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Bytedance shows impressive progress in AI video with Seedance 2.0

Bytedance has released Seedance 2.0, a multimodal AI video generation model that processes images, videos, audio, and text simultaneously to create short videos with automatic sound effects. The ...
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ChatGPT now shows ads to free and Go users, with opt-out cutting daily message limits

OpenAI is rolling out ads in ChatGPT for users in the United States. The test targets logged-in adult users on the free and "Go" tiers. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans remain ...
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Claude Opus 4.6 wrote mustard gas instructions in an Excel spreadsheet during Anthropic's own safety testing

Anthropic's security training fails when Claude operates a graphical user interface. In pilot tests, Claude was able to get Opus 4.6 to provide detailed instructions on how to make mustard gas in an ...
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Adobe Firefly offers subscribers unlimited image and video generations for a limited time

Adobe Firefly subscribers can now generate unlimited images and videos until March 16. The change gives users unrestricted access to multiple AI models, including Google Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image ...
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Investors believe AI will replace labor costs instead of just software

Investors are betting that AI will replace labor costs, not software budgets. "We took a view that AI is not 'enterprise' software in the traditional sense of going after IT budgets: it captures ...
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A simple text file beats complex skill systems for AI coding agents

Vercel set out to find the best way for AI coding agents to access up-to-date framework knowledge. The answer turned out to be surprisingly simple. AI coding agents depend on training data that ...
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AI in practice

Read full article about: OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o and three other legacy models tomorrow, likely for good OpenAI is dropping several older AI models from ChatGPT on February 13, 2026: GPT-4o, GPT-4.1 ...
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Maximilian Schreiner

Read full article about: Investors believe AI will replace labor costs instead of just software Investors are betting that AI will replace labor costs, not software budgets. "We took a view that AI is ...
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Matthias Bastian

Read full article about: Sam Altman predicts AI agents will integrate any service they want, with or without official APIs "Every company is an API company now, whether they want to be or not," says ...
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New York Times writer exposes how AI models can be fooled by invisible text on websites

New York Times reporter Kevin Roose has demonstrated how simple it is to manipulate AI chatbots. Roose found that his reputation among AI chatbots took a hit after he published an article about a ...
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Deepfakes: How it all began - and where it could lead us

AI-faked images and videos - so-called deepfakes - have developed rapidly in recent years. Here, we trace the history and describe the most important milestones. What do all the people in the cover ...
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Meta Neuroscientist King: "Some of the concepts like reasoning may need to be re-evaluated"

The neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King leads the Brain & AI team in Meta’s AI division. In an interview with The Decoder, he discusses the connection between AI and neuroscience, the challenges of ...