We’ve all experienced that frustration or that motorcycle with an incredibly loud exhaust, a V8 that’s missing a jack, pissing off all the dogs in the neighborhood. While residents will file complaints with police, catching such excessively loud vehicles has been a notoriously difficult task for authorities. Unless the police are lucky and witness the
Substack has launched a new feature that can show you which of your favorite newsletters are written with AI. This week, the writing and newsletter platform announced an integration with AI writing detection software Pangram that will allow users to scan posts, comments, and responses in the Substack app to see an estimate of how
As Chinese open-weight AI models grow in capability and popularity, arguments over what should be done about them have once again reached a fever pitch. There is talk that the Trump administration could try to ban them (although it has not yet acted on the idea). Meanwhile, proprietary model makers, particularly OpenAI and Anthropic, seem
Google says its search function is not dead, but thriving. In an earnings conference call on Wednesday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Google’s AI-powered features, such as AI overviews and AI mode, were driving growth in search queries. Pichai said he saw this in full effect during the FIFA World Cup that began in June
ServiceNow, the American enterprise software company known for automating workflows such as IT service management and HR operations, is banking on an Indian banking software specialist to deepen its push into global financial services. The company has invested $40 million in BusinessNext, valuing the 24-year-old Indian company at $700 million and taking a stake of
Israeli workplace software maker Monday.com is laying off hundreds of employees as part of a restructuring plan to refocus its investments on artificial intelligence projects. The company said it is reducing its workforce by 20%, or about 630 employees, to “support a more agile and focused operating model” while focusing on its AI workplace platform.