Spotify responds to concerns over AI songs
Music streaming service Spotify has announced it is introducing a feature that will enable listeners to see if an artist is AI-generated.
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news.sky.com
12.08.2026
Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects
The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions.
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bbc.co.uk
11.08.2026
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.
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techcrunch.com
07.08.2026
ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.
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wired.com
06.08.2026
DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don’t yet fully understand how it does this.
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wired.com
06.08.2026
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.
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techcrunch.com
06.08.2026
After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’
After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises.
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techcrunch.com
04.08.2026
Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
Design Arena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
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techcrunch.com
03.08.2026
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
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techcrunch.com
03.08.2026
Congress’ favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent comm
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techcrunch.com
03.08.2026
Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'
Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are trying to combat the proliferation of fake AI content.
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bbc.co.uk
01.08.2026
AI firms must answer for rogue bots, says boss of hacked company
Clement Delangue said he didn't want cyber attacks on other companies to become "normalised".
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bbc.co.uk
31.07.2026
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
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techcrunch.com
18.06.2026
‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
Karamo Brown, famous for his pep talks on Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” has jumped into the wellness and AI space with his new app, Kē. After spending a year and a half focusing on his own journey—from fitne
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techcrunch.com
18.06.2026
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
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techcrunch.com
18.06.2026
AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases
CEO Tim Cook said in a recent interview that the situation is "unsustainable."
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techcrunch.com
18.06.2026
What to study in the AI age - from big tech bosses
Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang and Jack Clark share their advice with the BBC.
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bbc.com
17.06.2026
WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
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techcrunch.com
09.06.2026
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
Meta has accused the EU of "regulatory overreach" and says its decision will allow tech giants like OpenAI free access to WhatsApp.
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bbc.com
09.06.2026
AI giants' race to raise funds heats up as ChatGPT-owner plans stock market debut
The company behind ChatGPT files its plans one week after Anthropic did the same.
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bbc.com
09.06.2026