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Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google has reshuffled its top AI leadership, with Demis Hassabis stepping down as head of Google DeepMind to become the division’s chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist, CEO Sundar Pichai announced. Hassabis said he wants to focus more on using AI to advance human health, particularly through Alphabet’s drug-discovery venture Isomorphic Labs, which he will continue…
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Court declines to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio – but moves the case from Illinois to New York
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a copyright class action brought by independent musicians against AI music generator Udio, but has transferred the case from Illinois to New York, where the company says its operations are based. Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Udio’s parent, Uncharted Labs,…
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Saregama, India’s oldest label, is using AI to make music videos for songs whose visuals it never owned – and refresh its catalog for Gen Z
Saregama, India’s oldest record label, is turning to generative AI to create new music videos for older songs in its catalogue for which it never held the original visuals. Speaking on the company’s fiscal first-quarter earnings call, Managing Director Vikram Mehra explained that for many 1960s and 1970s film songs Saregama owns the recording and…
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IBM’s agentic AI platform is under active attack – patch now
A critical vulnerability in IBM’s Langflow, a low-code platform for building AI agents, is being actively exploited by attackers, prompting the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to add it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code on default Langflow deployments, putting any organisation running an…
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New lawsuit claims Kanye West used AI on ‘Bully’ and ‘Vultures II’
Another lawsuit to add to the file. The post New lawsuit claims Kanye West used AI on ‘Bully’ and ‘Vultures II’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
SpaceX’s first quarterly earnings report as a public company reveals that the rocket business is now a minor part of its revenue, with AI-related data centre leasing and satellite internet dominating the balance sheet. The space segment brought in just over 10% of revenue and didn’t reach $1 billion for the quarter, while SpaceX itself…
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Pokémon Developer Game Freak Promises Fixes ‘Within a Week’ To Its Big Budget RPG Beast of Reincarnation, Following Mixed Response at Launch
Game Freak, the studio best known for developing the Pokémon series, has pledged a series of prompt fixes for its new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation after the game received a mixed response from players and critics following its launch. The title, released for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, marks the developer’s most…
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Xbox Console Updates Adding New Capture and Achievement Features
Xbox is rolling out a fresh batch of console features, starting with Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring before a wider release. The update focuses on improving how players capture and manage gaming moments, track achievements, and safeguard their progress, reflecting Microsoft’s ongoing effort to refine the Xbox experience despite recent price increases on…
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The world’s smallest USB drive has more storage than an iPhone 17
SanDisk has released the Extreme Fit, described as the world’s smallest USB flash drive, at a time when soaring memory and storage prices are pushing consumers towards cheaper alternatives. The USB-C stick is designed to sit almost flush in a port so it can remain permanently plugged into a laptop, and its largest 1TB version…
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Moonlighter 2 Launches In September, Physical Confirmed For November
Digital Sun’s action-RPG sequel Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault will launch digitally on 2nd September, with a physical release confirmed for 13th November on Switch 2, PS5 and PC via publisher Silver Lining. The original 2018 Moonlighter, a Zelda-style roguelite-ish action RPG about a shopkeeper who raids dungeons, became a well-regarded indie hit on the…