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Amazon's upgraded Alexa Plus can generate AI-hosted podcast episodes on virtually any topic, offering an outline of the discussion and allowing users to adjust length before generation; examples include history, music, the World Cup, or lessons, with AI-curated content drawn from partner outlets and delivery via Echo Show or the Alexa app.
The Verge analyzes The New Yorker’s use of an AI-generated portrait of Sam Altman, exploring how AI imagery challenges editorial illustration, the artist’s workflow, and copyright concerns, while discussing the broader debate over AI’s role in prestigious publications.
Crimson Desert's developers confirmed AI-generated assets were used during development with plans to replace them before release, apologized for not disclosing the use, and are conducting a comprehensive audit to remove AI content.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed the 'Stealing Isn’t Innovation' campaign warning of an AI 'slop' future as firms copy work without permission, urging licensing and opt-out rights for artists and stronger enforcement.
Britain’s West Midlands Police acknowledged that Microsoft’s Copilot hallucinated a non-existent West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in an intelligence report, a mistake that led to Israeli fans being barred from a Europa League match against Aston Villa; the error was not fact-checked, and Microsoft did not comment by publication.