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The new feature lets you insert yourself into a meme in Google Photos.

Meta will developed new versions of AI characters that will give age-appropriate responses

Meta will developed new versions of AI characters that will give age-appropriate responses.

Sam Altman is set for his first India visit in nearly a year.

OpenAI has reportedly appointed Barret Zoph to lead its push into enterprise just a week after Zoph rejoined the company.

The five year-old-startup raised a $100 million round led by Index Ventures.

Google now offers a way for college-bound students to take free SAT practice exams with the help of Gemini.

Google has hired the CEO and top top behind voice AI startup Hume AI, signaling that voice is increasingly becoming the preferred interface over screens.

Since 2024, Anthropic's performance optimization team has given job seekers a take-home test to make sure they know their stuff — but as AI coding tools have gotten better, the test has had to change a lot to stay ahead of AI-assisted cheating.

Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify's AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.

Should this wearable materialize, it could be released as early as 2027, according to a report on the device.

From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot happened last year.

The feature, now public, lets you create to-do's and action items by speaking naturally to the app's AI.

Siri could look more like ChatGPT than its current state as an integrated feature across Apple products.

Research from startup GPTZero points to the impossible problem prestigious conferences face in the age of AI slop.

YouTube Shorts viewers might soon see AI versions of their favorite creators when scrolling through their feeds.

The AI startup is on track to announce its first hardware device in the second half of this year, OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said during an interview Davos.

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Zanskar has raised $115 million to find about a dozen geothermal resources that could help power the grid throughout the U.S. West.

Language learning marketplace Preply is now valued at $1.2 billion after raising a $150 million that marks a new chapter for the 14-year-old company.

Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption.

The feature is designed to stop problematic content from being delivered to users under the age of 18.

Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation.