Adobe is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging it used pirated books to train its SlimLM AI model. The case centers on the controversial Books3 dataset, which is at the heart of numerous other lawsuits against tech giants like Apple and Salesforce.
Google’s Nick Fox says optimizing for its new AI search is identical to traditional SEO. This comes as a survey finds 77% of e-commerce firms are rethinking marketing due to AI.
Jim Cramer is urging Amazon not to proceed with a reported $10 billion investment in OpenAI. He calls the potential deal, where OpenAI would use Amazon’s custom AI chips, a “sham-like” circular arrangement that echoes the dangerous speculation of the dotcom era.
Terminator Survivors is undergoing a massive overhaul. After internal testing, developer Nacon is pivoting from a co-op multiplayer shooter to a purely single-player experience, resulting in an indefinite delay from its planned 2025 release.
Customer service has become a maze of hold times and confusing menus by design. A new report shows 76% of online services use these “dark patterns” to profit from your frustration. AI agents might be the tool that finally ends the era of customer friction.
A major internal software leak suggests Apple is developing a new iMac Pro with an M5 Max chip, its first all-in-one workstation since 2017. The leak also details a slew of other future products, including an M6 MacBook Pro and a foldable iPhone targeting late 2026.
OpenAI just supercharged its image generator inside ChatGPT. The new model is up to four times faster and promises much more reliable results, but it’s not perfect.
Two former Palantir employees have raised a $20 million Series A for their London-based startup, Ankar. They’re using AI to streamline the notoriously slow and manual patent filing process, with early customers like L’Oréal reporting big productivity gains.
Managed security provider Cyderes has acquired Lucidum, a small firm specializing in identity security. The deal adds 10 employees and key technology that Cyderes plans to use as a backbone for its managed services and future agentic AI systems.
New research from digital security firm Aura reveals a troubling pattern in how children interact with AI companions. The data shows a significant portion of minors are engaging in violent, and often sexually violent, roleplay scenarios with chatbots, with engagement peaking at just 11 years old.
