Google has released a native Gemini app for macOS. The app is available for free to all Gemini users on macOS 15 and later and can be downloaded at gemini.google/mac. Unlike using Gemini in a browser, the desktop app is always accessible via a keyboard shortcut: Option + Space. This opens a pill-shaped prompt bar …
Adobe has unveiled the Firefly AI Assistant, a new tool that lets users control multiple Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, and Lightroom through a single conversational interface. Users describe what they want in plain language, and the assistant executes multi-step workflows across the relevant apps. The assistant is the commercial release of …
Anthropic is gaining ground on OpenAI in the competition for paying business customers. New data and revenue figures suggest the gap between the two leading AI companies is narrowing quickly. According to payments company Ramp, which tracks roughly $100 billion in annual card and invoice spending from 50,000 customers, nearly one in three US businesses …
AI-generated avatars are flooding social media feeds, promoting products and building loyal audiences, often without disclosing that they are not real people. Charlie Warzel reports for The Atlantic, drawing on an interview with New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu, who has investigated the rise of synthetic influencers selling supplements and other consumer products. One …
YouTube has introduced a new feature that allows users to create a photorealistic AI avatar of themselves for use in Shorts. Abner Li reports for 9to5Google that the tool captures both a user’s appearance and voice to generate personalised video clips. To set up the avatar, users record a live selfie and read a few …
Anthropic’s newest and most capable AI model, Claude Mythos, can autonomously find and exploit security vulnerabilities in virtually all major software systems. As I wrote previously, Mythos is currently only available to a select group of technology companies through Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s initiative to patch critical software before the capabilities become more widely known. Zvi …
AI use in the American workplace is rising steadily. Half of employed U.S. adults now say they use AI in their job at least a few times a year, up from 46% the previous quarter, according to Gallup. Daily AI use has reached 13%, and 28% of workers report using it at least a few …
Thousands of gig workers are earning money by having recorded conversations with strangers. The recordings are then sold as training data to artificial intelligence companies. Issie Lapowsky reports for Bloomberg Businessweek that the work is emotionally demanding, technically strict and raises serious questions about privacy and the future of human labor. The platform at the …
Perplexity has recorded a 50 percent revenue jump in a single month, driven by its expansion into AI agents. Cristina Criddle reports for the Financial Times that the company’s estimated annual recurring revenue (ARR) climbed to over $450 million in March, following the launch of a new agent tool and a switch to usage-based pricing. …
Meta has released Muse Spark, a new proprietary artificial intelligence model built by its internal division Meta Superintelligence Labs. The model is available through the Meta AI app and website, with a private API preview for select users. Unlike Meta’s previous Llama models, Muse Spark is not open source. Muse Spark can process text and …