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Aug 03, 2026 63

DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models

DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.

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Aug 03, 2026 64

Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue. 

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Aug 03, 2026 58

Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lan...

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Aug 03, 2026 61

Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics

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Aug 03, 2026 65

Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect

The European Union has ushered in some additional rules that aim to make it easier for people to identify chatbots and AI deepfakes onlin...

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Aug 03, 2026 65

Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to ...

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Aug 03, 2026 64

EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enter force

Article 50 of the EU AI Act has entered into force, setting transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers operating across the ...

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Aug 03, 2026 61

China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy

Chinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and "most capable AI model to date," claiming performance rivaling the be...

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Aug 03, 2026 62

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

Automotive lights are better than they've ever been, but there's a trade-off.

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Aug 03, 2026 76

Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery

GSK has entered into a research collaboration with British biotechnology company Relation Therapeutics worth up to $110 million, expandin...

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Aug 03, 2026 86

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

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Aug 03, 2026 59

Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next...