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AI News
Jul 21, 2026 84

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as A...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 63

Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can sc...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 93

Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 80

Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions abo...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 63

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its A...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 73

Google’s Gemini 3.6 Flash targets enterprise agent token costs

Google has released Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite as new workhorses designed to cut latency and token costs for enterprise AI agent...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 71

US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administr...

Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Fla...
Research
Jul 21, 2026 48

Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.

Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Fla...
Research
Jul 21, 2026 68

Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 63

Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google is launching Gemini 3.6 Flash alongside a new security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. I...

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 68

When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?

Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended.

AI News
Jul 21, 2026 66

Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June