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AI News
Aug 14, 2026 118

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks

Google will now allow you to remove visible watermarks from the images, videos, and music made with AI tools. With the update, you can to...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 148

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file.

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 74

Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 73

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 65

Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data cent...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 100

Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong 

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 107

Samsung health AI models analyse wearable biosignal data

Samsung Research America’s Digital Health Team has presented two AI foundation models designed to learn from wearable biosignals. The wor...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 81

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: The ultra foldable with an ultra price

Samsung didn't have to change much this year because its hardware is just that good.

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 101

Google AI health coach to use Abbott glucose data

Abbott and Google are linking continuous glucose monitoring data with Google’s AI-powered health coaching tools, giving the Gemini-powere...

AI News
Aug 14, 2026 87

Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba

Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-border partnershi...

Research
Aug 14, 2026 97

State of Open Models: Summer 2026 Observations

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AI News
Aug 13, 2026 73

Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft ...