget, which has no screen, is expected to work as a voice-driven AI companion powered by…
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‘Godfather of AI’: Humans may not be able to outsmart next generation of models
The article’s full text was unavailable, so its claims cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline, it appears to report warnings from a prominent AI researcher that humans may struggle to control or outsmart increasingly capable future AI models. The headline suggests the concern relates to the safety and governance of advanced AI systems.…
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AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
AMD has acquired AI chip startup Taalas, aiming to dramatically speed up AI inference by etching model weights directly into silicon rather than storing them in conventional memory. The move is part of AMD’s ongoing effort to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in AI hardware, mirroring the logic behind Nvidia’s own $20 billion licensing deal with Groq…
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Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
Anthropic has confirmed it is building an in-house “custom silicon team” to design chips for running its Claude models, following the discovery of job listings and reports first surfaced by Business Insider and TechCrunch. The move mirrors similar steps by rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Meta, and reflects growing pressure among AI firms to…
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Google AI leaks “scarily accurate and very specific” game detail from private documents, says indie dev: “I had never told the name to anyone”
An independent developer has alleged that Google’s AI produced highly specific information about an unrevealed game, apparently drawn from private documents. The claim raises concerns about whether AI tools can expose confidential material and how developers can protect unpublished projects. The developer said the AI gave a detail accurate enough to identify a name they…
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AI is now making new viruses
Researchers at Stanford University and the Palo Alto-based Arc Institute have used artificial intelligence models to design new viruses capable of infecting and reproducing inside bacteria, according to a study published in the journal Science. The work, carried out with careful safeguards, could pave the way for advances in gene therapy and biotechnology, but it…
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Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company, has sparked debate in Silicon Valley after publicly questioning why AI agents have not caught on with ordinary consumers, despite the tech industry’s conviction that they represent the future of computing. His viral social media post argued that while the underlying technology is theoretically ready to transform work…