Jul 15, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Spotify has announced a new conversational AI feature called 'Talk to Spotify' that places a text-and-voice chatbot directly in its app. The feature allows Premium subscribers to control playback, save songs, ask trivia, and analyze their listening history using natural language. It is currently rolling out in beta to English-speaking users in select countries on both iOS and Android.
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Jul 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Meta has pulled a controversial AI feature that let Instagram users modify images from public accounts without notification. The tool, part of the new Muse Image generator, faced immediate backlash over privacy and potential misuse, including non-consensual image editing. Meta acknowledged the feature 'missed the mark' and removed it, but concerns about AI on social media persist.
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Jul 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI feature that uses public Instagram photos to generate images. Users can opt out by toggling a setting in Sharing and reuse. The tool raises major consent and privacy issues, especially given Meta's past with Cambridge Analytica and the $5B FTC fine.
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Jul 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
In a surprising blog post, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that companies using proprietary AI models are paying twice – with money and with their sensitive business data. He argues that model makers could use this data to become competitors. Nadella urges enterprises to retain ownership of their data and build private learning environments on the cloud. This has sparked a shift towards open-source models run on-premises, as seen with companies like Solo.io and Vercel.
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Jul 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Google and OpenAI are rolling out SynthID watermarking to more platforms, while Meta adopts C2PA for camera images. These moves could prove whether AI labeling systems can effectively combat deepfakes, though significant hurdles remain including metadata stripping and limited adoption by open-source models.
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Jul 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Although Apple’s self-driving car project never launched, it sparked the creation of the Neural Engine, which became the core of Apple’s on-device AI processing. This legacy now continues with the accelerated development of the M7 Ultra, a chip that can support up to 1.5TB of RAM and will power future servers.
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Jul 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Lorde took a break from her set at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival to denounce AI smart glasses, likely targeting sponsor Ray-Ban Meta. She called the glasses 'not sexy' and urged fans not to buy them. The remarks come as Meta faces increased scrutiny over privacy concerns with its continuously recording prototypes.
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Jul 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
The Oura Ring 5 offers a thinner, lighter design and new software features like GLP-1 Insights and Health Radar. However, for existing Oura Ring 4 owners, the upgrade is not essential. The review highlights the pros and cons, including a narrower size range and the lack of a ceramic option, while noting that the ring still excels as a casual health tracker for newcomers.
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Jul 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Lors de la Fashion Week Haute Couture à Paris, Ignatius Upton, le fils de Cate Blanchett, a captivé l'attention au défilé Giorgio Armani. Une rare apparition qui révèle un jeune homme discret, loin des projecteurs malgré la célébrité de sa mère. Découvrez son parcours et les coulisses de cette sortie familiale.
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