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Aug 07, 2026 129

Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function

Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.

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Aug 07, 2026 58

Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers

Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their products — almost as i...

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Aug 07, 2026 124

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case

Meta's total fine has raked up to $942 million in this case

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Aug 07, 2026 47

Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment

"Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."

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Aug 07, 2026 57

Alibaba tests new business model for Qwen open-source AI

Alibaba plans to introduce revenue-sharing terms for some commercial users of its next Qwen open-weight AI model, Reuters reported, citin...

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Aug 06, 2026 27

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

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Aug 06, 2026 24

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

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Aug 06, 2026 31

Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker

The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-...

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Aug 06, 2026 31

Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music

Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks and increase ...

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Aug 06, 2026 33

ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users

OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.

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Aug 06, 2026 25

Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company

Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.

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Aug 06, 2026 33

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats

OpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have u...