After expanding its Edits app to macOS last week, Instagram’s next move is launching this Effect Builder that generates custom filters for your Stories posts with AI. Available now for US residents who are over 18, it has a prompt box for describing your filter idea to the chatbot, with an option to attach style reference images.
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Last 90 daysI would prefer that these people’s sex lives were none of my business but I guess we have to talk about Jensen Huang and the National Security Incident. Who could have guessed that the guy who was out here signing titties might not have great judgment about how to behave around women ?
← The conversations Latent Space Podcast What Frontier Labs Buy: A Data Deep Dive with Handshake AI — Garrett Lord & Team Handshake went from launch to $1B in one year pushing the envelope of specialized data for frontier labs. Our first deep dive into a data lab with specific examples across Finance, Bio, and Alignment Listen to this conversation 164 min…
Our first deep dive with an AI data company. In roughly a year, Handshake built an AI training business doing nearly $1 billion in gross annualized revenue.
Today, I’m talking with Mitch Glazier, who is CEO and chairman of the RIAA. This conversation was a real full-circle moment for me: I was in college when Napster hit, and the RIAA became everyone’s villain for suing kids for downloading music.
Asked about AI executives’ warnings about their models’ safety on 60 Minutes , Trump said, “I think that the risk is not nearly as real as it– as they talk, and I think the risk can be managed, and it’s managed.” He claimed the DOJ is managing that risk, saying, “We had a situation where somebody was reported to us to be doing something bad with AI. We…
With the holidays quickly approaching, everyone will soon be on the hunt for gifts and the fastest way to get them. Thankfully, many retailers offer generous shipping policies, with some even providing free two-day shipping or same-day delivery if you’re willing to pay a little extra.
Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones or an OLED TV, only to find out you could have gotten it cheaper somewhere else a few days or weeks later. That’s why, to keep customers happy and prevent them from shopping elsewhere, some retailers offer price-matching policies that promise to match a lower price found elsewhere.
When Jonathan Kanter stepped down as head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division in 2024, he set out to keep fighting to dismantle illegal monopolies. But this time, he’s continuing the fight in the private sector, and with a perhaps unexpected tool: AI.
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[Submitted on 5 Nov 2026] Title: Forcing a Letter Suppresses Refusal: Mechanistic Evidence from WMDP View a PDF of the paper titled Forcing a Letter Suppresses Refusal: Mechanistic Evidence from WMDP, by Stepan Epifantsev and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Safety benchmarks for large language models (LLMs) commonly use…
Nvidia’s board of directors announced Sunday that it’s launching an independent investigation following reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy operation . Nvidia also published a message that Huang sent to the company admitting that he had an affair with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based chip company Megaspeed (though…
On November 4, 2026 , Bloomington, Indiana’s Common Council voted unanimously to prohibit superintelligent artificial intelligence inside city limits — not only in a data center on Main Street, but also when a resident opens a browser or API session to a model hosted anywhere else. The Indiana Daily Student reported the vote during a long council night…
Knowledge: We continue our series about recursive self-improvement. Learning Loop: We dive into GPT-6 Cyber and the new Thinking Machines and Gemini models.
AI is rapidly transforming geoscience research and publishing. To realize the benefits of AI while safeguarding scientific integrity, researchers, reviewers and editors must adopt transparent practices.
Democrats’ historic victory in this week’s midterm elections could also have a dramatic effect on the tech industry. In dozens of local ballot measures, voters rejected data centers .
Today, I’m talking with Alex Stamos, chief security officer at Cognition and longtime cybersecurity expert, about what a mess cybersecurity is right now. This episode is part one of a special series looking at AI in real life.
I’m calling it: time of death, November 6th, 1:30 AM, by tweet. Elon Musk’s declaration Friday that Tesla would be “winding down” production of the Cybertruck next year to make room for the Cybercab was fascinating for a number of reasons.
Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. And it appears to be working remarkably well, with the company’s models improving roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with little indication of slowing down.
Google just acknowledged that you can’t use Google Search without using artificial intelligence . The search giant announced a slate of new AI products for classrooms and schools on Tuesday as well as more ways for teachers and schools to limit or restrict use of those AI tools.
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OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg . That would make it one of the world’s most valuable companies, not long after raising $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion.
A massive permitting bill that could help energy projects come online much quicker and potentially lower utility bills for Americans is advancing with bipartisan support. And while it could be a catalyst for lots of clean energy, it could also speed up polluting projects and limit oversight of new data centers.
When Irene moved to San Francisco last year, she started using dating apps as a way to meet new people, get to know her new city, and connect with others who care about the things she does. After the 25-year-old analyst downloaded Hinge and started swiping, she noticed a trend.
The European Commission claims TikTok broke its online platform rules by offering a recommendation algorithm that creates a “rabbit hole effect” on users. In an announcement on Friday, the regulators allege TikTok’s algorithm can harm users with “endless and repeated exposure” to content related to sadness, isolation, or body image.