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This AI-powered textbook tool for students personalizes your learning. But how does it differ from Learn About and NotebookLM? 3 min read Google's AI tools and experiments are a dime a dozen, and many of them have crossover features. NotebookLM -- its popular AI-powered research assistant -- is
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Discord has acknowledged that a bug in its AI moderation system mistakenly banned more than 8,000 users over the past two months, after harmless images—including spreadsheets, chessboards, game textures, as well as white and gray transparent backgrounds—were incorrectly flagged as harmful content. The company confirmed that the
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* OpenAI reveals first branded hardware, the Codex Micro, a programmable macro pad built with keyboard maker Work Louder * Codex Micro seems to be based on Work Louder's Creator Micro 2's layout, mapped to Codex coding-agent shortcuts * The move reinforces OpenAI's Codex offering as one
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TL;DR Forterra deployed 100+ autonomous ATVs in Ukraine since October, completing 1,100 missions and 52 casualty evacuations. The largest US combat UGV deployment. Forterra, a US builder of autonomous vehicles, revealed that more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs have been deployed in combat zones in Ukraine for
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You ask an AI to polish your post. It keeps your point, but tilts it. New Oxford research says those tiny tilts can move public opinion. AI writing tools that tidy up social media posts can quietly shift what they say, and those shifts can spread, according to a new
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TL;DR Netflix licensed short-form videos from BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Hearst, and Penske brands. Launches August 3 in six markets as Bloomberg reports viewer drop-off. Netflix is licensing short-form video content from publishers including BuzzFeed Studios, Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, People Inc., Tastemade, and several Penske Media brands such as
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TL;DR Microsoft has begun swapping OpenAI and Anthropic models out for its own in-house MAI models in some app features where cost or data residency favours them, per Bloomberg. The shift is incremental, OpenAI and Anthropic still handle most Copilot traffic, but it marks Microsoft steadily reducing a dependence
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TL;DR Meta launched Muse Image across Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Users can generate images of friends from public posts. Advertisers get access soon. Opt-out available. Meta launched Muse Image on Tuesday, its first image-generation AI model built under the Superintelligence Labs division led by Chief AI Officer Alexandr
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The next generation of Google's Pixel smartphone is on the way, and invitations for a Made By Google event have been sent out to the press. The reveal will take place on Aug. 12 in New York at 6PM ET. Google is expected to unveil its new phone
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In Brief 11:37 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Figma is trying to become more than a design platform by adding more AI and bringing the coding and prototyping layer closer to its canvas. Toward that end, it has acquired the team behind the vibe coding and AI agent platform
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In Brief 11:38 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Google is preparing for its Made by Google launch event, which is scheduled for August 12 in New York City, as announced on Tuesday. We’re hoping this event will be less cringeworthy than last year’s, which featured Jimmy Fallon
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * ChatGPT can connect to financial accounts through Plaid. * It can analyze spending, debt, subscriptions, and investments. * It can't move money or see full account numbers. I've been using ChatGPT since it
