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AI Summary

  • Nvidia is projected to experience significant growth, estimated at 70% next year, fueled by increasing demand in the AI sector.
  • OpenAI has temporarily halted Pro subscriptions due to overwhelming demand for its Astra model, highlighting the rapid expansion of AI services.
  • Anthropic is detailing its AI distillation efforts, collaborating with major players like Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek, indicating a trend towards specialized AI development.
  • Meta's AI agent 'Muse' has rapidly climbed the app charts, becoming the second most popular app in the U.S., signaling strong consumer adoption of AI-powered tools.
  • The tech industry is grappling with the implications of AI agents, with reports of them flooding public services with requests and researchers questioning the trustworthiness of AI models like those from OpenAI.

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  • Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats 7 hours ago by Emma Roth
    AI, Apps, News, Tech

    A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces , you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from relevant conversations and connected apps, like Google Drive or Salesforce, to create it. Once Slackbot creates a Surface, you can share it with colleagues and pin it to channels, allowing other people to view it, interact with it, and leave comments. In one example shared by Slack, a user asks Slackbot for help creating an

  • Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook 8 hours ago by Lauren Feiner
    AI, Podcasts, Policy, Report, Vergecast

    It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the narrative AI companies are pitching schools on right now, but according to New York Times education technology reporter Natasha Singer, it's also how the tech industry has built its influence in classrooms for the past 15 years. In a new book, Coding Kids , Singer details how tech companies took a central

  • Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is over half off at under $20 11 hours ago by Brad Bourque
    Deals, Gadgets, Verge Shopping

    Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is fast and capable. | Image: The Verge Looking to take full advantage of your 4K television, but your current streaming stick doesn’t have the right features? Through September 13th, you can grab an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K from Woot for just $16.09 when you use the coupon code FIRE30 at checkout. With support for Wi-Fi 6 and 2GB of memory, it’s fast enough for streaming movies or playing games with Xbox Cloud Gaming or Nvidia GeForce Now. While this is the 2023 model, it’s functionally identical (and also has the same specs) to

  • Electric air taxis get the green light for test flights in Texas 12 hours ago by Andrew J. Hawkins
    Aviation, News, Tech, Transportation

    A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas - before the rules governing this new technology have even been finalized. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration's Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) selected eight state-led projects to serve as some of the first public tests of these new aircraft. The first one kicks off today in Texas, featuring three eVTOL companies: Joby, Beta, and Wisk. For the next week, these companies will conduct test flights demonstrating future routes … Read

  • Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs 13 hours ago by Emma Roth
    AI, Entertainment, Music, News

    Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday . The record label is developing the platform through a multiyear licensing agreement with ElevenLabs, a company that specializes in AI voice and music generation. Artists can choose whether to participate in UMG and ElevenLabs' upcoming platform, which marks yet another AI deal for the record label. UMG is currently developing an AI music platform with Udio and has struck AI licensing deals


Wired

  • OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal 5 hours ago by Maxwell Zeff
    Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model, Behavior

    AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.

  • Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All? 8 hours ago by Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger, Will Knight
    Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Tech Culture, Uncanny, Valley

    This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.

  • August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data 8 hours ago by Molly Taft
    Science, Science / Environment, Can’t, Beat, the, Heat

    While the strengthening El Niño helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.

  • Which iPhone 18 Model Should You Buy? 12 hours ago by Simon Hill
    Gear, Gear / Products / Phones, Gear / How To and Advice, Apple, Picking

    Apple’s new folding iPhone Duo is finally here, alongside refreshed Pro models. Our primer has all the details you need to choose the iPhone 18 that’s right for you.

  • Best Robot Lawn Mowers (2026): 12+ Models Tested Over 3 Years 12 hours ago by Simon Hill
    Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products / Outdoor, Buying, Guide

    Smart mowers are an expensive alternative to old-fashioned yard work, but they’re finally good enough to consider if you’d rather sip an iced tea and watch a robot tame your lawn.


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