Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft is adding AI-powered text editing to Notepad, the stripped-down text editor originally introduced in 1983. The feature, called Rewrite, is rolling out in preview to Windows Insiders and will let you use AI to “rephrase sentences, adjust tone, and modify the length of your content,” according to th…

AI Did Not Fall Out Of A Coconut Tree – A video essay about artificial intelligence and developer accountability. submitted by /u/yuritopiaposadism

New YouTube Updates: AI Summaries, Enhanced Community Tools, and Creator Support YouTube is rolling out new features that deserve attention. They’ve expanded their AI-generated video summaries globally to give viewers quick takes on video content. These summaries are meant to support, not replace, creators’ descriptions, with the goal of making content more discoverable. Here’s what else YouTube has in store: Studio Mobile…

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Meta Permits Its A.I. Models to Be Used for U.S. Military Purposes The shift in policy, covering government agencies and contractors working on national security, is intended to promote “responsible and ethical” innovations, the company said.

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Prime Video will let you summon AI to recap what you’re watching Image: AmazonAmazon’s Prime Video is getting a new generative AI-powered feature to help catch you up on a show. The new tool, called X-Ray Recaps, can create text summaries of “of full seasons of TV shows, single episodes, and even pieces of episodes,” the company says in a blog post. X-Ray Recaps will be accessible from the detail page of a sh…

Meta AI is ready for war Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeMeta will now allow US government agencies and contractors to use its open-source Llama AI model for “national security applications.” In an announcement on Monday, the company said it’s working with Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, and others to make Llama available to the government. Under Meta’s …

The year’s top tech stock is up 300% thanks to AI — but it’s not Nvidia With its stock having quadrupled this year, AppLovin has outperformed all other U.S. tech companies valued at $5 billion or more.

The AI search engines are here — and getting better Image: David Pierce / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 59, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about HotWired and DRAM and Mike Solana, watching The Diplom…

Polish Radio Station Uses A.I. to Interview Dead Nobel Laureate A radio station in Poland fired its on-air talent and brought in A.I.-generated presenters. An outcry over a purported chat with a Nobel laureate quickly ended that experiment.

Google’s cloud outpaces rivals in third quarter as AI battle heats up One takeaway from tech earnings reports this week is that Google’s cloud business is gaining momentum.

With Decentralized AI and Tokenized Ownership, We Can Fight ‘The Six’ Orthodox venture capital will never provide the resources for decentralized AI to take on Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, et al. The only way is to supplant equity financing with user-owned, token-based systems, says Michael J. Casey, Chairman of The Decentralized AI Society.

Apple to buy Pixelmator, the iPhone image editing app with AI features Pixelmator said there “will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time.”

The AI garage door mystery Image: Alex Parkin / The VergeYou just left your house. As you peel out of the driveway and tear down the street in the coolest way possible, your garage door… well, what does it do? The answer’s probably nothing, and that feels like the wrong answer. The smart home was supposed to have fixed this by now. On this episode of The Vergecast, we d…

Amazon CEO pledges AI investments will pay off as capital expenditures surge 81% Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reassured shareholders that the company expects to make money on its generative AI investments.

The Pixel 9 Pro Is Great (If You Ignore the AI) Gemini continues to struggle, but the newest Pixel flagship’s hardware is a sight to behold.

Intel’s Gaudi AI chips are far behind Nvidia and AMD, won’t even hit $500M goal Nvidia made a fortune on the AI boom. AMD’s rival AI chip became the fastest ramping product in its history, already pulling in $1 billion per quarter and inspiring AMD to remake itself as an AI company too. But Intel, which suggested it would pull in $1 billion, even $2 billion on the back of AI in 2024, now says it won’t even meet its more mod…

ChromeOS gets a big update with Quick Insert, Focus mode, and new AI features The Quick Insert button is on the Galaxy Chromebook Plus and is coming to future 2025 Chromebooks. | Image: GoogleStarting today, Google’s ChromeOS 130 update with Quick Insert, Focus Mode, Welcome Recap, and other features is rolling out. Chromebook Plus models with NPU also get exclusive special features in 130, such as the new recorder app wi…

Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot now has a desktop app Image: The VergeClaude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, now has a desktop app. You can download the Mac and Windows versions of the app from Anthropic’s website for free. Last week, Anthropic released its “computer use” feature in public beta, which allows the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to control a computer by looking at a screen, moving the cur…