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Artificial intelligence startup Decart continues to stretch the boundaries of what’s possible with the release of its latest live video model, Lucy 2.5, introducing real-time streaming visual effects capabilities for the first time. The startup claims that Lucy 2.5 is unique in its ability to generate AI
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One of the quiet winners of the AI boom is about to test the public markets. Zhongji Innolight, a Chinese maker of high-speed optical transceivers, has started gauging demand for a Hong Kong listing worth as much as $8bn. The Shenzhen-listed company won approval for the deal on Friday, Bloomberg
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The most dangerous person in your company might not work there at all. AI deepfakes are getting cheaper and better. Hackers now use them to pose as trusted staff, a threat the industry calls the “synthetic insider.” The tactic sits at the sharp end of an old problem. Insider threats
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The European Parliament has a problem with AI, and its answer is more AI. Lawmakers keep using public chatbots to help write legislation. So the institution is building a sanctioned platform to bring that habit under control. The internal tool, called EPGenAI Hub, will give MEPs and staff access to
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TL;DR YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is broken on both Android and iOS. Google acknowledged the bug and says its teams are “actively investigating.“ YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is failing on both Android and iOS for a growing number of users. When the app is exited, the audio continues playing
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A farmer in rural India photographs a dying plant and wants to look it up. She does not speak English, and today’s AI barely speaks hers. A nonprofit called Current AI thinks that is a problem worth fixing. Its goal is grand: a “public option” for AI, open and
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TL;DR Singles are outsourcing dating messages to ChatGPT and Claude. Match, Hinge, and Bumble are not screening for it. 26% of US adults have used AI for dating help. Singles are feeding their dating app conversations into ChatGPT and Claude, asking the models to write replies, analyse what went
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* The European Parliament is introducing a secure AI platform for legislative use * The officially sanctioned platform will allow MEPs and staff to use AI models * AI slop and hallucinations have become a problem for the European Parliament The European Union is planning to introduce an officially sanctioned AI platform to
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The best IT experience is the one employees never have to think about. A business laptop stays fast. A video call does not freeze. A virtual desktop launches without delay. An application works when it is needed most. When everything runs smoothly, employees do not praise IT. They simply keep
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * AI traffic grew 66% in 2025 but remains under 0.15% of visits. * AI citations can build exposure even without direct traffic. * These tactics can improve your visibility in AI search. You've been
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Fixed-lens cameras have recently been enjoying a comeback as photographers look for something better than a phone without committing to a bag full of heavy lenses. That trend has been playing out across Sony's own RX range, from pocketable compacts up to the full-frame RX1R III, and now
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AI AND ML Chatbots and agents will have to come clean about who – or what – users are talking to From August 2, providers of AI systems in the EU will have to tell people when they are interacting with a machine and add machine-readable marks to AI-generated or manipulated content
