Deezer Now Helps Users Find AI Music On Other Streaming Platforms
It will scan playlists from rival music services to identify AI slop. Deezer Where like Apple Music and Spotify are merely flagging AI-generated music, Deezer blocks it completely from suggestions or editorial playlists on its platform. The company has even made its AI-detection tool available to other streaming companies in an effort stem the rise […]
Framework Delays Laptop 13 Pro Shipments By A Month
It found manufacturing issues with its haptic touchpad and display. Framework Framework is delaying the launch of its flagship Laptop 13 Pro by a month to address manufacturing issues. The company explained to pre-order customers it had found issues with the haptic touchpad and custom display and halted the start of mass production to fix […]
Anthropic Backtracks On Policy That ‘Sabotaged’ Researchers’ Work
It wasn’t a good look for a company that prides itself on working closely with the academic community. Primakov/Shutterstock Anthropic is walking back a policy that discreetly hamstrung researchers using its new Claude Fable 5 LLM to create competing AI models, the company told Wired. “We’re changing Fable 5’s safeguards for frontier LLM development to make […]
YouTube Expands Direct Messaging To The US
The experimental feature launched in Europe last year. Lixu/Getty Images YouTube’s experimental direct messaging feature for mobile is now available in the US. The Google-owned video-sharing platform started testing DMs late last year in Ireland and Poland, before expanding it to more European countries in March. Now, you can also give it a try if […]
OpenAI Says Fake Accounts From China Tried To Turn Americans Against Data Centers
The company has published a report about China-linked influence campaigns that used ChatGPT. Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock OpenAI has published a report about ChatGPT users, who it says were likely based in China, that used the chatbot to plan a campaign designed to sway Americans’ opinions about AI data centers. It divided the users into two clusters, the […]
Windows 11 Sucks Slightly Less Now, Thanks To A June Update
The latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 is among the heaviest in recent memory, bringing a new low-latency mode for smoother system navigation in addition to new features and hundreds of bug and exploit patches. It’s a much needed relief package for Windows 11 as Microsoft puts a renewed focus on its flagship operating […]
Xbox CEO Says Current Margins ‘Cannot Continue’ In Public Letter To Staff
As Summer Game Fest draws to a close, it’s a fitting time for reflection. Not just on the cool games we saw announced (and there were a bunch), but also on an industry that, in recent years, has reached thrilling new creative and artistic highs alongside deeply depressing lows in the form of layoffs, cancelations […]
Canada Announces Bill Banning Social Media For Anyone Under 16
The regulation also imposes new safety expectations on ‘AI chatbot services.’ Nils Petter Nilsson/Getty Images Canada is joining Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia, in banning teenagers from using social media. The Safe Social Media Act introduced by Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, bans children under the age of 16 from having a social media account […]
Valve Will Stop Producing Physical Steam Gift Cards Because Of Scammers
This is why we can’t have nice things. Valve Valve will not be renewing its stock of physical gift cards for Steam. The gaming company anticipates that the cards will be completely gone from retailers’ shelves by the end of 2026. In an update to one of its support pages, Valve explained that is making […]
A Fable Deep Dive Video Shows Off The RPG’s Compelling Life Sim System
The delayed reboot is coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC on February 23. Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Xbox has shared a lengthy gameplay video for Fable, which shows off what the developers at Playground Games are calling the Living Population system. This concerns the more than 1,000 non-playable, fully voiced characters in the […]