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YouTube will now automatically label AI-generated videos
The platform's internal systems detect photorealistic AI content and apply labels without creator input.

DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users reject Google's AI Search overhaul
The privacy-focused search engine gained 18.1% week-over-week U.S. installs following Google I/O's AI Mode announcement.

Hugging Face releases $2,500 3D-printable humanoid robot legs for AI experiments
LeRobot Humanoid offers open-source bipedal platform as robotics funding triples to $40B.

Chef Robotics deploys AI meal-prep robots at San Francisco nonprofit
Project Open Hand adds 200 meals per hour with two robotic arms as corporate volunteers stay scarce post-pandemic.

Ferrari uses IBM's AI to boost fan engagement 62% over race weekends
The Scuderia Ferrari app now features AI-written race summaries, predictive games, and an AI companion targeting a fanbase that's 75% women among new converts.

Spotify launches Studio desktop app to create personal AI podcasts
The new app generates daily briefings and topic-based podcasts using calendar, email, and web context.

Spotify launches AI podcast generation and Q&A features for Premium users
Users can now create custom podcasts from prompts and PDFs, and ask questions about episodes in real time.

Anthropic developers ship AI-written pull requests without reading the code
Almost half the room at Code with Claude raised their hands when asked if they'd shipped Claude-written code unreviewed.

Google AI Studio adds Android widget generation as 'vibe coding' hits mobile
Gemini-powered widgets let users prompt custom homescreen components; native app export already live.

Google launches Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent across 900M users
The cloud-based agent runs continuously in the background and integrates with Gmail, Drive, and 30 external partners.

Figma adds AI agent to collaborative canvas with natural language design
The design platform's new agent generates, edits, and automates designs in real time alongside human teammates.

Google launches Gmail Live, a voice AI to search your inbox
The Gemini-powered feature answers natural-language questions about emails — flight times, hotel details, appointment info — without typing a search query.

Google launches Pics, an AI design app for Workspace to challenge Canva
Rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers this summer, Pics lets users generate and edit visuals via text prompts.

Google AI Studio now builds Android apps from text prompts
The web-based tool collapses weeks of setup into minutes with Gemini-powered coding.

SandboxAQ brings drug discovery models to Claude via natural language interface
The Alphabet spinout integrates its physics-grounded quantitative models into Anthropic's LLM, targeting the $50T quantitative economy.

Amazon's Alexa Plus generates on-demand AI podcasts from 200 news partners
The assistant lets users pick a topic, preview the outline, and tune episode length before two AI hosts record it.

Sony defends Xperia 1 XIII AI Camera Assistant after panned demo photos
Sony says the feature suggests rather than edits, offering four options for exposure, color, and blur — but the sample shots still look rough.

OpenAI plugs ChatGPT into bank accounts via Plaid for Pro subscribers
Pro users in the US can now link accounts at 12,000 institutions and ask GPT-5.5 to analyze spending, portfolios, and long-range financial plans.

Osaurus passes 112,000 downloads as Mac-native AI harness adds cloud routing
The open-source LLM server runs local models on Apple silicon, routes to OpenAI and Anthropic, and ships with 20+ native plugins.

OpenAI puts Codex inside the ChatGPT mobile app on iOS and Android
Phone users can now dispatch tasks to Codex running on their desktop, with files and credentials staying on the local machine.

Clawdmeter turns Claude Code token usage into a pixel-art desk gadget
An Icelandic developer's open source side project drew 800 GitHub stars in four days by making AI usage stats feel like a Tamagotchi.

Microsoft rebuilds Edge around Copilot, killing Copilot Mode for tab-aware AI
The May 13 update lets Copilot read across open tabs, generate podcasts and quizzes, and remember past chats — and retires Copilot Mode entirely.

Notion turns its workspace into an agent hub with new Developer Platform
Notion adds Workers, database sync, and an External Agent API as customers cross one million Custom Agents built since February.

Rivian ships an in-house AI voice assistant in software update 2026.15
The Rivian Assistant works on Gen1 and Gen2 vehicles, runs in Rivian's private cloud, and is gated to Connect+ subscribers.
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