AI model giants should pay a levy to operate in Europe, says Mistral boss

AI model giants should pay a content levy for selling their services in Europe with the money funnelled into Europe’s cultural sector, according to the boss of Europe’s leading AI model startup. Art…

Google experiments with AI-generated headlines in search results

Google is testing AI-generated headlines in Search, replacing publisher-written titles with rewritten versions, raising concerns about accuracy, transparency, and how news is presented to users.
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Meet Rachel: the AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint

Over Paddy’s weekend 2026, a friendly Northern Irish “woman” called Rachel rang more than 3,000 pubs across all 32 counties to find out the price of a pint of Guinness. Over 1,000 gave a price. Onl…

Adobe will let you custom Firefly AI model on your own work and art style

Adobe’s Firefly now lets you create images in your own style using Custom Models, while also bringing video, editing tools, and multiple AI models into one platform.
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OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher

OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources into a new grand challenge. The San Francisco firm has set its sights on building what it calls an AI researcher, a fully automated agent-based system that will be able to go off and tackle large, complex problems by itself. ​​OpenAI says that the new…

AI mania is inflating used MacBook prices, and it’s a sign of what’s coming next

AI demand is driving up the prices of used MacBooks as users buy secondary devices to run tools like OpenClaw.
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This startup will pay you $800 daily to work as an AI bully

Memvid’s ‘AI Bully’ job turns your everyday chatbot frustration into paid work, where you stress test AI by pushing chatbots until they fail, exposing how often they forget context and repeat mistakes.
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AI analytics agents need guardrails, not more model size
AI analytics agents need guardrails, not more model size

Picture a VP of finance at a large retailer. She asks the company’s new AI analytics agent a simple question: “What was our revenue last quarter?” The answer comes back in seconds. Confident. Clean. Wrong. That exact scenario happens more frequently th…

AI is reviving Val Kilmer in the upcoming film “As Deep as the Grave”

As Deep as the Grave uses AI to restore Val Kilmer’s presence in a role written for him, with his family backing the decision despite ongoing debates around technology in filmmaking.
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