Canva has launched Canva Code 2.0, a major update to its AI coding tool that lets anyone build interactive websites and apps from plain-language prompts, then edit the result like a normal Canva design. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the feature is now open to all 265 million monthly users, including those on Canva’s …
A new open-source framework called Agent-as-a-Router promises to make AI model selection smarter and cheaper. Ben Dickson reports for VentureBeat that the concrete implementation, called ACRouter, beats both static routing systems and the common strategy of defaulting to premium models like Claude Opus. Companies use model routing to send simple tasks to cheap, fast models …
Anthropic has found that its Claude chatbot consistently expresses different values depending on which model version users choose and which language they speak. Jason Nelson reports for Decrypt on a new study in which Anthropic researchers analyzed 309,815 anonymized conversations involving subjective tasks such as giving advice or feedback. The company distilled more than 3,300 …
Three major AI developers released new models within days of each other this week, and all of them lead with the same pitch: lower cost per task. Lorelei Smillie and Rachel Metz report for Bloomberg that OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.5 and Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 all promise more output for fewer tokens, the units …
A year after Meta overhauled its AI division following the troubled Llama 4 launch, Max Kan and his co-authors write for SemiAnalysis that Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) may be closing the gap on OpenAI and Anthropic. The authors argue Meta is the only company positioned to excel at all three ingredients of frontier AI: data, …
Journalists working with AI tools risk losing certain foundational skills while developing new ones, according to a new study published in Journalism Practice. Andrew Deck reports for Nieman Journalism Lab that researcher Shangyuan Wu of the National University of Singapore interviewed 14 working journalists in Singapore to explore this shift. The study builds on last …
Meta has shut down an AI image feature that let users manipulate photos of people by simply tagging their public Instagram account, just days after launching it. Corbin Bolies reports for Variety that the company faced immediate backlash over the tool’s design. The feature was part of Meta’s new Muse Image model, introduced on Tuesday. …
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, accusing the AI company of orchestrating a systematic theft of trade secrets to build its own hardware device. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, names OpenAI’s Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan and former Apple engineer Chang Liu as defendants, alongside …
OpenAI has rolled out a redesigned ChatGPT app for Mac, and the change is drawing sharp criticism. M.G. Siegler writes for Spyglass that the new “Super App” merges ChatGPT with Codex, OpenAI’s coding tool, and defaults to the new “ChatGPT Work” mode instead of the familiar chat interface. According to Siegler, the app now opens …
Google will soon let users see whether an ad was created or edited with artificial intelligence. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that the feature expands to all ads on Search, YouTube and Discover, not just political ones. Businesses increasingly use AI to generate product images, place items in different settings, and cut costs on traditional …