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Facebook officially rolls out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators
Facebook has officially launched its standalone Creator Studio app for iOS, giving creators AI-powered advice and community-management tools. The move matters because Meta is seeking to keep creators active on Facebook amid competition from TikTok and YouTube, while making performance insights easier to use. The built-in AI assistant offers recommendations based on a creator’s content,…
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Guitar company D’Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video
D’Addario has admitted that generative AI music tool Suno was used to regenerate a track in a promotional video for its guitar strings, reversing nearly two weeks of denials. The episode matters because the company initially blamed audio artefacts on export quality, plugins and AI-assisted mastering, before acknowledging it had shared inaccurate information and apologising.…
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Astrophysicist Brian May shares advice for viewing the solar eclipse
Queen guitarist and qualified astrophysicist Brian May has shared safety advice ahead of the solar eclipse visible in the UK on 12 August. He warned people not to look directly at the Sun or use binoculars or telescopes pointed at it, instead recommending simple projection methods such as a pinhole in cardboard. The advice matters…
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Preorder a Google Pixel 11 Smartphone and Get Up to $350 in Amazon Gift Cards
Google’s latest flagship Android phones are coming soon, and you can get up to $350 in free gift cards when you preorder.
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Listen to Haruomi Hosono’s Cover of Doo-Wop Classic “Sincerely”
Haruomi Hosono has released a Japanese-language cover of the Moonglows’ 1954 doo-wop classic “Sincerely”, previewing his forthcoming album Yours Sincerely. The Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder’s sparse acoustic-guitar version reinterprets the song around the word’s sense of heartfelt sincerity, rather than simply retaining its original romantic lyrics. Hosono said he felt the song suited the album’s…
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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
Booksellers fear that AI companies may be buying and destroying rare or fragile books to digitise them cheaply for model training. The concern matters because some physical copies could be irreplaceable, while less destructive scanning methods exist but are slower and more expensive. The article contrasts destructive scanning with Google’s non-destructive technology and the Internet…
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Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes
A fraud campaign known as WindRelay has targeted Android users by combining persuasive phone calls with malware to steal card data and authorise fraudulent payments or cash withdrawals. Researchers at Group-IB said some European victims were compromised during calls lasting only 13 minutes, illustrating how quickly social engineering can bypass normal fraud-prevention responses. Attackers pose…
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AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
Experts say autonomous AI agents cannot themselves be legally responsible for harm they cause under Australian law, which applies to people rather than virtual systems. Instead, responsibility is likely to rest with the person or organisation that deploys an agent, though legal and ethical questions may become more complex where developers, software providers and users…
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Sovereign AI overcomes compliance challenges and feeds innovation in public sector and other regulated industries, say HPE and NVIDIA
The sponsored article argues that “sovereign AI” is becoming a strategic priority for governments and heavily regulated organisations seeking tighter control over AI systems, data and compliance. HPE and NVIDIA say such control can help organisations meet security, privacy and legal requirements while still developing AI services, although the piece is promotional rather than independent…
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Hungry Fans Hopeful for Kingdom Hearts 4 Updates in Live Streamed D23 Panel
Disney’s forthcoming D23 expo will feature a live-streamed “Deep Dive” panel marking 25 years of Kingdom Hearts, prompting hopes that Square Enix may share news about Kingdom Hearts 4. Although the panel is officially framed around behind-the-scenes discussion, its wider broadcast and promotion have led fans to speculate about a possible update on the long-awaited…