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Google Introduces New Vacation-Planning Tools Across Search, Maps, and Gemini

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Ngoma Manuel

Google is introducing a range of new AI-powered features across Search, Maps, and Gemini to assist users in planning summer vacations. This update comes as more travelers turn to tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT for trip planning. Google Search’s AI Overviews, which provide a summarized snapshot of key information at the top of search results, can […]

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OpenAI’s Viral Studio Ghibli-Inspired Creation Sparks AI Copyright Debate

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Ana Kiesse Zeleme

Just a day after ChatGPT’s new AI image generator launched, social media is overflowing with AI-created memes mimicking the style of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation studio behind hits like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. In the past 24 hours, users have shared Studio Ghibli-style AI renditions of Elon Musk, The Lord of

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Leaked Documents Reveal China’s AI-Driven Censorship System

Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Jorge Paka

A complaint about rural poverty, a news report on a corrupt Communist Party official, or a plea for help against extortion by police—these are just a few of the 133,000 examples used to train a powerful AI system designed to automatically detect content deemed sensitive by the Chinese government. Leaked Data Exposes China’s Expanding AI-Powered

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Companies and Researchers Lash Over the Rise of Superhuman AI

Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Leandro Conceição

Executives at major AI companies are fueling hype that advanced AI will soon surpass human intelligence, but many researchers view these claims as mere marketing tactics. The idea that human-level or superior intelligence—often termed artificial general intelligence (AGI)—could emerge from current machine-learning methods fuels speculation about a future ranging from limitless prosperity to human extinction.

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Krisp uses AI to Americanize Indian Accents on Calls

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Leandro Conceição

Audio startup Krisp announced on Wednesday a new AI-powered feature that modifies a user’s accent during calls. Initially, it will support converting Indian English accents to U.S. English. According to the company, the technology preserves the speaker’s voice while adjusting phonemes to align with American pronunciation. The feature has been tested in enterprise settings and

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ChatGPT Enhances its Image-Generation Capabilities

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Jorge Paka

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major update to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. Now, ChatGPT can use the GPT-4o model to create and edit images directly. While GPT-4o has long powered OpenAI’s chatbot, it previously handled only text-based tasks. Altman stated that GPT-4o’s image-generation feature is

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Instagram Collaborates with Schools to Prioritize Online Bullying Reports and Enhance Student Safety

Apps & Software, Tech / Valeriano Ndeyi

On Tuesday, Instagram introduced a school partnership program designed to fast-track moderation reports from verified school accounts. Available to all U.S. middle and high schools, the program enables schools to directly report posts or student accounts that may breach Instagram’s guidelines. These reports receive priority review, and schools are notified of any actions taken. Instagram

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Microsoft Integrates AI-Driven Deep Research Tools Into Copilot

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / cumbonguala

Microsoft is rolling out a “deep research” AI tool within Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI-powered chatbot app. Recently, several deep research agents have emerged across AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. These tools rely on reasoning AI models, which can analyze problems and verify facts—key abilities for conducting in-depth research. Microsoft

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Google Introduces a New Generation of AI Reasoning Models

Apps & Software, Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Eduardo Paulo

On Tuesday, Google introduced Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models designed to pause and “think” before responding to questions. The first in this series, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, is a multimodal AI model that Google describes as its most advanced yet. Starting Tuesday, it will be available in Google AI Studio and

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A Difficult New AGI Test Proves Too Challenging for Most AI Models

Artificial Intelligence, Tech / Salomão André

The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by AI researcher François Chollet, revealed in a blog post on Monday that it has developed a new, highly challenging test to assess the general intelligence of advanced AI models. This new test, called ARC-AGI-2, has proven difficult for most models. According to the Arc Prize leaderboard, reasoning-based

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