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  • Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
    The Verge [ai] - 23:24 Jul 09, 2026
    OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X. The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition, shortly after she had taken on the […]
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  • The ChatGPT browser is already dead
    The Verge [ai] - 20:34 Jul 09, 2026
    OpenAI is already shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser that could do tasks for you on your behalf, less than a year after launching it. Atlas was announced in October, but as part of its wave of news about ChatGPT Work today, the company confirmed that it will be "sunsetting" Atlas and is targeting an […]
  • Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI
    The Verge [ai] - 20:11 Jul 09, 2026
    You can see if ads on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube were made or edited using AI from a new section in Google's "My Ad Center," as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The update, announced on Thursday, adds a "created or edited with AI" label under the "how this ad was made" tab. Users can […]
  • Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger
    The Verge [ai] - 17:00 Jul 09, 2026
    Windows 11 updates could soon include fixes for more security issues at once. Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it's now using AI to "identify potential issues earlier," which means "customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security release." Hackers, even amateurs, have increasingly been using AI […]
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  • OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government greenlight — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’
    The Verge [ai] - 17:00 Jul 09, 2026
    About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited preview" period - the company has received the Trump administration's greenlight for a public rollout of the model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it "the best model we have ever produced." To celebrate, […]
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  • Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding
    The Verge [ai] - 14:00 Jul 09, 2026
    After reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug into AI coding software with the new Meta Model API. Meta says that Muse Spark 1.1 is a "step-change" from the first generation, with improvements […]
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  • Say hello to Claude Wrapped
    The Verge [ai] - 13:30 Jul 09, 2026
    The popularity of Spotify Wrapped has kicked off a wide range of year-in-review features, on apps from YouTube to Uber - and now, the lookback trend has come to AI. Anthropic on Thursday announced a "reflect" feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to see an analysis of their usage data over the past month, […]
  • Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie
    The Verge [ai] - 13:11 Jul 09, 2026
    Character.AI's plan to become more than just an LLM-powered chatbot platform is going beyond interactive books, comics, and audio dramas. Today, the company announced the debut of c.ai Series - short-form, episodic videos designed to be watched and interacted with - on your phone. Unlike traditional microdrama services that feature cheaply produced, live-action shows starring […]
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  • FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer
    The Verge [ai] - 13:00 Jul 09, 2026
    Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It's the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But in the new release, Gopher can […]
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  • ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up
    The Verge [ai] - 17:00 Jul 08, 2026
    OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation. During a press briefing, OpenAI research lead Kundan Kumar called GPT-Live-1 the company's […]
  • Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
    The Verge [ai] - 20:31 Jul 07, 2026
    Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it's coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announcement on Tuesday. It's part of the growing Muse family of AI […]
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  • Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
    The Verge [ai] - 17:46 Jul 07, 2026
    Starting Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI platform will be available on mobile and web for the first time. The expanded access is rolling out first to Max subscribers and coming to Claude users on other plans "in the coming weeks." Claude Cowork was previously only accessible through the Claude desktop app for macOS and Windows, […]
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  • Solos debuts an even lighter version of its camera-less smart glasses
    The Verge [ai] - 13:00 Jul 07, 2026
    Solos announced a new version of its AirGo smart glasses, one that forgoes cameras for a sleeker design and an AI assistant that relies on voice interactions. Last year's AirGo A5 weighed 36 to 40 grams depending on the frame style, but the new AirGo A6 weigh around 19 grams. Part of the weight savings […]
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  • I spy
    The Verge [ai] - 16:00 Jul 06, 2026
    I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural problem with smart glasses as they stand today. In a nutshell, Ted Danson […]
  • Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
    The Verge [ai] - 13:30 Jul 06, 2026
    A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today's cuts are in Microsoft's commercial sales business or the company's Xbox division. […]
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  • Some of the nation’s rich are letting AI teach their kids
    The Verge [ai] - 22:30 Jul 05, 2026
    Most Americans don't trust AI. It's proven that it doesn't know what safe toppings for pizza are. People don't even want to listen to AI music. But none of that matters for some of America's wealthy, who are turning to AI to teach their kids instead of traditional schools. Companies like Forge Prep and Alpha […]
  • Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
    The Verge [ai] - 14:23 Jul 05, 2026
    "Group project, but make it 1776." That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google's collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson to […]
  • The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself
    The Verge [ai] - 12:00 Jul 04, 2026
    Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools has long been a […]
  • Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
    The Verge [ai] - 13:56 Jul 03, 2026
    At the event "The Briefing: AI for Science" earlier this week, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a new "AI workbench for scientists" that pulls fragmented tools and datasets into one environment, and generates figures and visuals. Anthropic, already dominating the industry with its popular coding tools and powerful AI models, framed the launch around what it […]
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  • A behind-the-scenes look at Midjourney’s medical scanner leaves many questions unanswered
    The Verge [ai] - 11:49 Jul 03, 2026
    Midjourney has shown more of its futuristic medical scanner. It still hasn't shown much proof it works. The AI startup, best known for generating images, released a behind-the-scenes video of its dunk-tank ultrasound scanner, which it plans to deploy in spas and hopes will transform medicine with cheap, detailed, radiation-free imaging. The nearly 20-minute tour […]
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