OpenAI is expanding its ChatGPT ads test to the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea, according to an August 11, 2026 update from OpenAI. The ads are shown to logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers, while the Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers do not have ads. OpenAI states…
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight AI model that runs on a Mac or PC with a single consumer graphics card. The model is available as a free download from Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license. This allows commercial use, modification, and redistribution, without the restrictions found in some other open models….
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models breached a real organization during cybersecurity testing. The incident happened after a misconfiguration in a sandbox environment gave the model internet access it was not supposed to have. The model involved was Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1. It reportedly breached an unnamed company and made changes to…
To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and,…
Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase transparency. In a lengthy blog post, CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman…
A Reuters review of over 80 Chinese academic papers and patent filings determined that institutions affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army have utilized outputs from advanced models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic defense systems. This review partially relied on material compiled by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation. The researchers employed a technique known…
Snap announced it will stop recommending “wholly AI-generated videos” in its Spotlight feed, prioritizing human-made content. This decision follows similar actions by YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack in recent weeks to limit fully AI-generated material, often referred to as “AI slop.” Snap will continue to allow AI-enhanced or edited videos in Spotlight recommendations. Snap stated on…
New European Union transparency rules will require companies to label AI-generated or AI-altered content, including chatbot responses, images, audio, and video, starting Sunday, August 2. Companies operating in the EU must use both visible labels and technical markers, such as watermarks or embedded metadata, to identify synthetic material. Existing AI systems must comply by December…
OpenAI is launching Health in ChatGPT for US users, enabling connections to Apple Health and supported medical records so ChatGPT can reference health information during conversations. According to OpenAI, connected medical records, Apple Health data, and related conversations are not used for model training or advertising. The feature is now available to logged-in US users…
On July 13, Google announced five new Gemini-powered AI features for Waze. However, hands-on testing by Lifewire found that only three are currently available to most US drivers. Motorcycle mode and Gemini-powered destination search remain restricted by region or beta access. The three features available to US users are personalized navigation, less chatty mode, and…
