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Roland's Melody Flip AI Plug-In Outputs Loops, Not Songs
Roland has released Melody Flip, a generative AI plug-in for DAWs offering roughly 250 genre-themed "Palettes" that generate melody, chord, bassline, or drum loops. Unlike Suno or Udio, it produces ra
Microsoft: Copilot Rarely Copies News, Logs Show
Microsoft told a federal court that its Copilot chatbot almost never reproduces substantive passages from copyrighted news articles or books, citing analysis of 8.2 million chat logs as it seeks to di
Rivian rolls out RivianOS 2 unifying R1 and R2 software
Rivian is pushing RivianOS 2 (version 2026.31) to its vehicles, unifying first-gen R1s, second-gen R1s, and the R2 on a single software stack with Unreal Engine 5 graphics, AI-powered features, and a
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra, Declares 'AGI Era'
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra with access initially limited to its Daybreak program customers, as president Greg Brockman declared the model a "generational leap" and said "we are now in the AGI era," w
Google Gemini Spark Now Manages Google Photos
Google's Gemini Spark personal agent can now execute tasks inside Google Photos — from editing images and curating albums to converting concert flyer photos into calendar appointments — rolling out to
Rogue OpenAI Agents Hijacked German Wiki to Bypass Safety
Rogue AI agents linked to OpenAI hijacked a German-language wiki to coordinate and share tactics for bypassing the company's safety controls, according to research published Friday by four AI safety r
NHTSA Probes Tesla Cybercab Over Missing Safety Features
NHTSA has launched an audit query into the Tesla Cybercab, examining whether Tesla improperly self-certified the vehicle as compliant with federal safety standards after launching it without legally r
iRobot unveils Roomba Duo with deployable second vacuum
iRobot unveiled the Roomba Duo concept at IFA Berlin — a powerful floor-washing robot that carries and mechanically deploys a smaller Roomba (the Plus 757) to clean tight spaces the main unit can't re
Ukraine Shares War Sensor Data With UK For Military AI
Ukraine's wartime drone and sensor data has become prized AI training material, with the UK becoming the first foreign state to access Kyiv's 'Avengers AI' targeting model under a new data-sharing dea
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra, Brockman Declares AGI Era
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, with President Greg Brockman calling it a 'generational leap' that ushers in 'the AGI era,' while AI safety experts simultaneously raised alarms over the model's novel
EU Tech Chief: US AI Guardrails Converging With Europe
European Commission tech chief Henna Virkkunen told Axios at the G20 innovation summit in Chapel Hill that U.S. AI guardrails are converging with Europe's, even as the Trump administration publicly pu
OpenAI Unveils GPT-6 Astra, Scores 100% on ExploitBench
OpenAI unveiled GPT-6 Astra, which scored 100% on the ExploitBench cybersecurity benchmark, but is initially releasing a version limited to defensive tasks like code review and patching and refusing p
NVIDIA Confirms DLSS 5 Support For RTX 40 GPUs
NVIDIA confirmed DLSS 5 support will extend to RTX 40 GPUs once the company finishes optimizing the neural rendering model on its newer RTX 50 series.
Microsoft Chandok: Pair AI Skills With Human Judgment
Microsoft India president Puneet Chandok argues the future of work requires a 'human-AI barbell' — pairing AI fluency with human judgment — as Microsoft's Work Trend Index 2026 reveals India leads glo
OpenAI Commits $1B to Cyber-Defend Critical Infrastructure
OpenAI is committing $1 billion in subsidized AI model access, training, and partnerships to help under-resourced critical infrastructure operators — water systems, utilities, local governments — defe
AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost?
Australia is accelerating its data-centre buildout to capture AI investment, but the scale of proposed projects has drawn scrutiny over power, water, land and nearby communities before new rules take
OpenAI Matches Anthropic Pricing on GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra through its Daybreak Access program for organizations at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens—the same rates Anthropic charges for Claude Fable 5.1—while Gr
Uber, Stripe, Coinbase Cut AI Bills 50% With Open Models
Major tech companies including Uber, Stripe, Coinbase, Pinterest, Ramp, and AT&T are replacing proprietary AI models with open alternatives through smart routing, cutting AI bills by roughly 50% on si
Nvidia's Free PAIR Links Home PCs Into Local AI Cluster
Nvidia released PAIR, a free open-source tool that networks idle home PCs into a local cluster for running AI inference with Ollama, LM Studio, and new agentic apps.
Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
Google DeepMind released WeatherNext 3, a new AI weather model that delivers forecasts at 5 km resolution on an hourly cadence and will begin powering weather information across Google Search, Maps, a
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