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Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.

China bans romantic AI chatbots amid addiction and birth rate concerns

China has banned romantic AI chatbots for minors and imposed safeguards against excessive use, citing concerns over emotional dependency, declining social interaction and the country’s falling birth rate. Critics warn that the crackdown rem

Gemini lock screen bug allows anyone to send texts without unlocking your Android phone

A trivial gesture can help Gemini bypass the lock screen security of your Android phone.

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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.

Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles

Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.

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Linus Torvalds is right about AI coding, and the backlash misses the point

AI code should be allowed, and you should be held responsible for it.

AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work.

A Korean AI model scores every possible driving path for safety before the car moves. CVPR called it a highlight.

Most self-driving AI models study how humans drive and try to copy them. They work well in normal conditions but struggle to explain why they chose one path over another, which becomes a problem when a split-second decision goes wrong. A te

China is banning AI-generated companions to encourage users to form real-life relationships, sparking nationwide virtual breakups — and therapists think it's for the best

The Chinese government has issued new regulations to ban services allowing you to create AI companions.

Kai-Fu Lee stopped building AI models and started selling enterprise data infrastructure. Now 01.ai is heading for a Hong Kong IPO.

Kai-Fu Lee’s 01.ai is raising a pre-IPO round ahead of a planned Hong Kong listing in 2027, the former Google China chief told Bloomberg at the World AI Conference in Shanghai. The company is unwinding its offshore holding structure, the sa

LG monitors are installing adware, and its TVs are raising "eavesdropping" concerns

The company is facing an uproar over McAfee software and AI recording policy.

Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software

Neo emerged from stealth on Monday with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, with Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures also participating. The company, founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Al

OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?

Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.

I stopped uploading my notes to ChatGPT and NotebookLM after setting up my local LLMs

I ditched cloud platforms for a self-hosted LLM, and my notes have never been more useful

Chrome's 4GB AI Model Is Installed On Millions Of PCs, But Is It Actually A Problem?

Wondering where your hard drive space went? Discover the massive, unprompted background file that Google secretly pushed to millions of computers.

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.

Nvidia is building the world's first 'national AI' — Japan's FRONTia Project could be the next big step forward in global progress, but is this a step too far?

The Japanese government, Noetra Corp, and Nvidia are building an AI project that it believes will deliver physical AI and underpin Japan’s entire AI ecosystem

Netflix shows its love for AI once again — the platform has acquired Ben Affleck’s firm InterPositive for $587 million, and it’s just given me another reason to cancel my subscription

Netflix revealed that it bought AI firm InterPositive for $587 million, and subscribers are concerned for future movies and shows.

macOS 27 Golden Gate Guide: All the new features coming to compatible Macs, 2026 release date and more

Macworld Apple has officially unveiled macOS 27 Golden Gate, the next major update for the Mac, bringing Apple’s next-generation Apple Intelligence platform to compatible devices. The update introduces an all-new Siri AI assistant, major up

Head of the Trump Administration’s Federal AI Security Agency Resigns After Only 3 Months

The post Head of the Trump Administration’s Federal AI Security Agency Resigns After Only 3 Months appeared first on Android Headlines.

Microsoft is moving another Outlook feature behind a Copilot paywall

Microsoft is retiring Outlook's free Meeting Insight feature in the coming months. Its replacement, "Prepare for this meeting," requires a paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license.

Anthropic Wants Some of Meta's AI Computing Power and Offers $10 Billion for It

The post Anthropic Wants Some of Meta's AI Computing Power and Offers $10 Billion for It appeared first on Android Headlines.

'This one was different from anything we had handled before': Hugging Face confirms it was hit by cyberattack powered by an AI agent

There's a new twist to the old code injection attack, and this one comes with AI seasoning.

A Chinese AI lab just built a giant data centre with no Nvidia inside

For a year, one question has hung over China’s fast-improving AI models: what are they actually running on? Z.AI has just given part of the answer. It has built a huge data centre that uses only Chinese-made chips. The company, formerly kno

YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.

Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers

AI infrastructure company Infinity announced Monday a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Google’s AI cited Facebook 19.5 million times, new research finds

When Google’s AI answers a question, it is increasingly not reading a website. It is reading a Facebook post. New data suggests social platforms have become a core source for Google’s AI answers. Often the user never visits the platform at

Samsung's GAIA AI Tech Could Finally Fix Exynos Chip Thermal Hurdles on Smartphones

The post Samsung's GAIA AI Tech Could Finally Fix Exynos Chip Thermal Hurdles on Smartphones appeared first on Android Headlines.

Google is building a chip with Gemini baked into the silicon

Most AI chips are general-purpose. You load a model onto them, and they run it. Google is reportedly trying something stranger: a chip that is the model, with Gemini’s blueprint etched into the hardware itself. The project, informally calle

Apple Likely Left Jony Ive Out of Its OpenAI Lawsuit on Purpose

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's decision not to name its former design chief Jony Ive in its trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI was likely a deliberate one, shaped in part by the company's relationship with Laurene Powell Jobs. Apple'

macOS 27 has a secret popover menu for AI power users

Macworld When Apple unveiled the new Siri AI as part of the OS 27 updates coming this fall, it showed off a new interface, a new app, and a whole new personality for the revamped chatbot. But there’s a hidden feature Apple didn’t tell us ab

‘Parliament has not been immune to AI slop’: The EU is about to roll out its own AI platform — including tools from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral

The platform will provide secure access to Meta’s Llama, OpenAI’s GPT-OSS, Mistral Small, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet.

I connected Gemini with Samsung's best apps; my Galaxy phone became smarter overnight

Samsung apps finally talk to Gemini

Samsung's new GAIA PC chip challenges Microsoft's Copilot+ program — and why I can only see that as a positive for the AI PC industry

Samsung is reportedly working on a new GAIA AI accelerator chip, and the standalone silicon could be yet another reason for Microsoft to scrap its Copilot+ certification program.

Microsoft just pulled a Sony: The tech giant will get rid of your AI-created podcasts and won't let you save them

Microsoft is retiring its Copilot Podcasts feature on August 18, 2026. Users will lose all access to their AI-created audio, with no option to export or download files before the tool shuts down.

Samsung cuts hundreds of US jobs while AI boom sends chip profits soaring

Samsung Electronics America said 739 roles at its Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, offices have been affected by the relocation. The majority of those workers have been offered positions in Texas, though others have been laid off. Around 100 e

Honor Magic 9 series to stick with AI button, but there’s a catch

Honor Magic 9 series will continue to feature the incredible AI button, but this time, the company may adjust the position of this tab on the flagship’s body. Perhaps the OEM is trying to enhance the accessibility of the AI button for users

Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck.

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.

How To use Claude's Reflect dashboard and learn when it's time to touch grass

Break reminders are your friend.

San Francisco warns Apple and Google to stop profiting from AI nudify apps

Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters to the two tech giants on Thursday, demanding that they remove eight apps from Apple's App Store and five from Google Play.Read Entire Article

GMK EVO-X3 with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and 128GB RAM now available for $3600 and up

The GMK EVO-X3 is a slim desktop computer that packs a lot of power into a compact design. With an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor featuring Radeon 8060S discrete-class graphics, 128GB of RAM with 256GB/s bandwidth, and a robust set of port