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AI coding surge fuels GitHub's best month ever

GitHub said June was its "best month ever" after a jump in customer usage of Copilot, its AI coding tool. Chief Technology Officer Vladimir Fedorov told employees he would not "talk about the numbers" because the company's financial quarter is coming to a close.

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Elon Musk denies Tesla’s Autopilot caused crash that killed grandmother

A family in Harris County has sued Tesla after a Model 3 drove into a Texas house and killed 76-year-old Martha Avila. In a complaint filed this week, Jennifer Barbour, Avila’s daughter, and Barbour’s husband Justin say they are seeking more than $1 million in damages following the

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REI blamed Meta AI after Instagram ad showed bike with two handlebars

An Instagram ad from REI Co-op drew backlash after users noticed the bike in the image appeared to have two sets of handlebars. "REI using AI slop now. So much for caring about the environment," read a Reddit post about the ad that received hundreds of upvotes. REI

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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build video-first hiring platform

Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs announced a $4 million pre-seed round to build a video-first hiring platform that pairs AI interview agents with short-form video profiles. Candidates complete AI-powered interviews to showcase personality and communication skills rather than relying solely on resumes. The funding will be used to develop the platform,

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Audiobook of The Odyssey narrated by AI Michael Caine

ElevenReader, owned by audio company ElevenLabs, has released an audiobook of Homer's The Odyssey narrated by a digital facsimile of Michael Caine's voice. The production features AI voices and AI music, and Caine partnered with ElevenLabs to make his voice available for virtually everything on the

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A24 Fans Cancel After Studio Signs $75M AI Deal With Google

A24 has signed an artificial-intelligence research partnership with Google, the Wall Street Journal reported. Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24 through its parent company, Alphabet, and the deal gives the studio access to Google DeepMind. The WSJ said the AI technology will be used to develop tools for

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Omio builds conversational travel with real-time AI

Omio is rethinking how people discover and book journeys by moving from search to conversation. The multimodal travel platform connects millions of travelers with trains, buses, ferries and flights, working with more than 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries, and is using conversational AI to simplify trip planning. As

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The future of chipmaking and Anthropic’s clash with the government

ASML’s newest lithography system is massive: about the size of a double-decker bus, weighing more than 150 tons and costing $400 million. If you want to make the world’s most powerful chips, a machine like this is essential to the process. The system patterns chip features with extreme-ultraviolet

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Michael Caine AI Clone Headlines New Adaptation of 'The Odyssey'

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey arrives this summer, but it will not be the only version. Michael Caine is leading a separate adaptation from ElevenLabs that uses an AI clone of the actor to narrate an audiobook. Caine licensed his likeness and voice to the company last

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EA exec says AI has helped drive 'a real rise of creativity'

Electronic Arts president of enterprise development Laura Miele said the rise of artificial intelligence in game development can bring about "a real rise of creativity" by removing tedious grunt work and enabling faster development processes overall. She made the remarks during a Game Business Live showcase at Summer

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SoftBank CEO questions Elon Musk's plan for AI data centers in space

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son said at the company's shareholder meeting he isn't convinced AI data centers belong in orbit. "What's the point? What's the benefit of building AI data center in space?" he asked, arguing that lower electricity costs alone

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AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook

Christopher Nolan’s new film version of The Odyssey is due in cinemas next month, and an audiobook adaptation of Homer’s epic has arrived ahead of it featuring an AI replica of Michael Caine’s voice. Caine, who has appeared in eight Nolan films and announced his retirement last

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NASA Uses Machine Learning to Enhance Flash Flood Warnings

Created with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), TACLS leverages machine learning to automatically locate evidence—unusual increases in atmospheric moisture—of impending flash flooding that meteorologists may otherwise miss as they analyze large amounts of data. TACLS flags that evidence, indicates where flash flooding could likely

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miHoYo releases AI companion on Steam, a Shanghai student pianist

miHoYo has released BSide: Olivia Lin on Steam in China, featuring Lin Li, an AI chatbot presented as a Shanghai student who “majors in piano and minors in psychology.” The Steam description adds that Lin Li “loves vinyl records, old movies, and rainy days.” Users can listen to her play

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Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID

Anthropic's updated privacy policy says Claude may ask users to verify their age and identity by uploading government-issued documents. The change, published earlier in June and set to take effect on July 8, is presented as a way for users to appeal accounts flagged for potentially fraudulent activity

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Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal

Google DeepMind announced a $75 million investment in indie studio A24, known for hits like "Marty Supreme," "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and the latest blockbuster "Backrooms." The company says the arrangement is a partnership to build AI tools for filmmaking and will include

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Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash

A Tesla Model 3 left the road and plowed into a brick home in Katy, Texas, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila. The vehicle’s driver, Michael Butler, told Harris County sheriff’s deputies the car was on Autopilot when it struck the house; Avila was airlifted to a hospital and later

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How to prompt Copilot or ChatGPT to troubleshoot your PC without overconfidence

An AI chatbot can help you figure out why your PC or Mac is acting up and suggest how to get things working again, but experiences are erratic. Occasionally the chatbot nails the problem with a sensible answer and a straightforward discussion. Just as often it confidently suggests answers that

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Menlo Ventures partner says software engineers face identity crisis

Deedy Das, a partner at Menlo Ventures who invests in AI and enterprise software, says tokenmaxxing and the push to use AI coding tools are creating a divide on engineering teams. He distinguishes “lazy” engineers, who rely heavily on AI to write code, answer questions, prepare updates, and finish tasks

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Raising emotionally mature kids helps them in the AI age

Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson realized the workplace her generation knew no longer exists after her son talked about job‑hopping early in his career. With entry‑level roles shifting and AI disrupting many traditional paths, she argues that resilience, creativity, and flexibility matter more than a perfect resume. Gibson warns

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Google engineer and podcaster quit to build AI startup

Aashna Doshi, 23, left a software engineering role at Google in New York City to build an AI startup with her podcast cohost. Earlier, she turned down a California-based offer so she could take the New York role after graduating from Georgia Tech. While at Google she launched the "

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From a split to dueling IPOs: Anthropic and OpenAI's rivalry

Ever since Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei left OpenAI in December 2020, the two startups have become increasingly public rivals, with staff from both companies trading barbs. OpenAI’s chief futurist Joshua Achiam even framed the stakes on X with a rhetorical choice between Anthropic and OpenAI. The rivalry traces back

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GLM-5.2: Open-source Chinese AI model draws Silicon Valley attention

GLM-5.2, an open-source model from z.AI, has generated renewed interest in Silicon Valley. The model is designed for long coding tasks and agentic workflows. The company says it operates on a 1 million token context window, putting it alongside Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI&

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Game Oracle finds 'AI stigma' on Steam can cut reviews by about 53%

Market data analyst Ross Burton at Game Oracle studied 9,879 games released between Jan. and Oct. 2025, filtering out spam, purely commercial releases and free-to-play titles. In that sample, 17.9% of games disclosed using AI. Overall, titles that disclosed AI use tended to fare slightly worse: non-AI games

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My teenager uses AI for homework; I helped write the school's AI policy

Last fall my children's school district in a suburb north of San Francisco asked parents to join an Artificial Intelligence task force, and I signed up. My son had been taking pictures of his math homework, feeding them into an AI engine, and typing a single prompt: Solve.