Amazon’s deal with AI startup Adept faces FTC scrutiny Regulators in the U.S. and abroad are increasingly zeroing in on tech companies’ investments and partnerships with AI companies.

Web3-AI: What’s Real, and What’s Hype The biggest challenge for the evolution of Web3-AI might be overcoming its own reality distortion field, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO, IntoTheBlock.

The app that promised to ‘use AI to weed out daters with STI’ has been shut down Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeHeHealth’s AI-powered Calmara app claimed, “Our innovative AI technology offers rapid, confidential, and scientifically validated sexual health screening, giving you peace of mind before diving into intimate encounters,” but now it’s shut down after an inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The app …

Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMore than 170,000 YouTube videos are part of a massive dataset that was used to train AI systems for some of the biggest technology companies, according to an investigation by Proof News and copublished with Wired. Apple, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Salesforce are among the tech firms that used the “YouTube Subt…

Bird Buddy’s new AI update lets you name your backyard’s frequent flyers The Bird Buddy smart bird feeder is getting an AI-powered update allowing users to name specific birds who frequently visit. | Image: Bird BuddyThe Bird Buddy smart bird feeder is getting a collection of new features as part of a recently announced Nature Intelligence update. The feeder’s ability to identify the species of a visiting bird is bei…

Microsoft’s hiring of staff from AI startup Inflection referred for UK merger probe Microsoft’s hiring of employees from artificial intelligence startup Inflection has been referred for an initial merger investigation in the U.K.

AI Has Changed How Search Works via @sejournal, @marie_haynes Understand the new era of search with AI. Learn how AI has revolutionized search engines and how it affects SEO best practices. The post AI Has Changed How Search Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

AI hacktivists target Disney in massive data leak The hackers say they accessed Disney’s internal systems via an employee’s compromised computer. | Image: The VergeOver a terabyte of data supposedly obtained from Disney’s internal messaging channels has been leaked online by a self-proclaimed “hacktivist group,” including login credentials, code, images, and information about unreleased project…

How AI and automation will reshape grocery stores and fast-food chains The food industry is leaning heavily into AI, investing billions of dollars to improve service and cut costs by implementing new automation technology.

Best Photo AI software to fix backlit photos? Have a couple of photos where the only thing wrong with them is that they are backlit by the sun/sunset, and so the faces in the photos are not crisp. What is the best photo ai software to fix this kind of issue? Bonus points if you have personally used the software yourself to fix your own photos. Thanks! submitted by /u/Katsuuu100

Samsung One UI 6.1.1 brings AI suggested replies to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and One UI Watch 6 submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

YouTube Music tests AI playlists tailored to what you want to hear Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube Music is testing a new feature that lets you use AI to generate a playlist. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby said that Premium users in the US will be able to create a custom playlist by “describing exactly what they want to hear.” As shown in screenshots obtained by 9…

This HR company tried to treat AI bots like people — it didn’t go over well Image: Lattice“Today Lattice is making AI history,” CEO Sarah Franklin wrote in a July 9th blog post. “We will be the first to give digital workers official employee records in Lattice. Digital workers will be securely onboarded, trained, and assigned goals, performance metrics, appropriate systems access, and even a manager. Just as any person …

YouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI radio in testing submitted by /u/Easy-Speech7382

AMD’s new AI chips have a home in HP’s next Copilot Plus laptop The HP OmniBook Ultra features an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series processor and integrated AMD Radeon 800M graphics. | Image: HPHP’s resurrected OmniBook line will soon be getting a performance boost with the new HP OmniBook Ultra, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series processor with integrated AMD Radeon 800M graphics, up to 32GB of RAM, and a pair of 4…

Biden’s top tech adviser says AI is a ‘today problem’ Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo by OSTPArati Prabhakar, a former DARPA chief and now director of the White House’s OSTP, says the time to regulate AI is now. Continue reading…

Inside the AI memory machine Image: Samar Haddad for The VergeHumans are terrible at remembering things. We forget things over time; we fail to remember them in the first place because we’re also not great at paying attention; we misremember things because of our inherent biases and the way we perceive the world. There’s a lot going on, and we don’t keep much of it for long…

‘In my lifetime it’s one of the biggest transformations I’ve seen’. A Samsung exec talks about Galaxy AI – and why the UI is the AI submitted by /u/firerocman

What do you think about Photoshop AI ? I try Photoshop AI. 1st pic is fully original. 2nd one is square framed, the new parts have been generated by Photoshop AI. Result seems prety good to me. What do you think about it ? https://preview.redd.it/tj5azo1n98cd1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7ee9d4e8461f55abde752d40a4464ad3c67587e https://preview.redd.it/hg7kfsgv98cd1.jpg?…

This Company Wants to Onboard ‘AI Employees,’ Whatever That Means Your next coworker might be entirely digital.