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Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you

A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologizes for saying National Guard troops needed in San Francisco

Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, appears to be walking back his controversial comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco.

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WhatsApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform

WhatsApp is banning general purpose chatbots from using its Business API

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Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates

The White House’s David Sacks and OpenAI’s Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.

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Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down 

The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause … Continue reading

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Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land

If you’re wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they’ll tell you it’s not just about electricity – it’s about beating China.

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Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program

The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation’s largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.

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Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone

Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The feature is currently opt in … Continue reading

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ChatGPT’s mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows

ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.

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Stellantis teams up with Pony.ai to develop robotaxis in Europe 

The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’s electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles.

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