Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.

Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music, but isn’t banning it outright
Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music, but isn’t banning it outright

Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to “protect artists” and “inform listeners.” Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-generated with an icon. But starting today those tracks will no longer be monetizable. “Tidal’s […]

Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 turns thoughts into text, and it doesn’t need brain implants

Meta has unveiled Brain2Qwerty v2, an AI system that converts brain activity into text without surgery, bringing assistive communication a step closer to reality.

OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex
OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex

OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device with several buttons, alongside the caption, “Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade.” This isn’t the mysterious AI-powered device OpenAI is working on with […]

Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘ RAMageddon’

The world’s two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.

Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business

The startup, which runs a popular free AI leaderboard, launched its commercial service just last September.

Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go

Cursor has launched a new mobile app for remote oversight over coding agents.

TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization

TIDAL’s new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.

Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data
Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data

A new proposal would ban the sale of Americans’ health and location information to data brokers – including information people reveal to an AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Claude. In the coming weeks, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) are planning to debut a new version of the Health and Location […]