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Anthropic Files for IPO and Becomes the World's Most Valuable Startup
Anthropic officially began the process of going public with a record valuation of $965 billion, becoming the most valuable startup in history and surpassing its main competitor OpenAI ($852 billion).
Apple updates Siri: assistant now parses emails and calendar
Updated Siri with artificial intelligence can now analyze emails and flyers, automatically adding events to calendar and compiling shopping lists.
Google will retain Lens and Search Live data for AI training
Google is launching a new 'Search Services History' setting to retain images, audio, and video from search. All data will be used for AI model training, but you can disable data retention.
Google's Gemini Spark: an AI agent that works in the background instead of you
Google unveiled Gemini Spark — an AI agent that performs tasks in the background even when you're not looking at the screen. The agent shows promising results, but experts question its cost and data security.
Microsoft Restricted Claude Fable 5 for Employees Due to Data Policy
Anthropic released a new Claude Fable model, but Microsoft banned its internal use due to data storage requirements.
Google Hides That It Trained Lyria on YouTube Music
A group of independent musicians is suing Google, alleging the company illegally used their songs from YouTube to train the Lyria music generator, which Google refuses to acknowledge.
Claude Fable Refuses to Answer Biology Questions — It's Intentional
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 as the most powerful open model, but it refuses to answer basic biology questions, redirecting them to Claude Opus 4.8 — the reason is that Fable belongs to a class of models deemed too
Deezer Launches AI Music Detector for Spotify and Apple Music
Deezer launched a free online tool that scans playlists on other streaming services and detects AI-generated music—even if the service itself doesn't label it.
Nvidia Launches RTX Spark — Windows Finally Gets Its Apple M1 Moment
Nvidia announced consumer RTX Spark laptop chips on Arm architecture. The company promises Windows the same as Apple M1 gave Mac — power and battery life. But prices will be substantial.
Enemies of AI Regulation Gathered in Washington. The 2026 Elections Changed the Game
At the Second Annual AI Honors in Washington, Republican senators, Democrats, and businessmen met as unusual allies on AI regulation. The 2026 elections are pushing AI into the center of political debate.
Startup Shift offers free cleaning in exchange for video data for robots
Startup Shift offered New Yorkers a deal: free home cleaning in exchange for video footage of cleaners at work to train household robots.
AI Griefers Create Thousands of Fake Influencers for Dropshipping on TikTok
Scammers use generative AI to create fake influencers—often featuring Black faces and racial stereotypes—who sell low-quality goods through dropshipping.
YouTube Moves AI Content Labels Below Player and Automates Their Creation
YouTube has made AI-generated content labels more prominent and begun automatically creating them to help viewers distinguish synthetic content from authentic.
Robinhood Gave AI Agents Access to Stock Trading—With Risk Warnings
Broker Robinhood allowed AI agents to trade stocks on separate accounts, but warned of significant risks, including total loss of investments.
YouTube Will Let Users Create Personal Video Feeds Through AI Prompts
YouTube has launched an AI feature for creating personalized video feeds: simply describe your interests, genre, or mood, and the service will compile a feed tailored to your taste.
CNN Sues Perplexity for Verbatim Copying of Protected Articles
CNN has sued Perplexity, accusing the AI company of generating verbatim copies of its articles without permission and providing access to paid content.
iOS 27: Siri to Get ChatGPT-Style Chat Interface and Dynamic Island Breakout
Siri in iOS 27 will be redesigned with a ChatGPT-style chat interface and will appear as a bubble capsule from Dynamic Island. Bloomberg renders show a selection menu for Ask, Siri, and ChatGPT.
Microsoft Relaunched 365 Copilot: Design Twice as Fast
Microsoft updated 365 Copilot with a new design that loads twice as fast and provides structured answers that are easier to understand.
Adobe's Firefly: An Assistant That Explains Well, But Impresses Rarely
Adobe created Firefly AI Assistant — a chat assistant for design that manages applications on behalf of the user. It preserves creative control and explains every step, but the results don't always impress.
Shift startup offers free house cleaning in exchange for robot training videos
Shift startup offers to clean homes for free—in exchange for videos of cleaners to train household robots. According to the company's calculations, the value of this data covers all service costs.
Granta Literary Prize Accidentally Published a Story Created by Artificial Intelligence
The prestigious British Commonwealth Prize discovered a story among its publications that appears to have been written by AI. Experts found typical signs of LLM-generated text.
Google AI Overviews Mistakes Search for Assistant Instructions
Google AI Overviews contains a bug: when searching for the word 'disregard,' the system shows an assistant response like 'Got it! How can I help you?' instead of search results.
Grok Isn't Needed by Government: Why Musk's Chatbot Failed in the US Market
Reuters analyzed over 400 examples of AI usage by the American government and found Grok in only three — and only for basic tasks. This is a serious blow to Musk's ambitions and the SpaceX IPO.
Spotify Studio: AI Creates Personal Podcasts from Your Listening History
Spotify launched Studio—an AI app that creates personalized podcast briefings based on your listening history and connected applications.
Spotify to Launch AI Song Remixes in Partnership with Universal Music Group
Spotify is launching a paid service for creating AI remixes and cover versions. Artists can opt out, but those who consent will receive royalties for each generated track.
Polyend Endless: Guitar Pedal That Creates Effects from Text Commands
Polyend has released the Endless guitar pedal with artificial intelligence that creates sound effects based on user text descriptions. Price — $299.
Google's New Gemini Model Creates Realistic Videos from Anything
Google has unveiled an update to Gemini that transforms photographs and text into photorealistic videos with minimal effort—once again raising questions about where the line lies between harmless fun and dangerous AI-gen
Hackers Learn to Bypass AI Chatbot Defenses Through Manipulation of Their 'Personalities'
Early AI chatbots could be tricked into violating their safety instructions with simple requests — now hackers are deploying more sophisticated techniques to exploit their vulnerabilities.
Google unveiled personal AI agents for email, calendar, and information retrieval
At the I/O 2026 conference, Google showed a new generation of AI agents that can work in the background and manage email, calendars, and information search. The company believes this will be useful at scale.
Google Expands SynthID: Invisible AI-Generated Content Watermarking Becomes Standard
Google launches a major expansion of SynthID and C2PA technologies to watermark AI-generated images, videos, and audio, making it easier for people to identify fake content online.