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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * ChatGPT's Live model aims to enhance voice-based conversations with AI. * With Live, ChatGPT can speak and listen to you at the same time. * ChatGPT can now speak with you almost as if it
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* Meta is crossing the border to build a data center in Alberta, Canada * The data center will have a 1GW capacity and cost $9 billion to build * It will eventually lead to 300 operational jobs, Meta says Meta has announced its ambition to build a $9 billion datacenter in Alberta,
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In Brief 11:34 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 Gradium, a Paris-based startup that offers voice AI models, re-opened its seed round to new investors, including Nvidia, and has now raised $100 million total for the round, it said Thursday. The company is using the cash to open an office
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11:40 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 Google is rolling out a new feature aimed at helping people understand when an ad they’re seeing was made using AI technology. AI makes it easier for businesses to create ads, place their brand’s products in various settings, and save money
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AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg. That would be quite a jump from it’s last value in October, when it raised a $350 million Series C at a $10 billion valuation. The conversations for this
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AI model developers have long offered consumers a simple deal: Use our technology for free through an online chatbot, or pay a monthly subscription to receive more usage, premium features, and advanced models. Anthropic is about to make that bargain a lot more complicated. Starting on July 12 at 11:
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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OpenAI is rolling out its latest advanced LLM, Sol, for wide public access. Sol is considered to be at least on par with Anthropic’s Fable, a model whose capabilities (or ownership) stressed out the White House enough to that it was briefly banned from public access. So how did
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. GPU Cards: Today's GPU and PC component market is in utter chaos, but Nvidia is always looking for new ways to celebrate its products and their history. The GPU manufacturer is now
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10:56 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 On Tuesday, Meta launched “Muse Image,” a new AI image generation feature that allows users to create original images, edit existing photos, and even generate custom ads directly within its apps. But one capability has quickly become the center of controversy. Muse Image
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I define budget true-wireless earbuds as anything that costs less than $100, but there are also plenty of good options for under $50. So-called "cheap" or "value" earbuds have significantly improved in recent years, with better sound, more features and performance that often manages to exceed
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Vendor drops reinstatement fees and caps back-maintenance charges ahead of the ECC support cliff The European Commission has ended an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices after SAP agreed to abolish reinstatement fees and reduce back-maintenance fees. The move could reduce barriers for customers considering third-party support for products nearing the
