Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open-source AI

The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents.

Corporate America Is Rethinking AI Workforce Needs, Led By IBM

IBM triples entry-level hiring, recognizing AI can’t replace junior talent. Smart companies are redesigning jobs instead of eliminating them.

The next Galaxy S26 camera may get Samsung’s easiest AI editing yet

Samsung is teasing a Galaxy S26 camera workflow that blends shooting, AI editing, and sharing in one place. The key questions now are model support, privacy, and whether features run on-device.
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Perplexity joins anti-ad camp as AI companies battle over trust and revenue 
Perplexity joins anti-ad camp as AI companies battle over trust and revenue 

AI search startup Perplexity is distancing itself from ads amid fears users won’t trust chatbots with an agenda to upsell. The move highlights an emerging crossroads for the AI industry as the sector’s biggest players hunt for stable sources of income to bankroll massive spending, with giants like OpenAI leaning into ads and others like […]

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You can now use NotebookLM as your faster path from notes to slides

NotebookLM’s slide deck update adds prompt-based slide revisions and PPTX export, so you can refine a deck without rebuilding it, then move it into PowerPoint for speaker notes, templates, and final cleanup.
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Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you

Google set Google I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20, and it’s making AI the headline from the start. The company’s save the date messaging puts Gemini front and center, with Android, Chrome, and Google Cloud called out as the core places those updates should l…

AI Such As ChatGPT And GPT-5.2 Eerily Overstepping Into Mental Health Advisement On Normal Everyday Questions

People are getting excessive mental health advice from generative AI. This is unsolicited advice. Here’s the backstory and what to do about it. An AI Insider scoop.

How AI Is Redefining Enterprise Cloud Competition

Cloud competition has fundamentally shifted from infrastructure costs to AI capabilities, with companies like ByteDance and partnerships between OpenAI and Snowflake.

Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips
Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips

Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s] […]

Waymo Overseas Human Assist Wasn’t Secret, But Is It Secure?

Waymo reveals it has only one remote assist operator per 40 vehicles. I examine the security issues around having remote ops staff, particularly overseas.