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AI Summary

  • AI continues its pervasive integration into consumer tech, with Adobe's camera app now offering AI-powered photo critiques and Netflix investing heavily in an AI filmmaking startup.
  • Cybersecurity remains a critical concern as hackers exploit unpatched WordPress vulnerabilities and breach sensitive data from healthcare tech firms, while Hugging Face also confirms a security incident impacting internal datasets.
  • The AI landscape is seeing significant investment, with inference startup Infinity raising $15M from prominent researchers and organizations, alongside ongoing discussions about the potential of AI hardware and the ethical implications of AI, as highlighted by Christopher Nolan's critical stance.
  • Regulatory and policy discussions are intensifying around AI, particularly concerning YouTube's clarification on AI-generated content and the ongoing battle over robotaxi rules in areas like San Francisco.
  • Despite advancements and investments, challenges persist in the tech industry, including data privacy concerns highlighted by the EU's data sharing with the US, and ongoing debates about the true nature and impact of AI, as questioned by Jaron Lanier.

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  • Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the future 3 hours ago by Nilay Patel
    Decoder, Podcasts, Policy, Politics

    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, quantifying it as data, and taking action on it. And Jill’s big thesis in the book is that this kind of systemic measurement is really

  • The AirPods Max 2 are down to their second-best price 3 hours ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Deals, Gadgets, Verge Shopping

    There are a ton of deals available to shop today thanks to Best Buy’s “Black Friday in July” sale lasting all week. The sale typically aligns closely with Prime Day each year, but of course, Amazon’s shopping holiday happened much earlier than we expected. So it’s nice to have some deals in July. One of example of a great deal is Apple’s AirPods Max 2 , which are down to $449.99 at Amazon and Best Buy , $100 off their usual price. It’s only the second time they’ve been discounted. Prime Day knocked them all the way down to $399.99,

  • Electric air taxis go to war 4 hours ago by Andrew J. Hawkins
    Aviation, News, Transportation

    Electric aviation is still in its infancy, but manufacturers are already looking beyond mere air taxi trips across cities. Today, one of the leading air taxi startups, San Jose-based Archer Aviation, unveiled a new aircraft it co-developed with defense technology company Anduril - though the platform is designed for both military and commercial uses, the companies said. The new aircraft looks like a cross between Archer's Midnight air taxi and a more established military vertical takeoff and landing aircraft like a V-22 Osprey. Anduril, which was founded by Palmer Luckey, unveiled the new variant, called Thunder, on Monday at the

  • Avengers: Doomsday’s first trailer puts everyone on high alert 4 hours ago by Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Entertainment, Film, Marvel, News, Trailers

    After months of teasing us with reminders about how large Avengers: Doomsday 's cast is going to be , Marvel has finally released a proper trailer for the film. Though Robert. Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom definitely appears to be causing a lot of the chaos in Doomsday 's first trailer, the movie seems like it's going to feature more than a few moments where different teams of heroes fight one another. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) seems to be the only person who understands that the X-Men , the Fantastic Fou r, and the (New) Avengers need to be more focused on

  • AliExpress fined almost $630 million over illegal product sales 6 hours ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Law, News, Online Shopping, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Tech

    The fine is more than double the penalty that Temu was slapped with for similar DSA violations. | Illustration: The Verge AliExpress has been hit with a €550 million (about $629 million) fine for violating Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products from being sold on the e-commerce platform. The European Commission ruled that AliExpress didn't take effective measures to reduce the dissemination of illegal products, noting the company "allocated insufficient staff" to verify products, and failed to remove unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics for "multiple weeks" after they were detected. "The


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