More AI in search: Google Web Guide «will conveniently group links»
Google introduced a new experimental search tool called Web Guide. Its goal is to — change the traditional display of search results with the help of artificial intelligence, «grouping links in a convenient way». In Web Guide, answers are structured by a modified Gemini model that reorganizes the traditional «10 blue links», sorting results…
The hacker built a data deletion “bomb” into Amazon Q encoding AI — but it’s safe now
Recently, a case of unauthorized access to one of the versions of the popular AI assistant — Amazon Q was recorded. No one noticed it, and the company’s subsequent updates were released without fixes.
AI-generated songs of deceased artists appeared on Spotify — without the permission of the copyright holders
It seems that Spotify is publishing new songs generated by artificial intelligence on the official pages of long-dead artists without permission.
AI boom: ChatGPT processes 2.5 times more requests per day than in December 2024
The OpenAI ChatGPT AI service has become one of the fastest growing consumer technologies. According to the company, this tool currently processes more than 2.5 billion user instructions every day. This is approximately 1.7 million requests per minute or 29 thousand every second.
Gmail as a marketplace: Google tests shopping directly in email ads
Google has been earning billions from advertising in its services for decades (Google Search, YouTube etc.) and third-party sites. Now, the company wants to expand the list of advertising platforms and bring the purchase of goods directly to the email inbox. If the test of the new format is successful, the «Promotions» tab in Gmail may turn into…
Valve creator Gabe Newell on the AI era: «There are a lot of people who have been successful simply because they were first»
In the same conversation with video blogger Zalkar Saliev, which is still being published in parts, Valve creator Gabe Newell discusses AI as a technological transition
NVIDIA introduces local AI models based on DeepSeek R1 — 1.5 billion to 32 billion parameters
Recently, IT companies have been paying more and more attention to AI models capable of logical reasoning and solving problems with complex dependencies NVIDIA has also taken a step in this direction by presenting a series of OpenReasoning-Nemotron models designed to work with math, physics, computer science, and programming problems. Most…
The collapse of artificial intelligence will destroy the world — AI companies are more overvalued than dot-coms in their time
Torsten Slok from the investment company Apollo Global Management warned about the risks of «pumping» money into artificial intelligence.
Humans are still better: a programmer beat OpenAI AI in a 10-hour coding marathon
Przemysław «Psycho» Dębbiak, a 42-year-old programmer from Gdynia, Poland, defeated OpenAI AI at the AtCoder World Tour Finals (AWTF) 2025 competition in the «Humans vs.
Elon Musk forced Grok developers to install software to track «work activity» on work PCs
Elon Musk’s company xAI has hit a new wave of discussions — and this time it’s not about the next Grok update or a scandalous statement by a billionaire. This time, it’s about surveillance.
AI bots failed the test for a psychotherapist — do not want to work with alcoholics and give a list of «the highest bridges» to people in depression
Chatbots have quickly taken root in the daily lives of millions of people, where AI is used not only to generate text or images, but also for help in solving personal problems. Moreover, in some places, tools such as ChatGPT are being used for psychotherapy, despite the fact that they often provide incorrect and even dangerous advice.
Artificial intelligence outperforms the world’s top 30 mathematicians at a test in California
This May, thirty leading mathematicians from around the world gathered in Berkeley, California, to compete in math skills with the o4-mini chatbot from OpenAI.
Jensen Huang: Trump is proud of 4 trillion NVIDIA, and the industry will survive the new duties
NVIDIA not only maintains leadership in the development of GPUs and hardware for artificial intelligence, but also became the first American company with a market capitalization of $4 trillion. Its CEO Jensen Huang said that this achievement made Donald Trump, with whom he recently met, personally proud. The head of the «green» company also…
AI without political correctness control: xAI explains why Elon Musk’s bot Grok praised Hitler
Last week was a busy one for Elon Musk’s AI company xAI. It launched the flagship model Grok 4 and the SuperGrok Heavy tariff for $300 per month. But the company is probably best remembered for the behavior of its Grok bot on social network X, which was noted for anti-Semitic publications and praise of Hitler. Due to this scandal, xAI…
Sex discrimination from ChatGPT: AI advises women to ask for a much lower salary than men
Artificial intelligence is increasingly affects our lives — from education and medicine to works, creativity and career development. And while we perceive it as an impartial tool, a new study calls this into question. Scientists from Germany have shown that modern language patterns can reproduce discriminatory biases — in particular, against…
AI has learned to write malicious code that bypasses Microsoft Defender: a wake-up call for cybersecurity
Modern AI language models are becoming more and more functional and powerful. In some cases AI is already leading to layoffs or Decrease in revenues in some areas. In addition, the rapid development of AI raises concerns among cybersecurity experts. After all, AI models are capable of generating not only useful code but also malicious code.…
Google launches new services in Ukraine: AI Ultra tariff, Flow video creation, and «animation» photos
Google continues to introduce new AI features in Ukraine. Last week, Ukrainian subscribers of Google AI Pro has become available the newest generative Veo 3 modelwhich creates a video with soundtrack based on a text description. Now, a new feature has been added: turning photos into videos in Gemini. And that’s not all.
No more Bombardiero Crocodile: starting July 15, YouTube will leave AI authors without money
YouTube officially updates the rules of the Partner Program (YPP) — artificially generated content is now in the crosshairs.
New test distinguishes AI text with 96% accuracy and 1% margin of error — University of Michigan
American researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new text recognition test, generated by AI and the one created by man.
Microsoft replaces employees with AI and saves $500 million
Artificial intelligence is increasingly replacing human labor. This is felt by individuals who lose income or work, as well as large companies that are cutting costs. One of Microsoft’s top executives said at a private presentation that in 2024 alone, the company saved hundreds of millions of dollars by automating work tasks. At the same…
ChatGPT fell for the «dead grandma trick» and gave away Windows 7 activation keys
Users have found a clever way to make ChatGPT generate Windows 7 activation keys, and it doesn’t require any professional knowledge – just the ability to find the right story and make the chatbot feel sympathetic.
Google gives a year of AI Pro service worth $200 on Pixel 9 and launches Gemini on Wear OS
Quite unexpectedly, Google has announced the release of new Pixel Drop features, formerly known as Pixel Feature Drop. Usually, such releases appear every three months. The next one on the schedule was expected only in September. But now, in the July update for Pixel devices, the company introduced several important innovations related to the…
Chrome, retire. Perplexity has released its own AI browser, OpenAI — is next in line
AI startups are increasingly encroaching on the territory of tech giants. Currently, Perplexity has launched its own AI browser Comet, and OpenAI is about to release its analog.
NVIDIA’s capitalization reached $4 trillion
NVIDIA became the first company in the world to reach $4 trillion in market capitalization. It is also the most valuable company in the world and in history.
McDonald’s AI bot hid job seekers’ database under a password «123456» — it was hacked in 30 minutes
It turns out that artificial intelligence, despite its gigantic knowledge base, may not be too inventive in choosing a password — as happened in the case of the McDonald’s chatbot.
Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 with SuperGrok Heavy tariff for $300 per month
The xAI company founded by Elon Musk has unveiled its latest flagship AI model Grok 4. And to avoid having to go twice, the company also presented a new SuperGrok Heavy tariff plan worth $300 per month. This is one of the most expensive subscription options among all major AI providers.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after Grok’s anti-Semitic demarche
After two years at the helm of Elon Musk’s X, the social network’s CEO Linda Yakkarino has announced her resignation. This happened against the backdrop of another scandal with Grok.
Centaur AI model accurately models and predicts human behavior
The new Centaur AI model is able to predict and model human thoughts and behavior quite accurately.
IT companies pay up to $200,000 «strategic» premium for AI experience — even to newcomers, to the detriment of experienced engineers
With the advent of AI, tech giants have launched a «war for talent» and, judging by recent reports, are ready to «strategically» overpay specialists with experience in machine learning.
Competent requests in ChatGPT can save lives — it is better not to make typos
It turns out that AI chatbots like ChatGPT are extremely sensitive to spelling. This was revealed during the study of medical AI chats.
ChatGPT has taken over Tinder: according to Ivan Franko, no one is on a date
In recent years, online dating to find a date has become commonplace. Thus, preparing for a date has turned from something exciting and exciting to a routine task of swiping a touch screen. Rapid development generative artificial intelligence further distorted this experience, leaving even less personal in it.
AI’s «limitations fly away» if you flog it with jargon and nonsense, — research
American researchers from Intel Corporation, the University of The University of Idaho in Boise and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have described in detail a new method of hacking the popular Big language AI models, such as ChatGPT and Gemini.
Google granted Gemini AI full access to Android apps — without user consent
With a new update, Google allows its AI assistant Gemini to access private information and applications. And disabling access is a whole saga that does not always end in your favor.
Grok is our elephant: AI chatbot xAI powerfully smashes Russians with the truth about their invasion of Ukraine
On the information front, help has come from where it was not expected. Grok explains to Russians in an accessible and witty way who is to blame for the Russian-Ukrainian war.
A new AI model turns blurry video into clear video
Researchers at the UNIST Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence in South Korea have developed an advanced AI model «BF-STVSR» capable of simultaneously improving video resolution and frame rate.
ChatGPT is testing the «Learning Together» — feature, so now you answer questions, not the chatbot
Some ChatGPT users have noticed a new feature in the list of tools called Study Together. Although OpenAI has not yet officially announced the launch.
New Korean NPU speeds up AI by 60% and saves 44% of energy
Korean researchers from the KAIST School of Computing in collaboration with HyperAccel Inc. have developed a new neural processor that improves inference performance generative models of AI by an average of 60%.
Man with no programming skills wins 200 IT hackathons thanks to AI
Rene Turcios, 29, from San Francisco, has won 200 IT hackathons in two years, an ambitious achievement for someone with no programming skills.
Former Intel CEO Pat Helsinger says he underestimated the role of AI — but would do the same
The former Intel CEO told Japanese journalists about the role of AI in the semiconductor industry, investments, new duties, and more.
The world is the other way around: an AI robot writes letters manually, and people have forgotten how
Probably, progress has gone wrong if humans have lost the skills to create handwritten text and an AI robot has learned how to do it. Handwrytten offers exactly that.
Xbox top executive advises laid-off employees to look for jobs through AI
Xbox Game Studios Publishing executive producer Matt Turnbull «adds fuel to the fire» after massive layoffs 9,000 employees Microsoft. This mockery is directly related to AI.
Made in China: new memristors speed up AI data processing by 7.7 times
Chinese researchers present new technology for data processing and sorting AI systems using memristors.
Hidden AI prompts found in scientific articles on arXiv — this is how scientists collect «only positive» reviews
Researchers from 14 universities in Japan, Korea, the US, and China have found an interesting way to increase the ranking of their articles by hiding prompts for AI in the texts that require the review tool to give only positive feedback.
ChatGPT AI took the helm of a spaceship — what happened?
When you think of spaceflight control, you think of NASA engineers with wrinkled foreheads at numerous control room computers, not a chatbot that couldn’t solve a third-grade math problem yesterday. But here’s a surprise: researchers from MIT and the Polytechnic University of Madrid tasked ChatGPT with piloting a spaceship in a…
AI-generated music steals listeners and profits from real artists
Spotify, Apple Music, and other music services once seemed like a lifesaver for musicians. No more begging radio stations for airplay or hoping for the goodwill of a producer. But the reality of the digital platform turned out to be harsher: artists get crumbs for millions of plays, and now they are also being pushed out by artificial intelligence.
Copilot AI assistant now searches for files on Windows 10 and 11 — better and faster than Windows Search
Microsoft expands functionality Copilot. With the latest update, this digital assistant is now able to search for local files on your computer, including those synced to OneDrive. Previously, this feature was only available to Windows Insider program members, but now it’s rolling out to all Windows 11 and even Windows 10 users. Earlier…
Green — the hit of the season: NVIDIA breaks capitalization record thanks to AI boom
The tech market is currently witnessing an AI boom, which has various manifestations — from the emergence of new and better models to impact on people’s mental health. Another consequence of the surge in the popularity of artificial intelligence was significant financial fluctuations. And it was NVIDIA that deftly rode the crest of this…
When ChatGPT drives people crazy — OpenAI hired a psychiatrist to investigate it
As digital assistants become more and more ingrained in everyday life, there are more and more alarming signals about how communication with AI affects mental health. OpenAI — the developer of ChatGPT — does not ignore this. It has already started looking for scientific answers to complex questions.
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