Gmail’s “Help me write” AI tool will draft emails that sound more like you.
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Sergey Brin said Google needs to catch up to Anthropic on AI coding agents.
…tools have been leading the AI coding race, and Brin apparently sees catching them as a step toward building AI that can improve itself. [Link: Google Creates Strike Team to Improve Coding…
DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop
Blackmagic Design announced an update to its powerful multipurpose post-production software today adding new tools and improved workflows for editing photos. In addition to helping position DaVinci Resolve 21 as an…
PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
…automating repetitive workflows, improving software engineering productivity, and accelerating areas like quality assurance, 3D modeling, and animation through new, AI-powered tools.” One example is with a tool called “Mockingbird” that can…
Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work
…to access new features for improving color adjustments and the clarity of spoken dialogue. New editing features are also available in the Firefly image editing tool — Precision Flow, which enables creators to…
China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
…DeepSeek says V4 marks a major improvement over prior models, especially in coding, a capability that has become central to AI agents and helped drive the success of tools like ChatGPT Codex…
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?
…This technology will be a force multiplier for human ingenuity and usher in a new golden age of scientific discovery and progress, improving the lives of everyone, everywhere. We look forward to…
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… Microsoft had reportedly considered acquiring Cursor in recent months to help close the GitHub Copilot gap, but has started looking at different AI startups to bolster its AI ambitions and avoid potential regulatory scrutiny. “We are partnering closely with GitHub and continue to improve Copilot CL… …
Apple quietly threatened Grok to curb sexual deepfakes or get pulled from App Store
…Our investigations revealed that neither were particularly effective beyond making the tool a bit harder to access. Later interventions, like X letting users block Grok from editing their photos, are also easily…
Firefox’s new home page widgets are helping me focus
…Now I can check in with similar tools every time I open a new Firefox tab instead. My phone’s homescreen is full of useful widgets, so it’s a nice addition…