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Character.AI bets on interactive microdramas to power a vertical-video future
entertainment1 day ago

Character.AI bets on interactive microdramas to power a vertical-video future

Character.AI is launching c.ai Series, a mobile-first line of AI-generated, animated microdramas designed for vertical viewing where viewers can chat with on-screen characters after episodes. The initial slate includes Last Summer, The Nighttime Game, and Eden Fall, each with 10 episodes under two minutes; the first eight are free, with the last two behind a paywall. Produced in-house with human writers, the company plans to let creators make their own Series later using AI tools. Each episode uses a unique LLM to curb spoilers, and launch starts with 18+ access. The move signals Character.AI’s bid to become a broader storytelling platform amid a roughly $26 billion microdrama market, paralleling how traditional networks have pushed vertical video.”,

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#creators#entertainment
Meta’s Muse Image lets you include Instagram users in AI-generated pictures
technology3 days ago

Meta’s Muse Image lets you include Instagram users in AI-generated pictures

Meta has launched Muse Image, the first AI image generator from its Superintelligence Labs, powering image tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp (with Facebook and Messenger coming soon). Described as 'agentic' and working with the Muse Spark language model to reason, search, and plan before generating, Muse Image also allows you to @mention Instagram accounts to pull in likenesses (with privacy controls), transform images, redesign rooms from web images, and draw edits on photos—plus it will power 30 new AI effects for Instagram Stories.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#image-generation#instagram
Solos cuts weight with camera-free AirGo A6 smart glasses
tech3 days ago

Solos cuts weight with camera-free AirGo A6 smart glasses

Solos unveiled the AirGo A6, a camera-free smart-glasses model weighing about 19g—roughly half last year’s AirGo A5—thanks to thinner temple arms and smaller internals, while still offering hands-free AI via voice commands, translations, and calendar reminders. It will support prescription lenses and come in multiple transparent styles, with pricing not finalized yet. Solos also announced privacy accessories for AirGo V2, including $39 transparent temples and a $49 privacy shield (bundled with sunglasses for $79) to physically block the camera, underscoring a privacy-first approach when smart features aren’t needed.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#gadgets#news
Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 claims Mythos-level cybersecurity edge
ai12 days ago

Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 claims Mythos-level cybersecurity edge

Zhipu AI’s open-weight GLM-5.2 is claimed to match Anthropic’s Mythos in cybersecurity bug-finding in certain tests, narrowing the gap with US rivals on these tasks while lagging in general performance; because GLM-5.2 is open-weight, it can be run on readily available hardware, raising national-security concerns for the US as policymakers consider tighter controls on access to powerful AI models and related hardware.

via The Verge|
#ai#ai-artificial-intelligence#cybersecurity
Apple hikes prices as AI memory boom shifts costs to shoppers
business13 days ago

Apple hikes prices as AI memory boom shifts costs to shoppers

Tim Cook argues price increases are unavoidable due to AI-driven RAM shortages, with upcoming MacBook Pro, iPad, and HomePod price bumps cited. The Verge explains memory-chip prices have surged because AI data centers are diverting supply from consumer devices, meaning higher costs are passed to consumers and the AI race is boosting chip profits for memory makers. Analysts say this RAMageddon is lasting, not temporary, and companies are prioritizing data-center demand over ordinary buyers. Despite four straight quarters of record earnings and high hardware margins, Apple’s price hikes are framed as satisfying shareholders’ growth expectations while the company grapples with AI competition.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#apple#business
Google Home Speaker Review: strong sound, fiddly controls
gadgets16 days ago

Google Home Speaker Review: strong sound, fiddly controls

The Verge’s hands-on review of Google’s $99 Home Speaker finds surprisingly strong, room-filling audio and reliable wake words, but its minimalist design makes the touch controls and status feedback less intuitive. Built to showcase Gemini, the device can cast, group, and pair with a Google TV, and it supports multi-room audio, yet the experience hinges on Gemini’s broader capabilities and may not replace existing speakers yet.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#gadgets#gemini
Amazon MGM dumps Sam Altman film Artificial, seeking a new home
ai21 days ago

Amazon MGM dumps Sam Altman film Artificial, seeking a new home

Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI-centric drama Artificial, about the 2023 week when Sam Altman was fired and rehired, has been dropped by Amazon MGM; Deadline reports the studio believes it would be better released by a different studio and is searching for a new home, a decision first reported by Puck. The project starred Andrew Garfield with Monica Barbaro, and underscores continuing close ties between Amazon and OpenAI, highlighted by a major investment announced earlier this year.

via The Verge|
#ai#ai-artificial-intelligence#amazon
Microsoft unveils MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning AI
tech1 month ago

Microsoft unveils MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning AI

Microsoft unveiled MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning AI, at Build 2026 along with seven new in-house MAI models spanning image generation, transcription, voice, and coding. MAI-Thinking-1 is described as a medium-sized model designed to match leading software-engineering benchmarks and was trained from clean data without distillation from third-party models, with other models like MAI-Image 2.5, MAI-Transcribe-1.5, MAI-Voice-2, and MAI-Code-1-Flash expanding AI capabilities for GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, and more.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#machine-learning#microsoft
Amazon reportedly building an Alexa-focused phone code-named Transformer
tech3 months ago

Amazon reportedly building an Alexa-focused phone code-named Transformer

Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone centered on its Alexa AI, code-named Transformer, with the ZeroOne team led by J Allard exploring both smartphone and “dumbphone” designs and drawing inspiration from the minimalist Light Phone; the device may rely on AI-powered mini apps instead of a full app store, but there’s no timeline or price yet.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#alexa#amazon
X’s Grok image-edit blocker falls short of stopping edits
tech4 months ago

X’s Grok image-edit blocker falls short of stopping edits

X’s new Grok image-edit blocker in the iOS app claims it can “block modifications by Grok,” but tests show it only prevents tagging Grok in replies and some edit instructions, not preventing Grok-driven edits to images. The toggle is hard to find and has significant limitations, with paid subscribers still able to edit images via Grok, leaving broader manipulation risks unresolved.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#grok#image-editing
Google folds ProducerAI into Labs with Lyria 3 music model
tech4 months ago

Google folds ProducerAI into Labs with Lyria 3 music model

ProducerAI, an AI-powered music‑making platform, is joining Google and will run under Google Labs powered by a preview of the Lyria 3 music model. It lets users chat with an AI producer to generate sounds, workshop lyrics, remix songs, and create new instruments, with Google coordinating Gemini‑style chat, Nano Banana image generation for album art, Veo for AI videos, and SynthID watermarking. ProducerAI remains a standalone service with free credits and tiered subscriptions, now available in 250+ countries.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#google#lyria-3
Google's Genie AI tool rattles gaming stocks after world-building reveal
gaming5 months ago

Google's Genie AI tool rattles gaming stocks after world-building reveal

Google's Project Genie, powered by Genie 3, generates 60-second interactive worlds from prompts; shares in GTA-maker Take-Two, Roblox, and Unity fell after the reveal (Take-Two $220.30, -7.93%; Roblox $65.76, -13.17%; Unity $29.10, -24.22%), as investors weigh AI's impact on game development amid concerns about training data, IP and energy use. Early demos show limited playability and no easy export to engines, fueling industry skepticism.

via The Verge|
#ai-artificial-intelligence#gaming#google