Google just canceled its AI Studio mobile app, and it’s not all bad news

Google AI Studio was on track to make its way to Android and iPhone, giving developers and AI enthusiasts a dedicated place to build prompts and experiment with Google’s latest models from their phones. That’s no longer happening. In a post shared by t…

Google Earth’s AI misadventure lasted only a day. It was a tale of dangerous ignorance.

Google Earth thought users will play it cool with using AI images on a realistic map. Well, it was a short-lived disaster of epic proportions.

Google’s new AI gives robots better balance, smarter hands, and teamwork capabilities

Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2 lets humanoid robots walk, handle delicate tasks, and coordinate with other robots, all while staying safer around humans

Remember Samsung’s Ballie home robot? It may finally be inching closer to reality

A new leak reveals wireframe designs for Samsung Ballie’s companion app, offering the clearest sign yet that the long-delayed home robot might still be in development.

Former Perplexity engineer launches new Polar AI browser which aims to automate repetitive tasks

Polar has raised $5.7 million to build an AI browser that automates workplace tasks, reflecting a broader industry shift away from AI-powered search and toward browser agents.

I use ChatGPT Pro everyday, and these 3 features keep me subscribed

I finally gave ChatGPT Pro a proper chance, and these three features made it impossible to cancel.

The music industry wants AI slop kicked off the charts, and it finally has a plan

Major record labels want global music charts to disqualify AI slop tracks unless they’re legally made, substantially human-created, and free of streaming fraud concerns.

AI isn’t just being forced on us. Even forest monkeys are now a test audience in the name of science

AI has already made its way into almost every aspect of our lives. Now it’s showing up in the rainforest, where wild capuchin monkeys are using an AI-powered touchscreen to earn banana rewards as part of a unique scientific study.

AI turned a disgraced President under house arrest into a live avatar for another election campaign

An AI-generated Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son’s presidential campaign despite the former Brazilian leader’s house arrest, election ban, and restrictions on public communication.

AI can turn a cloud of scuba bubbles into an early warning for divers

University of Minnesota researchers taught an underwater robot to estimate a diver’s breathing from exhaled bubbles, creating a contactless monitor that could eventually flag unusual respiration without pretending it can diagnose distress.