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This AI Video Tool Is Changing Content Creation for Good

Macxvideo AI can enhance, convert, compress, record, and edit your videos, all with help from advanced AI.

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Edit Your Drive Videos Instantly in Google Vids

Google Drive now lets you open videos directly in Google Vids to trim, caption, and add music without downloading files.

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How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.

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Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

New research shows the natural variability in climate data can cause AI models to struggle at predicting local temperature and rainfall.

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Build Smarter Business Plans with LivePlan

LivePlan simplifies business planning with AI guidance, forecasting tools, over 550 sample plans, and more.

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Musk’s X and xAI Sue Apple and OpenAI, Alleging They Suppressed Grok in the App Store

The case was filed in US federal court in Texas on Monday. Elon Musk separately sued OpenAI in California to stop it from converting to a for-profit company.

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Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Thor ‘Robot Brain’ Is Now Available

Jetson AGX Thor will be available in two models and in two developer kits, one with the automotive-focused DRIVE OS.

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New technologies tackle brain health assessment for the military

Tools build on years of research at Lincoln Laboratory to develop a rapid brain health screening capability and may also be applicable to civilian settings such as sporting events and medical offices.

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Can large language models figure out the real world?

New test could help determine if AI systems that make accurate predictions in one area can understand it well enough to apply that ability to a different area.

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This ‘Lethal Trifecta’ Can Trick AI Browsers Into Stealing Your Data

AI browsers have a critical flaw: They can’t tell safe commands from malicious text. Patches help, but guardrails are essential to keeping your data safe.

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68% Tech Pros Distrust AI Hiring Tools, Signaling ‘System is Fundamentally Broken’

Dice CEO told TechRepublic that AI may boost efficiency but, without transparency and human oversight, it risks breaking trust and driving talent away.

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Scientists turn spin loss into energy, unlocking ultra-low-power AI chips

Scientists have discovered that electron spin loss, long considered waste, can instead drive magnetization switching in spintronic devices, boosting efficiency by up to three times. The scalable, semiconductor-friendly method could accelerate the development of ultra-low-power AI chips and memory technologies.

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Why tiny bee brains could hold the key to smarter AI

Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows that this movement-based perception could revolutionize AI and robotics by emphasizing efficiency over massive computing power.

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Meta Strikes $10 Billion Cloud Deal With Google to Boost AI Capacity

Data centre capacity is essential for all of the tech giants offering artificial intelligence products.

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NVIDIA CEO Dismisses Chip Security Allegations as China Orders Firms to Halt Purchases

NVIDIA is also reportedly working on a new AI chip for customers in China that outperforms the company’s H20.

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Sam Altman Is Already Talking About GPT-6

GPT-6 is set to bring smarter memory, adaptability, and chatbots customized to user needs — arriving sooner than the wait between GPT-4 and GPT-5.

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Google Offers AI Suite to US Government for Less Than 50 Cents

Google offers US agencies a year of its AI suite for just $0.47, undercutting rivals and driving affordable AI adoption in the public sector.

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A star torn apart by a black hole lit up the Universe twice

Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black hole companion. The explosion, known as SN 2023zkd, not only produced a brilliant supernova but also shocked scientists by glowing twice, after years of strange pre-death brightening. Observed by telescopes worldwide, the event provided the strongest evidence yet that black holes can ignite stellar explosions.

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Anthropic Folds Claude Code Into Business Plans With Governance Tools

Anthropic added Claude Code to its Team and Enterprise subscriptions, alongside a new Compliance API that helps IT leaders enforce governance and track AI coding activity.

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Google Claims One Gemini AI Prompt Uses Five Drops of Water

In Google’s new AI environmental impact research, these calculations were based on the company's average carbon intensity and water usage effectiveness across its portfolio.

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