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Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
Project Indigo’s new AI Playground update introduces generative filter effects, object removal, and chatbot feedback. Project Indigo’s new AI Playground update introduces generative filter effects, object removal, and chatbot feedback. Adobe’s experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a “more natural (SLR-like) look” for iPhone photography, the Indigo camera app is now being updated with a suite of generative AI tools. And the change…
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Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI
Adobe is adding new AI-powered features to its experimental iOS camera app called Project Indigo, launched last year. The app previously offered pro controls, multi-frame super-resolution, and different capture modes, and is now adding features that will use LLMs (large language models) to critique photos and provide editing suggestions. It’s also adding other AI features, like advanced object removal, depth of field generation, and the ability to add different styles to photos. Marc Levoy,…
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Actualité : “Ciblage du contrôle de la recherche d’emploi” : France Travail mise toujours plus sur l’IA pour mieux vous traquer
© HJBC/Shutterstock - Place à l'IA pour définir si le profil d'un demandeur d'emploi est suspect ou non Sans grande surprise, France Travail embrasse l’intelligence artificielle pour pousser encore plus loin ses contrôles auprès des demandeurs d’emploi. Preuve à l’appui, et en collaboration avec la cellule investigation de Radio France, La Quadrature du Net dresse un tableau glaçant d’une administration dont les solutions de contrôle — et surtout de surveillance — s'avèrent de moins…
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YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
A recent change sees YouTube further cracking down on AI slop by clarifying its policies around how content on its platform can be monetized. To discourage creators from using AI and other tools to make low-quality content, YouTube’s policy now explains that there are three types of videos under the broader category of “inauthentic content” that cannot be monetized. YouTube already had policies around AI content. Last year, the company announced it was stemming…
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Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Athropic researchers
AI infrastructure company Infinity announced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation on Monday from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The startup is building software to make it easier for AI chips to run AI models. One big reason Nvidia became the top player is not just its high-performance chips, but also its CUDA software (Compute Unified Device Architecture), which allows its…
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Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the future
Today, I’m talking with Harvard professor and New Yorker staff writer Dr. Jill Lepore about her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, which comes out on August 25. Jill is one of the best writers there is at identifying institutional patterns in history, and Decoder is a show about systems, so this book could not possibly be more in our zone. You build systems by measuring things — gathering information,…
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Apple Likely Left Jony Ive Out of Its OpenAI Lawsuit on Purpose
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's decision not to name its former design chief Jony Ive in its trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI was likely a deliberate one, shaped in part by the company's relationship with Laurene Powell Jobs. Apple's roughly 40-page complaint refers only to unnamed "former Apple leaders" rather than calling out Ive, even though he leads design on OpenAI's hardware lineup through his firm LoveFrom, built on the back of OpenAI's $6.5 billion…
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Microsoft expands Azure AI and HPC infrastructure with AMD
AI workloads are scaling faster than any single infrastructure approach can support — with more models, new agent-driven workloads and surging compute demand driving the need for greater specialization across the stack. To meet this need, Microsoft continues to evolve Azure’s infrastructure, including expanding its AI fleet with AMD’s most advanced AI and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions. Our approach to AI infrastructure is designed to support the breadth of how AI systems are built…
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Siri AI is hiding a more concise set of Writing Tools for Mac
A hidden feature in the beta of macOS Golden Gate shows how Apple is testing ways to simplify and speed up Writing Tools in Siri AI. Although some users, including ones at AppleInsider, are finding that Writing Tools have vanished in macOS Golden Gate, typically they remain available whenever selected text is right-clicked. But Reddit users have found that there is a hidden alternative that automatically pops up a short list of Writing Tools…
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The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. We already know that LLMs pick up human biases…
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Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness
There are a lot of AI coding applications out there, and as impressive as large language models and the agents they enable have become, many of the most recent developments in AI-assisted development have been in the software that manages those models, not just the models themselves. Earlier this summer, I spoke with the head of product for Claude Code, Anthropic’s Cat Wu, about that company’s approach to building that software. Wu repeatedly came…
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L’UE veut ouvrir Android et iOS aux assistants IA concurrents : Google et Apple dénoncent un risque pour la sécurité
Au nom de la concurrence, la Commission européenne exige une ouverture accrue d’Android et d’iOS afin de permettre aux assistants d’intelligence artificielle concurrents d’accéder aux mêmes fonctions que Gemini ou Siri. La Commission européenne poursuit la mise en œuvre du Digital Markets Act (DMA) en s'attaquant au contrôle exercé par Google et Apple sur leurs systèmes d'exploitation mobiles. Selon CNN, Bruxelles demande notamment à Google d'ouvrir davantage Android aux services d'intelligence artificielle tiers d'ici…
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China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance
Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic. Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic. China’s leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America’s lead at the AI frontier is increasingly tight, just…
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Le surinvestissement dans l’IA pourrait passer d’une « explosion » à un « effondrement »
Bubble tea Un nouveau rapport de la banque des banques centrales analyse dans le détail les conséquences potentielles de la course à l’investissement dans l’IA. Il estime que le secteur est déjà en situation de surinvestissement, et que le mouvement en cours pourrait passer d’une « explosion » à un « effondrement » d’autant plus intense qu’il est financé par de multiples leviers financiers. La « banque des banques centrales » l’avait laissé transparaître…
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AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring
The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up human biases from their training data. New research suggests that LLMs can also develop their own biases from experience—and stereotype job applicants more than humans do. As AI companies race to build agentic models that remember the…
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Le nouveau magnat des médias en faillite ne supporte pas ceux qui n’utilisent pas l’IA
« Les médias, c’est le meilleur endroit où mettre de l’IA » S’inspirant de la façon qu’avaient eu Bernard Tapie, Vincent Bolloré et Bernard Arnault de bâtir leurs empires financiers, un entrepreneur et influenceur français rachète des entreprises « en redressement judiciaire, sans reprendre la moindre dette ». Ses cibles : des médias, qu’il fait carburer à l’IA. Objectif : de 5 à 50 M€ de chiffre d’affaires en 5 ans, et être coté…
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Apple testing ‘Live Notes’ AI system to record Genius Bar sessions: report
Apple is reportedly piloting a new “Live Notes” system at some of its retail locations. This system uses AI to record and transcribe Genius Bar sessions with customers, according to a new report. That transcript is then saved to Apple’s internal Genius Bar system. The goal, according to Bloomberg, is to let employees focus on customer service rather than taking notes. Live Notes reportedly requires both the employee and customer to opt in before…
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Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
In a new regulatory filing, Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by actor and director Ben Affleck. The streaming company announced the acquisition in March, with a statement from Affleck saying he wanted to “protect the power of human creativity.” According to Affleck, InterPublic’s AI tools help filmmakers improve their footage in post-production, particularly when it comes to making up for “real-world production challenges such as…
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Sunday Reboot: Shrinking models and an on-device AI future
In this week's Sunday Reboot, Apple's AI model-shrinking talk could have massive benefits, with a chance of also being a billion-dollar deal if it plays its cards right. Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get the next week underway with a good first step. Back on July 9, a startup in the AI world gained…
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Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?
Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.”) On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I debated whether this lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAI’s much-discussed plans to get…
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Apple probably won't add Jony Ive to OpenAI trade secret theft suit
Four years ago, Jony Ive stopped working for Apple, and started working with OpenAI, yet he isn't named in the intellectual property theft suit. The reasons for that are myriad, ranging from the personal to practical. On July 10, Apple launched what looks to become a major lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing ex-Apple employees of stealing intellectual property. However, despite former Apple design chief's links to OpenAI, he isn't in the crosshairs of Apple's lawyers.…
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L’imprécision mène à « l’open-washing » : qu’est-ce qui distingue les IA open source des open weight ?
Recevez tous les soirs un résumé de l’actu importante avec Le Récap’ Depuis 2024 et l’irruption de Llama 3, puis peu après des modèles gpt-oss d’OpenAI, l’écosystème de l’IA s’écharpe sur une question qui paraît sémantique mais ne l’est pas : qu’est-ce qu’un modèle « ouvert » ? Meta a longtemps revendiqué le label « open source » pour Llama, avant de devoir progressivement réviser son vocabulaire sous la pression de la communauté du…
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‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’
Christopher Nolan, the Oscar-winning director whose new version of “The Odyssey” is currently conquering the box office, said it’s been “pretty encouraging” to see deep skepticism of AI, especially from young people. Nolan was responding to a question from interviewer Hugo Travers, who publishes on YouTube under the name HugoDécrypte. Travers brought up the legendary Trojan horse, which plays a key role in Nolan’s film — just as the horse was a gift concealing…
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Genius Bar AI tools spark concerns over employee monitoring & evaluation
Apple is testing a new Genius Bar tool called Live Notes that transcribes and summarizes conversations with a customer, but employees are worried about how the tool might be used against them. Artificial intelligence has become a buzzword throughout the tech industry from both the consumer and employee perspective. Employees of any kind at many companies have had to contend with mandatory AI tool use forced on them by the employer. The tool uses…
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