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After social media ban, AI bans could be next for school kids
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (524+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, and that includes classrooms. Students are turning to tools like Chat GPT for homework, research, writing assistance, and even basic questions. But a growing number of educators, researchers, and policymakers are…...
Amazon pulls back from Sam Altman film "Artificial" as it may have hit too close to home
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (514+ words) Amazon MGM Studios just backed out of releasing Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's movie about Open AI CEO Sam Altman. According to Deadline, the studio confirmed it will no longer distribute the nearly finished film, even though it had been in the…...
AI tools that help students cheat are multiplying, and the detectors can't keep up
19+ hour, 45+ min ago (255+ words) A report from earlier this year revealed how University of Florida researchers tested the five most popular AI text detectors and found false negative rates as high as 99. 6 percent, with a single vocabulary tweak defeating most of them entirely. The…...
AI agents need more than reasoning: they need to actually use the web
20+ hour, 19+ min ago (729+ words) A company rolls out an AI customer service assistant. The model behind it is current and capable enough for the job. The assistant goes live. Within a week, support tickets are getting worse, not better. The model isn't the problem....
If you were missing Hourly Activity and Naps in Google Health, a new update brings them back
20+ hour, 30+ min ago (434+ words) Ever since Google rebranded the Fitbit app as Google Health, the app has been a work in progress. Version 5. 02 is here to fix things, with features that shouldn't have been removed in the first place. The two that most users…...
Gemini Live can finally remember what you told it in past conversations
1+ day, 6+ min ago (430+ words) Talking to Gemini Live no longer means starting from a blank slate every time. Google has quietly extended memory access to Gemini's conversational mode, allowing it to recall details from past conversations when answering new questions. 9to5 Google spotted the change…...
Google's AI Overviews are blabbering about fictional monsters as if they're real
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (427+ words) Google's AI Overviews feature is reportedly presenting entries from the SCP Foundation, a popular fan fiction universe built around fake horror "anomalies," as though they describe real creatures and events. Futurism found at least 20 cases where the AI-generated summaries skipped…...
This ordinary-looking pen can record meetings and generate AI transcripts
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (612+ words) Meeting transcription tools have become increasingly popular, but most require a phone, laptop, smart glasses, or a dedicated recorder. Flowtica is taking a different approach with the Scribe, a pen that can write on paper while simultaneously recording conversations and…...
Adobe's new AI assistant could save you hours in Photoshop and Premiere
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (631+ words) The move positions Adobe's AI agent as a central layer connecting every stage of the creative process, from brainstorming and content generation to editing and final production. Rather than simply generating images or text, Adobe's vision is to create an…...
Morning Blues Sonic Glass A1 Wants to Make Music Visible With Transparent Audio and AI-Powered Experiences
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (439+ words) Speakers have spent decades chasing better sound. Morning Blues is chasing something different. The company's upcoming Sonic Glass A1 is built around the idea that music should be seen as much as it is heard, combining transparent audio technology, floating lyric…...