Google adds a way to create automated workflows to Opal

Google on Tuesday announced it’s adding a new way to create automated workflows to its vibe-coding app Opal. The company said that a new agent being introduced in Opal will allow users to create mini ...
Opinion

IBM falls most since 2000 after Anthropic COBOL AI claims; Thomas says translation isn’t modernization

IBM’s ( IBM) Software and Chief Commercial Officer, Rob Thomas, wrote in a Monday blog post that translating COBOL code isn’t equivalent to modernizing enterprise systems, emphasizing that platform ...
Decrypt

We Talked to an AI Trained on Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails. Here's What It Said

Someone fine-tuned an AI on the Jeffrey Epstein email dump. We ran it locally. It called us "goyim" and invited us to a party ...
Scientific American

Poetry was humanity’s first language technology. AI is the next

Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization ...

How to Hide Google’s AI Overviews From Your Search Results

You can avoid Google's AI summaries in your search results by simply adjusting your query. Or just switch search engines altogether.
eWeek

Code Metal Hits $1.25B Valuation With AI Code Fix

Code Metal hit a $1.25B valuation after a $125M round, using AI to translate and verify legacy code for defense and other regulated systems.

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.
Decrypt

Google Brings AI Music Generation to Gemini—We Tried It, and It's Too Little Too Late

Google AI music generator Lyria 3 is now available on the Gemini app. It works—mostly—but the competition has a big head start.