An agent in the empty chair: Amazon vets launch Primitive Labs, using AI to model customer behavior

Founded by former Amazon AGI and AWS colleagues and backed by a16z Speedrun, Primitive Labs is building AI agents that stand ...
NERDBOT

Create Consistent AI Character Videos from a Single Reference Image

A character video only works when the audience can recognize the same person, mascot, or avatar from frame to frame. If the ...
The New York Times

Meta Unveils an A.I. Image Generator

Muse Image, which can create realistic images for users on Instagram and WhatsApp, is the company’s latest attempt to catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. By Eli Tan Reporting from San ...
Decrypt

Over 150,000 People Signed Up to Masturbate With AI. Here's Why

Joi AI and its search for 10 paid "masturbation consultants" drew more than 150,000 applicants. Here's what happened.
CNET

Darren Aronofsky's '1776' AI Video Series Is Unhinged, and I Can't Look Away

Commentary: With July 4 upon us and generative AI infiltrating the world of creatives, what are we to make of the ...
Inc

AI Is Creating a New Kind of Workplace Burnout—and Most Bosses Are Completely Unprepared for It

Recent surveys have highlighted how much pressure workers feel they’re under, HRDive notes in its report. A study by online jobseeker network Monster found nearly six in 10 employees said their job is ...
Gizmodo

With iOS 27, Apple Is Creating an AI Gated Community Inside Its Walled Garden

The only two phones with every single new Siri feature are the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air. © Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo The entire Apple ecosystem is being ...
MarketWatch

AI may be killing some high-tech jobs, but it’s also creating others. See who’s winning and losing.

Artificial intelligence might terminate lots of jobs one day, especially in high tech, but there’s little evidence AI is already causing widespread layoffs. What AI appears to be doing for now is ...
Time

AI Could Use as Much Water as 1.3 Billion People by 2030, U.N. Report Warns

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VentureBeat

Enterprise AI agents keep creating data silos. Microsoft's Build answer is Microsoft IQ and Rayfin.

Every new AI agent your team deploys starts from scratch: no memory of how the business works, where data lives, or what rules apply. And as agentic coding tools spin up applications faster than ...
Entrepreneur

Meta is Reportedly Creating a New AI Wearable. Here’s What It Can Do.

Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant, according to an internal memo seen by The Information. In 2025, Meta acquired Limitless, a startup whose Pendant device clipped to a user’s shirt ...
Fast Company

AI was supposed to prevent downtime. Instead, it’s creating new kinds of outages

For businesses, downtime—unexpected interruptions to the software systems and applications that keep operations running—can trigger everything from lost sales to frozen logistics networks and customer ...